Happy 2nd Birthday Jeremiah!!

Happy Birthday, Jeremiah!  You are pretty excited to be TWO!

On your birthday, we met Nana & Uncle Perry at McDonalds for breakfast. You had a big breakfast (not surprising), then had Perry walk with you all over the McDonalds and adjoining gas station. Perry even bought a ball and bat set for you - an instant favorite!

After breakfast, we headed to our local park to play because it was such a gorgeous summer morning - unseasonably cool & overcast. Perfect park weather! Unfortunately, I didn't get many good pictures of you. Pretty much all my pictures these days look like this...
 

or this...you're too busy having fun to slow down!

We had to cancel your birthday party due to unforeseen circumstance, but that just meant you got to spread it out...a morning with Anna & Ms. Nicole, an afternoon with Mimi & G-pa, an evening with Nana & Popa, some time with Granny & Popa G...just lots of birthday fun.

You are certainly loving life as a two year old!

Brannan Family Beach Trip - 2010

For a week in mid-July, we made our annual trip to the South Carolina Coast! This is a week that everyone enjoys! We pretty much stayed on the beach or lounging in the house the entire time. It was absolute bliss!

There was lots of running in the surf and sand.

 

This little boy loved the waves!

 

A fun game of Bocce was played...

but J was not content to just watch from the sideline with G-pa.

So everyone was very patience and Aubrey tried to show Jeremiah how to throw a ball.

And he did!

But he wanted to keep going and it wasn't his turn anymore. A meltdown may or may not have occurred at this point. :)

Thankfully he'd occasionally let us rest and he's play in the sand under the tent.

J & Daddy lounging in the shade

I just love that sweet face!

Special times with Daddy...

 

and occasionally slowed down for a moment to sit with Mommy. But only for a second!

Our only family photo. Had too much fun to take others!

Random Pics: July 2010

Here are a few random pictures from August...they all make me laugh!

I walked into the kitchen one day and found this!

I have no idea what happened...maybe I forgot to snap his shorts after a diaper change, who knows? He was just about paralyzed when I walked in. He didn't have a clue what to do!

This picture speaks for itself...he's growing up so fast!

Jeremiah learned to say "CHEESE!" when I pull out the camera. A rather forced smile comes with it, but it's still funny to me.

Grandpa Brannan turns 95!

Grandpa Brannan turned 95 on July 8th. That is definitely something to be celebrated!

Jim and Mom threw a party for him and around 100 people came out!

The family pitched in to serve drinks, cake, and get the food prepared.

 

Grandpa Brannan was like a politician...shaking lots of hands

and taking pictures with pretty ladies.

I think he really enjoyed himself!

It was great to see Grandpa's friends, family, and long-time neighbors like Mrs. Kelly Murray.

This little man sat at the table with Grandpa B and ate 6 plates of food!

Wonder where he got that love of food? ha!

Of course he had to spend some time in Mimi's arms

Snuck in a few moments with Uncle Harry & Granny in the kitchen

This is a troublesome pair!

Uncle Todd had no idea what he had gotten himself into when he started this game...Jeremiah absolutely loved it!

Snapshots of his 95 years

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Blueberry Picking

We started our July 4th morning by going Blueberry Picking! I am have been so excited to go do this. They come in much later here (a little farther west in the state) than what I'm used to, so I've had to practice some patience. We wanted to get there early before it got hot, so we left the house, picked up some McDonald's breakfast (of champions - ha!), then headed to the Blueberry Farm. We got there by about 8am and it was still nice & cool.

Jeremiah starting off in the wagon eating on his hashbrown, but he wouldn't be contained for long.

This kid LOVES blueberries (and most other fruits), so he got to work picking the low berries.

He had to inspect them to make sure they were blue (although we tried to encourage this inspection BEFORE he picked them). He was surprisingly good at picking only the ripe berries, but he had a bit of practice since there were a few small blueberry bushes at Nana & Popa's house that he'd already picked & eaten from.

Mommy at work picking the berries...

and Daddy too!

We picked for about 45 minutes and got a gallon before we had to head to church. I want 3 gallons, so we'll be going back when a few more berries ripen!

Field Trip: Homeland Creamery

This past week, we had a little field trip to Homeland Creamery with the Koontz's. It was a perfect day since the weather was unseasonably cool. Here is a very pic-heavy post, but as you can see, we had a blast!

The Koontz Cows

The Hanes Cows & Anna

In the "barnyard", there were turkeys...

and chickens...

and even a baby calf come out!

Jeremiah was really excited to help bottle feed the calf.

Dylan practicing milking the pretend cow.

Anna got in on the milking action too.

Jeremiah wanted to just watch...not quite the same milking experience as the State Fair.

A big group of us hopped on the wagon for a hayride around the farm.

This sweet (muddy) dog herded us along the tour and waited in the middle of the road while we had our tour stops.

Here's the milking herd. These cows give about 8 gallons of milk a day!

Jeremiah was pretty excited to see the miniature donkeys in this field....reminded him of Leroy!

At the end of our tour, we were given a sample cup of their ice cream. DELICIOUS!!! Seriously, the best ice cream I've ever had. I might start searching out their products at the Whole Foods & Fresh Market in Winston.

This boy had a GREAT day on the farm!