The Palmers: January 2007

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Sullivan visits the Zoo!

On Tuesday, Sully and I went with Catey and Malley to the zoo in Atlanta. It was a really nice day for the end of January. We had a sunny day in the 50's and hardly anyone was at the zoo, so we felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. It was a perfect first time at the zoo. Sully and Malley could stroll around and we didn't have to worry about them getting lost in the crowd because we really didn't see anyone else!! It was great! We saw elephants, kangaroos, rhinos, tons of birds, zebras, pandas, and all kinds of snakes and iguanas. Sully and Malley even went in the petting zoo and saw goats! It was a really fun day! Here are some pictures from our adventures.

Sully and Malley had a blast together!

At first, Sully was a little apprehensive about the animals. He just had that look on his face in the picture. But, after a few animals, he started to show more emotion and acted really excited!

Elephants and Zebras!

Catey and I thought the reptile room was quite creepy, but Sully and Malley loved watching them crawl around in their cages!

Can you tell which Panda is real and which one is Sully? haha

Tough to figure out? haha

Flamingos!

Wallabys!

After checking out all the animals, Sully and Malley played in the play area for awhile before we headed home.

Sully and Malley never pass on an opportunity to go down the slide!

So fun!

Time to go home. It was a fun day for both me and Sullivan!

Enjoy the pictures!

xxoo Tracy, Brett, and Sullivan xxoo

Friday, January 19, 2007

Sully's visit with Nick!

Hello everyone! This past week, Sullivan was lucky to meet his cousin Nick from PA! Nick is a pilot for Continental Airlines! Sully really enjoyed showing Nick all of his favorite toys! Here are some pictures from our fun evening!

Picture Time!

Sully and Nick!

Sully loves his Auntie Lindsay!

Sully has become quite the expert on building towers! He loves to build the tower and then knock it down and do it all over again!!!

Play time!

Enjoy the pictures. Have a great weekend!

xxoo Tracy, Brett, and Sullivan xxoo

Sunday, January 14, 2007

What has Sully been doing lately?

Hello everyone! Sully has been quite a busy boy over the past few weeks! We are back on our normal schedule after the holidays, so playgroup and gym classes are back in session! We have also had some beautiful, warm weather so we have spent many afternoons at the park and outside with the dogs. Sully also loves to play at the YMCA. I take him most mornings and he plays with all of his buddies while I work out. It is a great way for us both to have some time to play!!

Sullivan is really taking off with his sign language. He has learned so many new signs over the past few weeks, and is very good at using them when he sees certain animals or wants certain things. He knows how to sign fish, dog, cat, bird, and horse. He knows how to sign eat, cracker, banana, drink, milk, water, please, thank you, and baby. He also knows how to sign car, train, hat, shoes, socks, baby, and Mommy! What a vocabulary he is developing! We are very proud of him and he gets so excited when he uses a sign and we repeat what he is saying. He loves knowing that we understand him!!! Hopefully, in a few months, his sign language vocabulary will help him actually say the words to us...but, for now, it is fun to teach him sign language and communicate so well with him this early in his life!

I am attaching some fun pictures of Sully over the past few weeks. The first batch of pictures are from the other night when Malley was over at our house while her Mommy was out. Malley and Sully play well together and are really starting to enjoy each other. Enjoy the pictures!

Milk time!

They were playing so sweetly.

Sully LOVES Malley!

Time to play!

The next group of pictures were from this morning. We took Sullivan for a wagon ride and then played with the dogs in the front yard after the ride. It was so warm here this morning--we had to take advantage of the warm temps and play outside!!