Usually when the kids take a bubble bath, Mattie puts bubbles on Teag when he's playing. Last night, with Mattie's back turned, Teag struck first....

Our friends, the Haddens, were visiting from Tallahassee and they took Bubba and Mattie out fishing. Mattie caught a catfish.

A photographer took these pictures of Bubba surfing yesterday. They were posted on a local surf website.

The other day I needed to mow the lawn and Bubba was out with Mattie having some Daddy and Mattie time. Teag rode along on my back while I mowed, complete with a sun hat and hearing protection. As you can tell the head phones work pretty well.



Teag and Mattie were playing with silk flowers. My little flower children!

Mattie was pretending to surf and then Teag joins in for the wipe out.

Teag is just such a blessing. When I look at him it's hard to imagine that he was so small and had such a rough start. He is so healthy and happy. Since his evaluation 8 months ago he still shows no signs of developmental delay or gross-motor difficulties. He is saying several words and signing others. He is making appropriate sounds when we show him pictures of different animals or when he sees them. His favorite is bird for which he points to the sky and says " Caw, caw" every time a bird flies by. He is truly our little miracle.
Here he is coloring.

Teag learns so much such from watching Mattie, I know, it's a bit scary. He loves to brush his teeth but he wants to do it like Mattie so they will both stand on the step stool in the bathroom and look in the mirror at each other brushing their teeth. She is also helping to perfect his running and climbing abilities. Here is some video of him playing the kazoo. Mattie was playing it and Teag just picked it up and without anyone showing him anything, he was jamming on the kazoo in a few short moments.

We recently took a trip to the Brevard Zoo.


Teag enjoyed being able to walk in his new doggie shoes Mattie selected for him.

Mattie was being a great and protective big sister making sure Teag did not stick his hand through the fence to try to touch the emu.


Bubba helped Teag feed the lorikeets some nectar.

The lorikeets couldn't decided which was sweeter, Mattie or the nectar.

Teag was fascinated by the beautiful and friendly birds.

Next it was time to feed the cockatiels.

Bubba had to pay attention so that Teag did not try to eat the bird seed.

The birds really liked Mattie.

Teag liked the fence.

Then it was over to feed the giraffes. Bubba helped Teag give the giraffe the first cracker, especially since we were unsure of how he would react. He LOVED it! He reached for the second cracker and gave it to the giraffe all by himself!

After giving the animals lunch it was time to cool off...

...and play sea turtles in the sand.

It was a great day for everyone!

Mattie seemed like a professional feeding the cockatiels...just watch...