Harrison's Birthday Party

This weekend Aunt Georgi, Uncle Jon, and Emma came up from NJ to help Mommy and Daddy with my birthday party. I had a "fishing" party at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT (it's right down the street from my house!). Some of my friends from school and church came to play. We had a fishing "pool" where we could use the poles that Mommy made to catch sponge fish. We had bubbles and beach toys too. Most of the time, everyone wanted to play by the water spigot in the mud puddle though!

Everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to me and I blew out the candle on my huge fish cake that Mommy made for me.

Chapel Hill

Before heading home, we stopped in Chapel Hill to see Uncle Justin, Aunt Shelly, and baby Avery. We met at the Old Well and got to open presents. They gave me a bug catcher with a magnifying glass, flashlight, and tweezers and a book about bugs for my birthday! They even gave Emerson a present- A Thomas the Train set with Thomas and Anna & Clarabel! How did they know that Em likes trains? We even had a present for Avery- clothes, of course! After presents we walked to a restaurant called "Hams" for lunch. When we finished lunch, we walked back through the campus and went to the Student Stores. Mommy bought us both UNC t-shirts! Maybe one day we can go to college here too, just like Mommy and Daddy did!

Jacksonville Visit

After leaving the Outer Banks, Daddy had to fly home to go back to work. But we really wanted to see our Poppop Suter, Uncle Drew, Aunt Jessy & cousin Trey, so Mommy drove us to Jacksonville, NC. We stayed for almost 2 weeks! (Boy, bet Poppop was glad to get some peace and quiet after we left!) We went to the beach, ate at Chuck-E-Cheese, made a Barbie birthday cake for Uncle Drew, went to see the 53 helicopters and Ospreys, and got to do the slip-n-slide a few times! Poppop Suter took me shopping at Walmart for my birthday! I got to pick anything I wanted!! I got a cowboy set with 2 real cap guns (they were for big boys 8 years old, but Poppop said it didn't matter!), a sherrif's badge, a bandana, a cowboy hat, and a holster for my pistol. I even got a light saber too!

One morning Aunt Jessy was on her way to work and she caught a baby turtle for us. I named him "Cartwheel". We kept him for the day in an aquarium, but let him go after Trey came home to see him. That same night Mommy caught a really fat frog for us! He played in the aquarium for a little bit before we let them both go.

It was such a great visit at Poppop's! We hope he gets the chance to come and visit us sometime soon in CT!

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For the week of 4th of July, Mommy & Daddy took us to the Outer Banks. We had SO much fun there! Aunt Melissa and Uncle Chris came and stayed with us too! We went to the beach every day and even got to fish in the evening. I caught a big striped bass and Emerson caught a "wittle fwounda". We went to the dunes, the Wright Brothers Museum and even to the Cape Hatteras Light House. Can you believe we drove all that way and I was an inch too short to climb it?! I was not very happy about that!

On 4th of July, we watched the fire works from the beach. They were everywhere! Daddy even had some for us to do ourselves. I hope we can go back again next year!

Mommy started our blog a little after we were both born, but here are some pics to help us all see what she went through to get us here! I bet it wasn't easy having babies that were close to 9lbs (especially since Mommy is so short!)!

I was born on Thursday, July 31st, 2003, the day after I was due to arrive. Mommy's doctor told her to come to the hospital in the morning so that she could be induced. They started her induction at about 7am and I finally arrived (sunny-side up!) at 11:24pm at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, CT. I weighed 8 lbs 15.5 oz and was 21 inches long. The doctor told Mommy I would have been over 9 lbs if I didn't poop on him on the way out! HA HA!! Daddy and Aunt Melissa were at the hospital waiting for me and helping Mommy. When I arrived we called my Poppop Suter and Poppop Ladd and even Aunt Shellie and Uncle Justin (my godparents--I was born on their 4th Anniversary!). The next day Poppop Ladd and Mommom Lenor came to visit me at the hospital.




Emerson was born on Monday, March 21st, 2005, the day after Mommy was supposed to go into the hospital for her induction. Daddy called Poppop Ladd Sunday night because Mommy started to not feel good. Once he came to our house to stay with me, Daddy took Mommy to the hospital (I was already asleep). The next morning Mommom Lenor went to the hospital to be with Mommy and Daddy when my baby brother arrived. Emerson was born at about 8:30am and weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz. and was 21 inches long. He came so fast that Mommy had him with NO drugs! (Boy, she is tough!!) He was born at St. Vincent's Hospital in Bridgeport, CT.