Vacation in Georgia!

This last week, we met up with my family in Georgia and stayed in a condo by the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was so beautiful there. There was nothing but trees with winding roads which made feel sick after awhile. There were 2 outdoor swimming pools and one of them was connected to a lake where you could go rock sliding, canoeing, and paddle boating. You could also just enjoy the sandy beach (the water was really gross so I don't know why anyone would want to). The name of the town that our condo was in is called Big Canoe.

Here is a turtle we found on the side of the road.

It hissed at me when I picked it up.

The swimming pool by the lake:

Group photo.

Little Brayden loved the water.

This was the other swimming pool and even

though you can't tell, the boys are in the kiddie

pool that had fountains and buckets-we should

have taken a picture of it.

We didn't have Brayden out in the water or the

sun for very long so my dad enjoyed holding him

and occasionally napping with him.

On our hike to find the waterfalls.

Kaitlyn and Brayden.

We found them!

These are the Lower Falls. It was very beautiful.

Now we are at the Upper Falls.

Bryan and Brayden playing in the water.

Bryan was carrying Brayden in his arms

instead of in the carrier. He was walking

back down and slipped and was sliding down

the waterfall. I saw the end of it right before

Bryan caught himself. I'm pretty sure my heart

skipped at least 2 or 3 beats.

Later on, my mom had pulled out sheets out

of the drier and were nice and warm. Here is

Brayden with those sheets.

The day before we left, we went to another

waterfall. This one was in the state park vs

condo grounds. (It's similar to Mesa Falls

where there's a board walk and a lot more

steps. It's also a lot bigger waterfall).

Brayden does not have any clothes on because

on our way up he decided that he was going

to poop out of his diaper. It got everywhere

and since it was going to be a short visit, we

didn't bring wipes so we had to use a beach towel!

His business got everywhere.

Here we are at the pool again.

The shallow end had a beach entry. Brayden loved

to kick and splash the water.

Here I am going down the rock slide.

On this paddle boat venture, we saw a huge

turtle. We think it was a snapping turtle.

Kaitlyn and Brayden.

Family photo (without my dad (he's taking the

picture) or my brother (doing an internship)).

When we got home, we celebrated Bryan's birthday

(on Sunday).

It was funfetti cake with homemade frosting.

Brayden kept grabbing at the candles.

Here is Brayden babbling while we were eating

Bryan's birthday dinner.

Here is Brayden's 6 mo picture.

He misses all the attention he got

so he wasn't cooperating very well.

Here is a video of Brayden crawling

to Bryan for some birthday cake.

(Bryan is going to try and put it on youtube

so you can watch it in HD).

At first, he was using just his arms-army

crawling. As of yesterday he started using his

right foot.