Hello Beach, it's nice to meet you.

It was love at first sight.  

 

 

Water, Water, water said the little voice.  With one small and perfect outstretched arm he pointed to the endless view of ocean lapping against the sand.  Eyes focused and serious as he took in the magnificent creation that surrounded him.  Everything new, and everything amazing, I imagine it must be a similar feeling to an adult who has just landed on the moon for the very first time.  I wonder if he recognizes any of it.....as it vaguely connects to an image in the brain of something he has seen in a book or toy fish swimming in the ocean or children playing on the beach.  

He immediately pounded the sand with two happy little feet.  Reaching down to grasp a small handful of sand that he would immediately squish and throw, grab, squish, throw.  Until his face and eyes were speckled with the tiny grains of sand.  I suppose that's when he became comfortable here in this new place because he dove into it like an old familiar blanket.  Full body hugs were then given to the sand with a smile on his face.  Pure delight. 

He found the ocean waters curious but remained cautious of their every pounding waves.  Grimaces followed smiles quite quickly as we dipped his feet in a big salty bath. 

It was something wonderful to witness and the perfect way to start our first day by the beach. 

15 Months of Knowing Heaven on Earth

15 months has found us busier than ever.  Feeling stable moving around has turned this baby boy into a 30 inch Christopher Columbus exploring the ins and outs of all his surroundings.   It is no longer enough to play with a set of blocks or play music on his piano table.  No, these days he is much more entertained by getting every toy out of it’s box and quickly dumping it on the floor only to swiftly move on to the next.  I kinda get exhausted just watching him.  So needless to say I’m a busy momma bee following my baby bee. 

Sleep became interrupted once more at night by the ever growing tooth population living in his mouth.  He began cutting the top two incisors to match his bottom, along with 4 molars.  Ouch.  He also met his first ear infection and I must say he took all these physically draining hurdles like a champ.  Our naps have been hit or miss with him sometimes preferring to take only one nap in the day and fighting the other which means I’m getting less and less done in the house.  (poor Barry) We are attempting to switch to one nap this week which should be quite interesting. :/

Henry has found his voice and a need to exert loud baby expletives lately when things aren’t going his way.  Most of the time I think I have stared in complete shock at the explosion of emotions coming from such a little body.  Other times I may have laughed….how else do you deal right?  Apparently the temper starts to show it’s little self around this age and grows until their about 2….wait or is that 22?  Either way I’m going to ignore those parts of our sweet angel of a son and focus on the extreme awesomeness that he exudes 99% of the time.    

His ability to mimic is growing and we find ourselves asking eachother “Did he just say that?” a lot.  Of course it is probably in a language only we can understand but he truly is doing a great job of communicating.  His favorite of late is to ask more of something… “more ball”, “more berry”,  “more dink”,  “more piggies” (he never wants this little piggy to end).

We are thoroughly enjoying seeing the world through your eyes these days and are excited for all that the future holds as your mama and dada. 

Oh and if ya can’t tell we took our first family beach trip.  With the preparation of the trip, being gone, and now getting life back to normal I had been a little hit or miss with my posts.  Prepare yourself for beach picture overload this week.  ;)

 

Floating for Father's Day

 Road trip entertainment with a 14 month old can get a little dicey.  This lasted 5 minutes which we were pretty pleased with.  All the car mishaps and screams are totally worth it though when your headed down to the lake for a weekend with water and time with family.  Henry had the opportunity to touch, see, and point at boats, fish, ducks, docks, and water.  His reaction to the views surrounding us on the houseboat was a constant outburst of "watah, watah watah!"  Letting us know it's everywhere! 

 

 For a little water introduction fun we turned on the water and gave Henry and bucket to splash in.

Then you add a cousin who knows how to throw down in bucket town.

 Cruising down the lake was another moment in Henry's little life where he sat still and quietly soaked up everything that was happening around him.  The movement of the waves beneath us, the boats passing by, the wind in his hair and his Pop at the wheel.

 

What a fantastic way to spend Father's day weekend. 

 We left Sunday to spend time with Barry's Dad but not before getting to see more family as we celebrated all the great Dad's we know, especially the great great Pepaw. 

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This week flew by as we got ourselves ready for a lil yard sale action and enjoyed spending time with my family at the lake.  What a busy and blessed life we are leading right now.