{Introducing...} Bexley Brianna Cole

We would love to announce the arrival of Miss Bexley Brianna Cole!  She was born on 9.9.09 at 10:57am, weighing 7lbs, 2oz and was 19 1/2" long!  She is doing great!  We are all so happy and pink saying things constantly like, "She's just so cute!" and "We love her so much!"  She's a really good baby - sleeping all the time, eating good and hardly crying (unless she wants more milk or to be changed). Camden is warming up to her!  He still is adjusting - everyday he does something new with her or making comments.  It will be no time at all that he'll be her 24 hour security guard!  He did think it was pretty cool to go to the hospital to see her, even if it was to quickly say "hi" to her then pretend the bed was a forklift by making it go up and down or pretending to be a doctor. We are really blessed to have our newest addition home with us and doing well.  We want to thank everyone who called to wish us well prior to having Bexley and all the wishes after she was born!  We have the best friends and family!  We can't wait to share more pictures and stories throughout the year!

{Our Last Trip of the Summer} Myrtle Beach, SC

We took our last trip to the beach this summer last weekend!  Of all the times we had been to the beach, we have never stayed in Myrtle Beach!  We had a great time!  It was so much fun!  It was our last trip with just one child and also our 1st trip with Camden sleeping in a big boy bed.  Camden loves being so grown up! What an adventure!  But...it was the smallest packed trip we had ever taken!  We did a lot of relaxing on the beach, playing at the water park and eating a lot of great food!  Oh, and of course found some time for shopping!  We really enjoyed our last trip out for the summer and are already planning our 1st fall trip with our newest family member!

{Happy 34th Birthday} Scott!

Scott celebrated his 34th birthday last Saturday.  Biggs and Sarah came in to celebrate while on their way down to New Orleans for vacation!  We took Scott to Chapel Hill to Carolina Brewery for dinner.  Then on Sunday we celebrated at Longhorn with family. Happy Birthday Scott and welcome to your mid-30's! (He loves it!)

{Ocean Isle Beach} Trip!

We spent the last week at Ocean Isle Beach!  The first part of the week Sharon, Phillip, Kimberly and Nathan were there for our 1st annual Cole Family Beach Trip!  We had a lot of fun at the beach and playing mini golf.  Camden loved having everyone there.  He loves the ocean and loved driving his tractor through the sand.  The rest of the week we relaxed at the beach, shopped, ate and well...that's pretty much it!  We always love going to the NC beaches in the summertime.  Scott and I couldn't help, but talk about how things were going to be the next time we came to the beach and had 2 kids with us!

{Happy 1st Anniversary} Roanoke, VA

Scott and I celebrated our 1st Wedding Anniversary this Sunday!  We didn't want to go anywhere far or for too long so we decided on Roanoke, VA.  What a beautiful city!  It sits in a valley among the mountains.  Known as the "Star City of the South," the city constructed a giant star to sit up on the mountain!  We had a lot of fun walking around town shopping and visiting their Farmer's Market.  We also stayed at the Hotel Roanoke - so beautiful and full of history!  It was a perfect day and a perfect way to celebrate our 1 year anniversary!

{Hurst/Ryan Beach Trip} Pawley's Island

Mom, June, Theresa and Sarah all came to North Carolina last week to visit!  We had so much fun!  We went to Pawley's Island (love it there) and Charleston - that was just for the weekend.  Once we got back to NC we drove down to Charlotte and then to the mountains!   Make sure to check out our pictures to see everything that we did!  It was a great visit - I can't wait for another one!

{Disney Trip + Mother's Day} Orlando

We went to Orlando for Mother's Day weekend!  We spent Sunday at Magic Kingdom.  Camden loved it!  We had a lot of fun seeing all of the characters, riding the rides and watching the fireworks!  Camden's favorite ride was either the Tea Cups or the Go-Carts.  He was crazy about both.  It was so priceless to see Camden's face when we walked into the park and he saw Mickey and Minnie for the 1st time - I couldn't think of a better gift than that for Mother's Day!

{NC Zoo}

We took a trip down to the zoo today.  Camden loved it...well actually he loved running around.  He was mostly interested in the birds, but liked the giraffes too!  It was a beautiful day and we were lucky enough to get there early that it wasn't crowded yet.  Grandma Sharon gave us the grand tour of the place!  We had lots of fun and always love going to the zoo!

{Let it Snow!}

Sunday night Greensboro got about 5" of snow!  I know...that's TONS for Greensboro!  Unfortunately due to the snow Camden didn't have school that day so we got to play outside!  Camden loved the snow and now wants to go out every second!  I've uploaded some pics so you can see how much fun we had!

{Happy Valentine's Day}

For Valentine's Day this year Scott and I decided to stay close and go to Pinehurst!  It was a lot of fun!  Although we didn't golf, we did do some shopping, took a carriage ride around the village and went out to dinner.  Wondering about Camden...he got to go to Grandma and Grandpa Cole's house!  He loved every minute of it and can't wait for another overnight!