Our (short) visit in Charleston!

Hey there! Check out those smiles on the dads! Watch out, folks! Here's Laban with 10 month old Connor and J.J. with Sofia, who just turned 5 months old. We had a great time visiting with the Chappells. Thanks for taking us in!

These are our good friends the Chappells. Laban (I prefer to call him 'Labia') and Allison and J.J. are smiles with Sophie (Murphy's gf) and Murphy. In the short time that we were in Charleston, we were able to visit and see Melanie and Corinne, Robert and Olivia and Jack, and the Hollands too. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of them. We wished we could have met up with more of our friends, but our times didn't match up. =(

Liz Mullen is holding Sofia at the shops in South Windermere. This is Liz's first time seeing Sofia! We used to work together at Burke Middle School in downtown Charleston. If you are ever in need of some, good entertaining stories, call us, grab a cup of coffee and we can tell you about the 17 year olds in 8th Grade, drugs: selling-smoking-buying, the fights, fashion and bling, gold teef, and more! Ahh...how we don't miss those days at all.

On the road to Charleston & Beaufort!

Here's J.J. with his trusty iPod as he is driving us to Charleston. We decided to leave at 8:30 p.m. once Sofia was out for the night because she does not tolerate long trips in the car. She doesn't enjoy being strapped in, not being able to move, and looking at the gray seat in front of her. She slept all the way down for the 6 1/2 hour drive. Whew!

Here's Murphy looking like he is about to jump out of the car because he was so cramped for space. He had to lean up against the car window at times. We tried to pack light with the new baby, but there's never enough space. We did bring the Jumperoo because it is a great source of entertainment for everyone around. Sofia has started to squeal when she's happy and forces out fake coughs when there's something she's not too fond of. She's entertaining.

Here's Mom getting camera happy in the car taking all sorts of pictures! Sofia's one source of entertainment was watching Murphy move around trying to get comfortable.

This is Sofia in the mirror. I remember when her feet couldn't even touch the mirror, but now she kicks it all the time!

Poor Murphy.