Living in the Moment: Birmingham Trip

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Birmingham Trip

We just got back from a fun weekend in Birmingham, Alabama. Our friends, the Hutsons, moved there last year and will soon be on their way to Pennsylvania. So, we hung out all weekend and took lots of pictures to remember the visit. These first couple are the boys (Hunter and Eli) enjoying their ice cream cones.

Here's Katie and Baby Preston as Hunter likes to call him.

He is such a cutie!

Spencer got in some bonding time with Preston too...

This basketball hoop was a birthday gift of Eli's. Him, Hunter, and Spencer spent lots of time around it.

In case you can't tell, this is Hunter dunking it.

Hunter gave me a big kiss for the camera.

Our trip to a fun little park on Saturday.

I love this picture.

Before we left Sunday we got to visit the most beautiful botanical garden. It was right by the Hutsons apartment so they get to go whenever they want. I wish everyone could see ALL the pictures, but I tried to limit it. Here's a nice family shot and the only one Hunter sat still for.

We got to feed crackers to all the turtles and fish. I can't believe how many showed up when they saw food.

This is such a sweet picture of Eli smelling the flowers.

Hunter couldn't resist picking one flower.

5 comments:

Calley said...: That one of Hunter by the basketball hoop is priceless :) and you look awesome! Just a skinny little Heather with a basketball baby in her tummy. I'm glad you guys had a blast!; 4:15 PM
Jeanne Garner said...: I love your hair. It looks so cute short. I am excited you guys get to come visit Utah soon. I will miss seeing you but the kids and Robb will.; 8:14 PM
The Dixon Family said...: Yay! We can't wait to see you guys in a couple of weeks!; 8:43 PM
Tiff Rudd said...: Looks like a fun trip and some very cute pictures! You guys are one busy traveling family!!; 7:55 AM
Allison said...: You guys have such fun pictures to put up! I hope I get to see you when you are here. Heather, you are such a cute pregnant girl!; 8:50 AM

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6/08 I talk to Heather on the phone when I’m at work and usually Hunter if he’s awake. Sometimes Heather will ask if he wants to say hi to daddy, so he comes over to the phone and says “Hi dad” and runs off. She has to holler at him to come back and talk
4/6/08-Today Hunter and I (Spencer) were eating oatmeal. We finished the bowl and I told him we were all done. He started throwing a tantrum so I put him down on the floor. He rolled around for a minute and then got up and ran screaming into his room. We got quite a kick out of it, although we don't know what he was trying to accomplish.
3/5/08 - Lately Hunter has had a very runny nose, so he's gotten quite familiar with the tissue box. Now when we do the laundry he takes the dryer sheet and tries to wipe my nose with it. It took me a couple times to realize he thought it was a tissue and that he was "helping" me. I can say from experience that they are not nearly as soft on your skin as a normal tissue.
Feb '08-One day we were eating dinner. Hunter was down getting into the dvd drawer. He pulls out this old cartoon one and opened it. I (Spencer) asked him to bring it to me and he obediently did. I tried taking it from him at which point he completely lost it, very sad. So I put the disc back in and gave it to him. He stopped crying and quietly took the case back and sat in front of the tv. We continued eating, and when we looked over a few minutes later he was holding the case, quietly pointing to the characters on the front and looking really sad. He was being so darn cute we had to let him watch a few minutes.
10/1/07 - Hunter shut himself in our bedroom today. I went over to help him and made the mistake of asking, "Do you want to go outside?" I knew as I said it that I shouldn't have. He screamed in excitement and ran over to get his shoes. I tried to distract him with his teddy bears but he wouldn't be deterred. I didn't want him to think I'd lied, so he got to take a walk outside before his nap.
9/29/07 - We have one cabinet not "child-proofed" that Hunter has been obsessed with for the past week. He would go in, get the honey, walk around with it, and leave it in some random place. We couldn't figure out his obsession until the other day. I went in to find him hugging the honey jar when I realized it was a honey "bear". For those not aware, Hunter loves bears and thinks that any bear is free for the hugging. We got a good laugh out of it and let him play with it any time he wants now.