The Beach at Hilton Head

We have a place in Hilton Head we go to in the summer. It is on the inlet and not on the beach but I like that. We are able to watch the big boats come into the harbour and see the Fireworks over the marsh at night. It really is great. This was the first year we took Ty there. Oh my goodness did he have fun. HE LOVES THE BEACH. The sand is his most favorite. He played so hard. Sand was everywhere. In the hair, in the ears, in his mouth, down his diaper.

Here he is with his Daddy taking his first trip into the ocean. He liked it too. He thought the waves were funny when they "crashed" into him, but he did not like the water to hit his face. (sorry for the pic looking hazy. I didnt give my camera enough time to adjust to the humidty when I took it out of the bag.)

He was all about making some sand castles, although we weren't very good at it.

Sunday School

Travis and I keep the Walker One class at our church. I just love this. All the children are so much fun. Here are just a few fun pics of the kids in Ty's class:

Ty and Zoe Kate....always ready for snack time. Love this girl.

Sweet Greyson. Always giving hugs.

Zoe Kate...Doesn't say much, but a look is worth a thousand words.

Ty and his friend Chase. He loves Chase. Every Sunday on the way to church, he repeats over and over....Play Chase...Play Chase. Too cute.

Day at the Zoo

I love the zoo. Now that Ty knows all the animal sounds and does them on his own, it is fun to walk by an animal and hear him make their noise. Grandma and Ali joined us on this particular visit.

Ty decided he wanted to walk, which means run, and that is not so easy to keep up with. He never wants to go the way I want to go. I did a lot of chasing, but that just meant a longer nap when we got home.

Ali is by far Ty's favorite person, well maybe Gandy (grandaddy) coming in real close. He absolutely adores her. He follows her everywhere and does what she does. She is like a mother hen to him. She takes very good care of him. Always feeding him and making sure he is not thirsty.
This was funny. Ali was a little afraid of the giraffes' tongue. I got a kick out of it. They are very gentle when they eat. I was surprised.

Ali and Ty had on matching outfits. He will kill me when he gets older but that is OK. It was cute.
Ty loved the fish exhibits. He kept referring to NEMO as every fish. He was enthralled with the alligator. It was like they were staring at each other. Kinda creepy.

These flamingos STUNK. This was funny because I made Ali stand there while I took a picture. It really did smell bad.

Autism Walk for Riley

What a day this turned out to be. We went on an Autism walk for a friend of ours who's little girl has Autism. I love to support causes like this especially when I know I am helping a friend out. We were already excited about it being at Finlay Park but really got excited when we realized that ELMO was there. My son has absolutely NO fear of ANY large size character. Even when we are at the mall and the Chick-fil-A cow comes out he has to be pried away from him. Here is Ty with his FAVORITE. ELMO!!!! He could not get enough of him.

Collin on the other hand had to stay atleast 20 feet away. How heartbreaking is that face. He did not like any of the characters.

Here is Ty hugging Cookie Monster all on his own. The hard part is getting him to let go of the hugs.

Elmo once again. He tried to share his snack with him. He likes to be right in their face.

I tried to get him to take a pic with me but I made him mad because I kept him from playing with Elmo.

Here is our wonderful group. They were all so fun. I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends.

These Boots are Made for Walking

How cute is a diaper and boots!

The State House

Ty and I took a field trip to The State House and boy was it exhausting.

First of all, I had a picnic packed with lots of fun snacks and drinks, books to read and balls to kick. Ask me, did we use any of that? Nope. Ty had is own agenda and it included: chasing squirrels and birds and people, running through bushes, running down sidewalks, talking to complete strangers, chasing squirrels some more and then climbing steps. You would think the climbing steps would wear a kid out. Not so much.

Here is Ty on the backsteps of the State House. He had so much fun running around and watching the other childern that were there on field trips.

Here is a brief moment where I had him contained and got him to eat something.

Now we are playing with those squirrels. One keeps getting away from him (thank goodness) and he gets a little annoyed. The squirrels there are so use to people that you can almost touch them before they run. Ty would get maybe a foot away and they would run.

My handsome little fella.

I think this may be a spot we go to when we have a lot of energy and need to run it off. He had so much fun.

I know now that I dont need to pack a picnic and toys and to put more than an hour of time on the meter.

Ty's Favorite 2 Summer things

Here are Ty's 2 FAVORITE summer things to do.



1. Play in the sand box. He would be in that thing for HOURS if I would let him. I have it in the garage to keep the bugs out and so he can play out of the sun. The sand unfortunatly is mortar sand so it sticks to everything even his skin. You can not just wipe it off. So, I filled up his pool and after the sand box we ALWAYS get in to get the sand off so we dont take it all inside.

2. In the pool. That is his second favorite thing to do. Either at home or at the neighborhood pool. He loves the water.