On the trail

Here we are at the Birkhead Mountains Wilderness in the Uwharrie National Forrest, which is so close to our house.  This makes it nice b/c it is quick and easy to get to a great day hike!  Here are some pictures of us enjoying it yesterday morning:

This is what happens when you tell a funny little toddler to "say cheese":

Lucy had a great time on this hike as well.  It was so nice that we were able to push the mountain buggy stroller from Aunt Jennifer on this trail.

                                  

  Such a great hike on a beautiful summer day!!

Red Car

 Lucy really loves for us to push her around in this red car that Jake got this past Christmas.  Jake "drives" it around by pushing it with his feet, but there is also a floor board attachment for younger toddlers (so, it has been perfect for Lucy as well).  Here are some cute pics I took of them in the car the other day:

 I am not really sure what they were eating before these pictures, but it must have been good b/c it seems to be on both of their shirts!  Check out Jake in the pictures below, the faces he was making just kept getting funnier and funnier.  I still laugh every time I scroll through these:

 What a funny little kiddo!  And, thanks big brother Jake for letting Lucy share this cool red car with you!!

At the zoo

Here are some pictures of us enjoying the zoo yesterday.  Jake and Lucy had fun playing in these ostrich eggs:

Fun, but a little hot inside the figures!  Did you notice the elephant off in the distance?

We managed to get a couple of pics of me with the kids!  Check out Lucy with her eye on Jake's cookie:

And, she got it...

Then we went to the Aviary.  Jake loves to find as many different birds as he can.  Then he points out which ones we found on the chart when we're leaving!  Here he is with Jason cooling off over one of the big fans:

Another great trip to the zoo!!

Fun with Zoe

Here are some pictures of Jake and Lucy having fun when Zoe came over to play the other day.  Zoe is our friend's daughter and the three of them have a ball together:

And look at Lucy pulling herself up already!  She certainly is not a slowpoke when it comes to figuring things out!!

Too much fun!  And needless to say, everyone was very tired that night!!

Happy 4th

Here are some pictures of us enjoying the 4th of July parade:

 And Lucy having fun at home later in the day:

 Happy 4th!!

Eight Months

 My, my, my...Lucy- what a big month!  Look at this big girl (with her first haircut)!!  I can't believe how much has happened in just one months time!!!  Right after she turned 7 months old, Lucy learned how to sit up by herself.  And a couple of days ago, she started the first stages of crawling.  Two big skills Lucy- way to go girl! 

 This has probably been the most sleepless month we've had, but I imagine two big trips and two bottom teeth coming in had a little something to do with that!!  Lucy's first tooth started coming in Father's Day weekend and the other one was soon to follow.  So it was a little bit of a cranky/fussy month, but it is all totally worth it!  I mean, look at this cutie pie- she is just so, so sweet:

 I imagine this next month is going to be a busy one for us since Lucy is starting to crawl!  Now we have two kiddos to chase around!! There's never a dull moment around the Bradford household...and we're loving every minute of it :)