Labor Day

We had a wonderful 3 day weekend at our house. We enjoyed a great day at Sullivan's Island - which is quickly becoming our favorite beach. We had so much fun with the Moses family - and are excited that we have a few more weeks of beach season left to enjoy. Lil' J continues to be a beach baby - loves the water and usually naps well in the ocean breeze (don't we all!)

Doug & Justin with Parker - pretending to eat a crab

With J in the shade :)

Dog Day Afternoon

Willie still gets lots of attention in our house (and loves that mom is home all day now) but he doesn't get as much blog time. This weekend, we took Willie to Dog Day afternoon at the County Park. After they shut down the water park for the summer, they let people bring their dogs in for one afternoon. Willie was in heaven, running around and swimming in the wave pool and lazy river. I have never seen so many dogs in one place. What a fun day for our fur baby.

A view from the back of the wave pool!

Willie & Doug (Doug is wearing an orange shirt in the middle of the photo) in the middle of chaos!

What's in a Name?

Some of my loyal readers may remember this post - where we explained the meaning of Willie's name. I thought I should do the same for our new baby :)

When Doug and I first started talking about starting our family - we were at one of our favorite places in North Carolina - Jordan Lake. Doug said, "If we have a girl, let's name her Jordan." We spent so many weekends, evenings & days at the lake - camping, boating, hiking or swimming with Willie. We had enjoyed time there with friends and family. You may remember all of the posts about Jordan Lake that I have posted to the blog (they are here if you are interested!) It seemed so beautiful to name our baby after such a special place to us. Of course, that was long before we were pregnant or knew that Baby B would be a girl.

Once we did know that Baby B was a girl - we thought Marie was a perfect middle name. Marie was both my mom and my middle name. It is also Doug's grandma's name and his mom's middle name. We love the inclusion of so many of the wonderful women in our family.

So that's that. Jordan Marie Burgess. Big name - little person.

We love Fridays!

Jordan, Willie & I love fridays because dad comes home early and we have the entire weekend together. We hope you enjoy your holiday weekend.

Happy Friday!

A little bit of fun for this Friday - Jordan dancing to Sweet Pea by Amos Lee. One of my favorite CDs while I was pregnant with J - I think she remembers.

Life in Charleston

View out our back deck to the marshes during a high tide.

We are getting settled into our life in Charleston and getting accustomed to the differences in living down here. For example - here are some conversations that Doug & I have had recently:

Doug "There are crabs in the pool"
Katie "Again?"

Doug "I think I just saw an alligator out back"
Katie "Shut up!"
Doug "Don't worry, it was a small one"

Doug "What time is high tide today?"
Katie "I don't know - did you look out back?"

Katie "Do you want to go to the beach after dinner tonight?"
Doug "Sure, which one?"

Doug "Have you been watching the weather?"
Katie "Yeah, the hurricane. Are we going to need to evacuate?"
Doug "Maybe. Just in case, we should buy diapers."

So obviously a much different life but we are loving every minute of it. We did want to let everyone know that Hurricane Earl is going to bypass South Carolina, so we are safe. Jordan and I went to playgroup on Sullivan's Island Beach today and saw the big waves.

Bird is the Word

From the first night in the hospital, Doug started calling Jordan - the bird. I have to admit it's a pretty great nickname - plus she really did sound like a bird. Her cries were never very loud - sounding more like chirps. So the nickname bird has stayed (or J bird - not to be confused with Jayhawk to all my Kansas readers). She still does chirp although, now her cries sometimes upgrade to more of a squawk.

A picture of our baby bird - a little under two weeks old. She looks so tiny!!

A Daddy's Girl

Everyone tells me that Jordan looks exactly like Doug. And even though I'm usually really bad at that game - even I can tell that Baby J looks so much like her daddy.

Check out their baby photos in comparison!!