The Beach

So we decided to hit the beach this past Sunday for the semi-annual beach baptisms our church holds at Bethune Beach, close to New Smyrna. It was the first time we had Zander at the beach since he was about 9 months old. It was a good time. Evan and I were both baptized at this same beach about 4 years ago and while we were there this time, Dwight Howard, who goes to our church, was also baptized. Since Evan and I have always had a love for the NBA, this was kind of fun. It wasn't a spectacle or anything, he didn't try to attract a lot of attention, just had a few family members and friends with him. Somehow the media did get ahold of it though, so you can read more about it here.


During the service they hold on a grassy area overlooking the beach, Zander was hamming it up with everyone, demanding high fives. Everyone was grinning ear to ear watching him, including us. Here are a few pictures and video footage.

The church provided BBQ for everyone and the weather was perfect. It was a great day in God's creation enjoying our family!

Singing and Dancing

It's been a really busy few weeks. I have pictures piling up and haven't had much time to post them. I will likely not post things in chronological order, but wanted to get a few photos out there so you can see how our little man is growing up - too quickly! Here is a video of him dancing to an ABC learning video he absolutely loves! He is talking a lot more. Words are not necessarily coherent to anyone but mom and dad, but he asks what things are all the time. He repeats all the letters of the alphabet on this little video he watches, but in this clip, you will just see him dancing and singing.

A few random pictures

This could potentially be the last post until we welcome Zander's sister to join us in about a month. We've been busy, I've collected a few pictures, but have failed to blog anything about our adventures. So here are just a few random things for now.


Zander chases his friend Elias (3) around a little garden area at Bok Towers during Boktoberfest.


Zander wears his initiative vision glasses he got at church. These glasses help you in "seeing what needs to be done and doing it." He has lots of initiative for two years old. He is always helping us with something. That's all for now folks!

Morning in the Park

We spent this morning at the park. The weather is getting cooler and there was a breeze. Zander was climbing all over the toys like never before.


Up the slides, down the slides. He chased a squirrel for a little while and then took a break for a snack.

He was all smiles until we had to leave:)

Bippity Boppity Boo

Zander was running around today with his Gymbo the Clown toy trying to turn Ramone into a frog, or maybe a cow? Not completely sure, but he was making himself laugh and it brought me joy.

Labor Day Weekend

We didn't have much of an agenda on Labor Day weekend. But we did a few things around the house and went to Chipolte for dinner one day. We had our church small group over for dinner on Sunday and went to visit one of our small group families that just had a little boy. We also learned of some heartbreaking news that our pastor's niece, who was five, passed away 10 weeks after being diagnosed with a rapid form of brain cancer. You can read more about that here. That put a somber mood on the later half of the weekend.

Here are a few pictures of our little man from the weekend.


Helping dad wash Ramone.

Eating beans and rice at Chipolte.

Chore Boy

So I mentioned before Zander loves to do chores. Actually, I'm not sure a lot makes him happier than helping in some fashion, besides chasing the dogs around. I give him a baby wipe and he goes to town on the windows. Here is a little visual.