13 weeks old....

We take a picture like this every Friday. She is getting soooooo big!!!!

Summer pics

I have finally gotten around to adding sme of our favorite summer pictures....


Steve loves this onesie on Stevie..."Who needs a superhero when I have my Dad"... she has a mom version too


4 generations....

Steve, Stevie and Uncle Mikey...

Steve got Stevie dressed up so they could be twins to take her to MCA to show her off...

Stevie LOVES to suck her thumb... and it always the left one....does that mean she will be a leftie????

Steve and Stevie in their tie-die t-shirts.....

Stevie waking up at the lake...I don't think she realized where she was...

Steve, Stevie and Rubi....

Summer at the Lake

Many of you know that we spent a great deal of time this summer in Seneca, SC. Steve's granddaddy made the decision to move into an assisted living facility and the family spent most of the summer helping him make the transition. After long days spent with him, we would come back to Uncle Jim's house and relax o the water at night. The big kids absolutely loved it.


Nanny and the big kids on the boat....

Sarryn and David lovevd being in the water with Steve. He taught them how to jump off the end of the ock and swim around to the ladder...

Steve and David swam all over the lake....

Stevie had fun at the lake too. She had to shohw off her marvelous figure and her new shades....

She had fun riding on the boat. She had a special baby life jacket we had to put on when we were on the water...

Stee's sister, Michele, spent a huge amount of time with her granddaddy this summer. She enjoyed one of the few breaks she took with us out on the lake.

Nanny brought down outside games to play with the big kids. They learned to play monkey ball and some other kind of tailgating type of game.

The whole family went out on the boat before we left.... Unle Jim, Aunt Jamie, Sarryn, David and Elwood (the dog)

Stevie's 2 month check-up

All went smoothly with Stevie's 2 month check-up. She weighed 13 lbs and 15 ozs and was 23 inches long. She got 3 shots, but stopped cryig within seconds of being picked up. She goes back October 9. I can't wait to see how much she has grown.

Virginia Beach Vacation

Here are the pictures from our summer vacation. We went to Virginia Beach, Norfolk and the Outer Banks during August this year. We visited several piers, an aquarium, Nauticus and the Fort Story Lighthouse. Steve's mom came and spent one day and night with us. I think everyone had a great time. The only bummer was that our family pictures on the beach got rained out. We are going to try again the 2nd weekend in September.

The Ocean View Pier was the first of 5 piers we walked...
We ate at the restaurant on the pier....

We had a little time to spare so we took some pics....

I walked with Sarryn up the Fort Story Lighthouse.....

Steve took David. We couldn't go up together because the baby couldn't go....

Family photo at the Lighthouse...

We visited the Life Saving Station at the Boardwalk at Virginia Beach...

We ate lunch at Waterman's.... there was a great view of the ocean...

Nanny and the big kids walked the beach at Sandbridge...

There was a great playground in Sandbridge.... Steve and Sarryn had fun....

We toured Nauticus and got to visit a US Navy ship....

Us on the Wisconsin....

Could we gt one of these at home?!?!?!?!

Sunday on the Beach.....

Daddy and baby on the beach.... Surprise, surprise!!!

Sitting in front of granddaddy's house in Norfolk.....

First ASU football game

We took Stevie to her first ASU football game Saturday in Greenville, NC. ASU opened their 2009 season against ECU. Steve's mom joined us in the festivities of the day. It was a truly family affair since Steve's brother Michael graduated from ECU. Michael had to work and couldn't join us, but the text messages were flying back and forth. We met Steve's friend Matt and his family there and did some awesome tailgating. I think everyone hahd a great time. Unfortunately, ASU didn't decide to really play until the 2nd half and lost the game 29-24. Oh well, hopefully we will do better next week.

I am still learning about this blog thing and put all my pictures in backwards. I still think you will be able to enjoy them...

The Braune family at their first ASU game...
Stevie slept through most of the game...I don't know how with all those noisy ASU fans... Steve and Matt....

Steve and Stevie....

Nikki and Pam tailgating....

Amada and Jacob tailgating...Poor Amanda was the only ECU grad with us...at least Jacob got to wear the right shirt :)

Jacob's ball went down a sewer drain and Matt and Steve crawled down there to try to find it. All those germs!!!!!

Stevie tailgating.... enjoying those fingers....

Stevie getting ready at the hotel....