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4th of July

The 4th of July was so fun! Eric and Jack and I slept in for the first time together in awhile, (well as much as you can with a baby waking you up every 2 1/2 to 3 hours) and then we went to the Barrus grandparents' house for a little lunch with the extended family. My immediate family came back to our house for the evening where we had a blast with a slip n slide, pool, and a golf ball/water hose. National Treasure 1 has now become a tradition on the 4th- so we packed that in, and ended with watching a few fireworks from outside of the stadium of fire.

Jack had a great time, although he slept through most of it, even with his whole immediate and extended family trying to wake him practically the whole day! However we did get some pretty cute pictures of him- even a few with his eyes open.


Hello Great Grandma Barrus! She looks so natural with Jack.
I think it's probably from her experience with 8 kids and 30 something grandchildren. :)

Oh look- he's finally starting to wake up a little bit!

And my favorite picture of the whole bunch...

Stretch those arms up so high.

And a random picture the day he came home from the hospital-
isn't he so much bigger even two weeks later?

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*Aliese* said…
The stretching picture is pretty much adorable.
July 18, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Brandon said…
Aww, what a cute pumpkin-head.
July 18, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Anna said…
that pic of your grandma is great, did you guys get a new camera?
July 18, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Brooke said…
We used my grandpa's really really really nice camera with really nice lenses for those pictures. Eric's looking to get a camera though- if you know of any let us know!
July 18, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Mandi said…
Oh my goodness, he is so adorable, Brooke! SUCH a cutey! I can't wait to see the little cousins together.
July 18, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Becca said…
Awww! I have the cutest nephew!
July 19, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Unknown said…
Brooke! Welcome aboard the blogwagon! I love your pictures! You should get that stretching one framed in black and white and put it in his room. I love it! Can't wait to keep up more on your lives now!
-Leslie
July 19, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Anna said…
actually Brooke I've done a lot of research and talked a bit with a friend who's really into photography. It depends on what you are looking for and how much you want to spend, let me know what you guys decide to do.
July 19, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Heather said…
Those pictures are great!! Jack is adorable!
July 20, 2008 at 8:34 AM
Amy said…
He's so cute!
July 21, 2008 at 9:14 AM
The Wolford Pack (Jen) said…
As everyone has already said....HE'S ADORABLE! He has the most perfect little face. He'll be a charmer. :)
July 21, 2008 at 10:56 AM
emiflute said…
Brooke! I'm so glad to have found your blog! And so glad to see those beautiful pics of your little man on it. Are you just loving motherhood? How about Dad? You are such a cute family! I'll be coming back a lot to check out the Stevenson Story, so keep it up! Love ya!
July 26, 2008 at 8:09 PM
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