New Bern Bear Brown

It is mid summer and we are going 100 miles per hour with Camp, work, school, friends and commitments keeping our schedule full.  


Lisa is fully engaged in Camp for the next few days and has set up residency at the villa with the boys.  I started a new job that I am taking a brief leave of absence from so I can take four weeks of intense graduate level courses at the Naval Post Graduate School in order to further my military education.   On top of all of this, Linda, Mark and Grace will visit, Sam will go back to New York and I am supposed to close on the sale of the house in Cortland.

Last month we dropped TJ off at Camp for two whole weeks.  Two whole weeks of having only one child running through the house.  Grant did okay being the center of attention but still hugged his brother when he walked through the door.  Within a few minutes the were rough housing across the living room.  Ah, peace in the house.

After dropping TJ off at Camp we took Grant into New Bern with his cousins Alyssa and Grace.  New Bern is famous for being the town where Pepsi Cola was invented and for their city mascot - the bear.  The city is dotted with bear statues all with different themes.  So - during our short walking tour of downtown we tried to locate as many as we could while still keeping Grant's attention and good humor.

At one point in Grant's infancy we called him "Bear" because of his size.  At that time Lisa was feeding him 8 oz of whole milk five times per day.  Grant was a big baby thanks to mommy.   And there are times lately where Grant has lived up to that moniker - he really can be a bear.

The heat of the summer is here.  Ninety degree heat and eighty-five percent humidity.  Strong passing storms only leave a humid steam and little relief.  Nonetheless - the summer of 2014 marches on.

Enjoy the pictures!