First Day of our Beach Vacation

This is a view down the beach and then from the ocean looking back at the condos. This was our little "beach camp" from yesterday - although we kept it up all day long we never went back after lunch. Raleigh just wanted to swim in the pool.

Raleigh LOVES the sand. We knew she would since she is CRAZY about her sandbox at home. She definately does not get that from me. I really dont like getting sand on the blanket and seriously don't like getting it on me. I had to resign myself to the fact that with two kids, sand will be everywhere!! Raleigh was laying in the sand making "sand angels (I think she saw someone on TV making snow angels - hey, this is a heck of a lot warmer so we'll take it!) And she even decided to stick her face in the sand. Silly girl!

Aiden stayed in the shade. He seemed to enjoy the fresh air and roar of the ocean. So much so that he actually fell asleep out on the blanket under the umbrella. It was SOOOOO cute! This was the best I could do at getting the two of them in one picture. They are both such wiggle worms. Raleigh is the speck off to the right with the white hat on.
Daddy took Raleigh in the ocean. Not her first time, but probably the first time she can remember. She didn't like the waves AT ALL. He finally had to carry her in. And, as you can see in the last photo, she came tearing out trying to beat the waves from getting to her feet!

Raleigh officially has a tan now. HA! She didn't get burned at all (yay for SPF 50!) But you can see where her swimsuit was.... what a little beach bum.

Speaking of Raleigh- I think it is time for everyone else to get up. They bought a new tent for the beach today, and we need to go stake claim on our little plot. Interestingly enough the people who left their beach tents and chairs folded up on the beach got TICKETS from the beach police this morning (I saw him writing them). I had no idea there were even law enforcement units on the beach. I guess there is crime everywhere, right?

OK, time to go wake up little miss princess.

At the Beach

We arrived last night at Indian Rocks beach where my parents have rented a condo for the week. Raleigh has been absolutely excited and dying to get here since sometime last week when we started preparing her that we were coming. She has gotten her beach toys out every day and tried to "get going" with them only to hear us tell her she had to wait. As you can imagine, when we arrived she wanted nothing to do with eating dinner - so that was a MAJOR chore - but she just loved getting to the beach. She collected a whole bucket full of shells for her sandbox at home (with grammy, grandpa, daddy, and mommy's help of course). She is quite the shell inspector - looking for "daddy and mommy shells" and "little tiny baby shells." Too funny.
Aiden has bee an angel, of course. He did sneeze a big mouthful of green beans on me earlier - but that's another story!


We'll update more tonight with some pictures of Raleigh in the ocean! She was scared, but enjoyed it eventually.

6 months old...

Ok, so I've not been good with updating. Life has been very busy. I have pictures from Nonny and Poppy's visit that I still haven't posted (mind you that was almost 2 weeks ago!)...but I promise I will get to them. We are heading into my two week break, and that means a little bit of free time. The week of the 4th we are headed to the beach, so I definately won't be getting anything done then...anyhow, I guess I shouldn't make excuses.

Aiden is 6 months old! Hard to believe time has gone by so quickly! He's a big boy, growing fast, and almost sitting up (I fear his huge noggin is affecting his balance!) No teeth yet - just buckets upon buckets of drool. He is almost out of the 6-12 month clothes...especially in onesies and rompers. He also laughs (which I will have to post a video of, it's so cute!) and smiles all the time!

Raleigh is doing good too! Swim class has been a huge success - she can now dive down and get rings off the bottom of the pool. She LOVES swimming! Even if she is never good at it, I'm so happy that she likes it and isn't scared of the water. I think her last class until August is next Monday! That means another GOLD MEDAL (oh how she loves those!!).

I promise, more pictures to follow!