July Happenings

Wow- It's been over a month since I've updated this little blog. We've been very busy at the Barker house!! Well June was a very special month...Hattie Caroline Crawford was born. She is so beautiful and sweet- we are so happy for Courtney and Scott. We also went to Sea Island for Bo and Collier's beautiful beach wedding...we were able to stay with Jane, Andrew and their little ones- what a wonderful treat. To finish up June, among other things, we spent a weekend at the Lake with Joe and Rachel, put our house on the market, and had BaBa's 6 month check up (90th for height, 50th-75th for weight, and 95th for head circ.).

July has been super busy...Zack's Dad was in town for a few weeks from New Hampshire and we had so much fun spending time with him- James loved playing with Grandpa!! Aunt Kathleen, Dad, Rudy, Will and Adair all celebrated their birthdays- Happy Birthday everyone!! We had a big 4th of July shindig at Zack's Mom's house and got spend time with his sisters and their families as well as his Aunt Robin and cousin Rachel from LA, Aunt Elaine and Uncle Scotty from TN, and James got to meet Baby Hattie.

Hattie & James

Then my biggest nursing home had State Survey so I worked the next week non-stop- but all was well, and when it was over we packed up Zack's truck (umm- so packing for a week out of town with a 7 month old is insane- who knew someone so tiny could require so much stuff!!!) and headed to Bear Mountain (Cashiers, NC). We had a wonderful long weekend with my parents, the Swinharts (including Samantha :)), and The Sanfords. I'll update with more pictures later!! AND Mom and Dad celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary on the 15th!! Happy anniversary!!

James happenings:
Sitting up by himself
Has 2 teeth
Loves his Jumperoo and Exersaucer
Says: DADADADADA and BABABABABA and clicks his tongue all the time
He loves to laugh, and will currently laugh hysterically at the following: sneezing, peek-a-boo, lifting him in the air, and letting him grab my hair
Went swimming for the 1st time- 1st at the lake and then at Mimi and PawPaw's
AND... last night when he was supposed to be asleep we watched (via the baby monitor) him pull himself up to a standing position in his crib
He is one sweet boy- we are very blessed!!

I'm uploading pics but its taking a while so here are a couple Zack took in NC last week....