Family Beach Day

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Pose

She loves her beach toys and to throw sand she gets angry if you try to take away her toys Finally a relaxing moment for Dad

Taking a walk on the beach together

She does NOT like the water

the shallow water is a little bit better

She doesn't like the waves

Nope not her cup of tea

This is better holding on to Daddy weeeeeeee

Still mad at her parents for putting her in the water

bucket play with Daddy

She decided she was ready to go home Greg was fortunate to have a random day off during the week so we hit the beach for the first time as a family. Ava loved the sand but does NOT like the waves. Our big news this week is that Ava crawled yesterday! Hooray! It was a very strange type of crawl but she did move forward a few feet on her own- we'll take it! I think she just decided to try all her moves she knew how to do to move forward until she found something that worked. She is still rolling around the carpet like a 007 secret agent but she will at least crawl a little bit. She now has three teeth on the top gum and when she smiles she looks like a little shark. She still has a rash on her belly and back. We took her to the doctor and they decided that she is most likely allergic to something in her environment. They gave her Claritin and she is doing much better. She has another appointment tomorrow and next week. Ava is now 9 months old and weighs 19 lbs. How time flys!

Toys!

What is this Mom? Ohhh I get it! I like the sticks better than the xylophone Mom. Oooo what is this toy Dad? Ava's first set of wheels playing with all the gadgets on it

"You want me to do what???" "Ohhh this is strange" "I don't like it!" "I can't stretch that far!" " Can I do it one handed?" "This is hard!"

"This is better...no stretching" "Are you sure I'm supposed to be on it this way?" "OOOoo neat!" Pen checking Ava out

We were inspired after visiting Aunt Betsy to get Ava more challenging toys. Fortunately we had saved gift cards from Ms. Rhonda and Uncle Jon and headed over to Babies R' Us. Of course after we opened up Ava's toys she was most entertained by the box that it came in. How blissful it is to have a low maintenance baby (we're enjoying it while we can!). She had a great time playing with Daddy. She tends to show off to him when he comes home from work.

Girls Weekend

Started the day off with a Mimosa Brunch

We are high maintenance beachers with our mounds of equipment

It is a workout walking to the beach with all that stuff!

Our beach camp Julian- the Kahuna of the beachTaking a big splash with his Godmother JB and his Momma Christine Drying off the Kahuna action shot of the beach day Christine's main squeeze JuJu Great day at the beach with the girls....minus that obnoxious guy in the background

The girls came from all over VA and MD to have a girls weekend. Greg was a great sport with the massive influx of estrogen into our apartment. We brunched, beached, barbequed at Greg's class party, and had a night out on the town. Julian was the stud of the beach and was a great sport. Ava did not join us because she still had her skin rash. We had a wonderful weekend and are looking forward to having another one in the fall.