Denton's Dedication

Today, Denton was dedicated at our church. Some people may wonder what it means to be dedicated. It means that Mom & Dad are dedicating Denton life back to the Lord, showing that they know he is one of God's children merely entrusted to them for a short time, and showing their dedication as parents to raise him up to know God and the gift given through Jesus.

Grammie Peterson, Gram Gram Peters and Papa were all there to witness the dedication and celebrate with us afterwards. We all looked super spiffy in our matching shirts!

Up at Pinetree Hollow

This past weekend we took a trip up to Pinetree Hollow, my Uncle Gary & Aunt Jane's camp up in Harrisville, NY. We love to go up there and spend time with them. It is a boys heaven, with lots of fun things to do.

We got up in the morning and feed the fish breakfast. Aunt Jane likes to break up the pieces of bread, but I just threw the whole piece in. The fish still ate it just fine.

We also play on the swingset that is up there. We really like to swing high!!

This time we walked up to the river and got to walk across the rocks and throw stones and watch them splash!

Here is Uncle Gary with us on the walk to the river. We really love our Uncle Gary.

This was Denton's first visit to Pinetree Hollow. He really did enjoy it, even if it doesn't look like it in this photo. He even got to wear his new outfit from Aunt Jane & Uncle Gary...a camo Carhardt outfit...perfect for up to camp!

Denton Hits 3 Months!

Can you believe Denton has been with us for three months? Sometimes that feels like it can't be true, but then again, it kind of feels like he's been here forever. He is very much a part of our every day. Teddy and I like to kiss him, and hold him. Sometimes we like to growl or "rawr" at him to see if it scares him. Mainly, he just hangs out. He doesn't make much noise or fuss, and is even starting to smile and laugh a bit more, although he is often quite serious. Quiet and pensive, that is how I'd describe Denton.

In honor of my little brother being 1/4 of a year old, I'm doing a blog just about him!

Beach Baby!

He sucks his thumb...actually thumbS! He'll suck left or right, he doesn't care. Whatever makes it to his mouth.

Mom Mom and Denton at Rushford Lake Beach

Enjoying the shade with Papa

It is all about those cheeks!

Conversations with Grammie

Not sure quite why, but he looks exceptionally HUGE in this photo!

WHAT?

His favorite spot...in the traveling bassinet that goes wherever the action is.

Adirondacks 2010

You know that summer is fully underway (and half over) when we pack up and head to Eagle Bay for a week in the Adirondacks. This was our third year going up there with Grammie and staying next to the Peterson's (Uncle George & Aunt Lou Lou), along with the Sevilla's and Hyde's. It took me a while to get all these photos into a slideshow, but you've got to see the fun we had!! Enjoy! Sorry I can't write more, but I've got to get back to enjoying our summer. More pictures of what we are up to soon!

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"The Waterfall"

We've taken a few trips to the "waterfall" in Corning the past couple of weeks. It is a great place to go and cool off. Yeah, so, it isn't really a waterfall, but a fountain downtown in the park. On Sunday, we took a picnic dinner down there and met Grammie and Jenna. It was fun to have Daddy with us because he would swing us up really high into the water. Teddy thinks he is Ironman when he flies up like this.

Tyrus, flying high!

Teddy is IRONMAN!

Run Teddy Run!

Fun with Jenna

Denton, my BIG little brother!

Denton went for his two-month check up last week with Dr. Alexander and he weighed in at a whomping 14 lbs. 15 oz. That puts him above the 100th percentile...right off the charts! Mom looked back at the stats for me and Teddy to compare. I was 11 lbs. 12 oz. at 2 month old, and Teddy was 14 lbs.

So Denton is our younger brother, but he may not be our "little" brother!

Happy Birthday America!

The 4th of July is always a fun weekend to celebrate the birthday of America and enjoy the summertime! This 4th of July weekend was a bit different than I'd ever known. Usually Mom and Dad throw a big party and there is lots of family around, but this year was a bit quieter. We still had lots of fun though!



We kicked things off with a "Playground Grand Re-Opening Party" on Thursday. Since Daddy had already moved all the mulch, we just had some friends by to enjoy the cooler weather and completed playground. Our friends Sydney (with her Mom & Dad, Angie & Steve) and Tully (with his Mom & Dad, Sarah & Ed), along with Mark and Jim (guys Daddy works with) were all here.

Friday continued the fun with a visit from our friend Ava, with her parents, Brooke & Angelo, and new little sister, Alessia. We spent the day outside enjoying the beautiful weather.

Denton is only 12 days older than Alessia, but she is a little thing. She still weighs less than Denton did when he was born!

Saturday was spent up at the lake with our cousins, Cohen and Cooper. Mom got us all matching shirts to take some holiday family photos.