Monday, July 20, 2009

Our First Family Vacation


We just returned from our first official family vacation, and we had a wonderful time! We started our vacation at Tidewater (Cherry Grove/N. Myrtle Beach) where we took walks, played on the beach, swam in the pool, and did a lot of "chillaxing." This was Aydan's first time at the beach, and she loved it! She was not at all afraid of the ocean, but instead crawled right into it when we put her down. She also liked to "jump" over the waves, which consisted of hiking her leg up to step over every wave that came to her. It was so cute! As you can see from the picture above, she especially liked eating the sand...to mom's horror! The best part was getting to spend uninterrupted time together. We rarely spend time together with just the three of us, and it was really nice to hang out and relax together as a family!



On Sunday, Micah, Amanda, Kylee, and Camdyn joined us! We went to restaurants, shopped at the outlets, played at the beach, and had fun juggling three different nap schedules! It was lots of fun! Amanda made the girls matching shirts for beach photos...aren't they precious?!?

From there, we traveled to Daytona Beach, FL to join Matt's family on their annual beach vacation. MiMi and Ganddaddy were very happy to have Aydan there and spent most of their time playing with her. We hung out on the beach, went bowling, and shopped. We had a great time!

Monday, July 6, 2009

First Steps!!

It's all over now...Aydan has started walking! She took her first steps last night, and here is a video of today's steps. She's catching on very quickly! The video quality isn't the best, but we will add more soon! Can't believe how fast she's growing up!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Happy 1st!


My dad and Taylor had to work on the 4th, so my family celebrated July 4th on July 1st! We hung out at the pool and cooked burgers and dogs. It was a fun day! Nuni, Papa, Mamo, Babs, Ashley, and Taylor were here to enjoy the fun. Aydan had fun with everyone and learned to drink from a straw for the first time! We had a fun and relaxing day! Here are some photos...

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July!

We have had a great 4th of July! Our dear friends Jaime and Steve Foushee came to visit on their way back from the beach. Micah, Amanda, Kylee, and Camdyn and Wes, Kelbe, and Jacob came over and we had a pool day and grilled out burgers and dogs. After dinner we went to the lake to watch the fireworks. One thing is for sure, Aydan does NOT like the life jacket. Like, she really, really doesn't like it. Hopefully she'll grow out of that and learn to like it. We had a great day with our friends! Hope you all had a great day! I can't believe it's July already...the summer is going by so quickly!! Here are some pics from our day...