More new friends

It's hard to believe its the middle of July. We spend every minute we can at the pool. Gibson loves the water and surprisingly, it seems, so does Chris. We have a beach date tomorrow with Chelsea, the Pearson's, the Cook's. I absolutely can NOT wait to get my feet in the sand and see how Gibson takes to it. Hopefully he'll take after me more on this one.

Recently Gibson got to meet two more new friends:

Uncle Nicky - he held Gibson twice in the 30 seconds or so that we saw of him.


Austin - the last Marxist to meet Gibson. How did Gary beat you over to our place Austin? hmmmm. Anyway, we are happy you finally made it over.

I cant wait to update with beach pitcures. With my luck I'll drop the camera in the ocean.

Happy Birthday Cali!

Miss Cali Scott Cotterill turns 2 years old. It's hard to believe that it was 2 years ago that I watched helplessly as her mama brought her into this world. It's even crazier to think that in just a few months we will get to welcome Cotterill babygirl #2 into our lives. We can't wait to meet little Gracie (not really her name, but its one that I'm pulling for.)

Yesterday we got to spend the day celebrating with Cali and a bunch of wonderful friends. Such fun on such a beautiful day. After crunching my camera on July 4th, my new camera showed up 15 minutes before we jumped into the car for the party. There are some fun videos that will be posted soon and there will be about 100 more pictures on our flickr account. (Link to the right)

Getting ready for the PARTY!

The BIRTHDAY GIRL!! Enjoying a dip in the pool.

Two more water babies.

Cali's cousin Kaitlyn, who is such a beautiful and sweet girl.

Mama Cotterill

Gibson and Alison have a LOT to catch up on.

Playing house

Riley and the girls.

I just LOVE this picture.

Alison, Kathy Jo and Jude.

Now its time for Gibson and Riley to catch up on the past week. Or maybe Riley is filling Gibson in on all the gossip he got from the girls. That's probably it.

Picking up change with Uncle Jim.

Group shot in the Cotterills "new" yard. Paul did a CRAZY amount of work on their yard (previously known as the doggie pen) and now its a family paradise.

Eagerly (?) awaiting cake.

Cake face. Gibson had his first ice cream cake. I think he's in love.

Oops...

How could I forget?! Gibson placed 4th - honorable mention - in the baby contest. You can see below his reaction. Is it wrong to mention that the winner had a unibrow? Clearly someone paid off the judges. Haha. Really though, I no sooner posted the last update when I realized there were no pictures of my newly hairless (sort of) husband. Look at that handsome face! I might as well post a few more pictures while I'm here.

Gibson chilling at the pool. I love his sillly faces as much as I love the smiley ones.

He loves to eat nectarines and sometimes he goes in for a bite at the same time as I do. He does NOT want me to give him a piece that will fit in his mouth already, he wants to get his whole face sticky and run his teeth up and down. It's really quite cute.

Proof of the aforementioned morning banana mashing ritual.

Look at what a little man he looks like here. He looks like he's about to ask to borrow the car keys.

Fourth of July Weekend

Happy Belated 4th! Such a fun weekend. Somehow long weekends never really feel long, they feel like the right amount of time, its the other weekends that feel short. Anyway, Gibson and Chris both got to experience their first Milltown 4th of July parade. Uncle Harry and Aunt Tami joined us and then Auntie Chelsea, The Cook's and new neighbors Casey and Rob all hit up the festivities in town and then back to our place for a little bbq. Good times, good friend.

Gibson is wondering why these men are all in skirts.

The only candy he kept from the parade, he didn't get to eat it, but he liked chewing on it for a few minutes.

Free hotdogs? WHERE?!
Gibson and Aunt Tami. He can't wait til next year when he can join in the kiddie fun some more.
Uncle Harry? What is a firework?

CHOMP! Gibson looks so cute in this outfit, and as you can tell here, he loves to play with balls.

This is how he looks after breakfast clean up. He loves to mash bananas all over - he does eventually get some in his mouth too.