the hiatus

okay, been a long time eh?  well, mae and i have been off gallivanting on the east coast for a month.  and then, i didn't want to take the time to upload all of the pictures.  but, enough is enough.  

cody flew out with us (thank goodness), because i was not ready to fly alone with this girl again.  flying with her is no cake walk.  but she did surprisingly well. we spent our first few days with his family.  it was so wonderful to be able to see them, and to see mae interact with them.

then it was off to our yearly trip to the beach.  this year, everyone from my mom's side of the family came, and there was no shortage of playmates for mae.  she loved the older girls, and they were so good with her!

 she is a beach baby for sure.  this girl loves the sand, and the water (only on the days when the water wasn't freezing cold).  i don't understand how she got so much sand everywhere.  i was seriously finding sand in her hair and ears days after we got home.

 

it was so fun to see her grow attached to my parents and my brothers.  they are all so sweet to her, and we are so lucky to be surrounded my so many people who love this little munchkin so much.

 making lots of friends

 she loved to have her legs buried.  she would sit so still while her legs were getting buried.  if i had known that's what it would take to get her to hold still, maybe i would have bought a sand box! 

 

as you can see, there was no shortage of snacks.  we created a monster.  the minute we got down to the beach she would ask "shack?" and with no shortage of people to ask for "shacks", she had quite a few.  we're still working on breaking the "shacking" habit. 

 she is a busy little girl.  always has to be doing something, just like her gramps.  many a hole were dug.  and that supplied endless amounts of busy time.

 if you can't tell, there is a science to how a hole is dug.  my dad has perfected that science.

 

even on a cloudy and rainy day, this girl managed to have a blast.  even though she can be pretty tough, she is one of the best things to ever happen to me.

more to come on our adventures in the VA!