family summer vacation, part 1

From July 11 - July 19, 2009 we took our first week-long summer vacation. We've been up to Wisconsin for Christmas break, so it was not our first family vacation, but it was the first one we've had in warm weather!

The first place we went was Tryon, North Carolina to visit our friends Julia, Stan, and their daughter Ariella. You met Julia when you were just two months old, but you had not met Ariella, who is just three months younger than you :). Despite the occasional sharing issue, you two got along really well. You even held hands in the car once - it was so cute, the two of you in your matching Britax car seats, holding hands!

We had a lot of fun at their house. We went to an outdoor bbq dinner with bubbles (pic #1), watermelon (pic #2) and a toddler pool (what fun!). We visited Flat Rock Bakery in Flat Rock, NC, where we had amazing pizza and baked goodies. Picture #3 is of you and Ariella sitting at our picnic table on the back deck, waiting for lunch. Cuties.

Stay tuned for part two of our vacation: Charleston, South Carolina, where we went to visit Uncle Paul and Aunt Ester.

fun in the sprinkler on the 4th

What fun! We went over to your friend Brian's house to celebrate the Fourth of July and had a great time. You two played on the swing set, with trucks, in the dirt and (because of the dirt!) in the sprinkler. I wish I had taken a picture of you COVERED in dirt and ash before we put the swim diapers on and turned on the water!

You and Brian stayed up soooo late and watched the fireworks at the park. They scared Brian a bit, but you loved them Isaiah. I loved listening to you "oooh," "ahhh," and "woah!" You clapped at the end too! You are such a sweet boy, and I love watching you interact with the world.

Next year maybe you'll get to hold a sparkler ;).