My Little Beach Bum!

Last week Aaron, Davis, and I packed up the car and headed for the beach!!  And when I say packed the car, I mean packed . completely . full.  It's ridiculous how much stuff we took just for one tiny human being.  This was Davis's first long car ride and he did beautifully.  He slept the whole way there & the whole way back and his mommy couldn't have been happier.  :)  My mom's whole side of the family was there (well, most of them) so it was fun to hang out with cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.  I think we counted 27 people total!  Here are some pictures from Davis's first beach trip... it was a success & we had a really great time!  

I love my family!

Crabby  :)

Davis wasn't actually the youngest one there.
He was 5 weeks old and Molly & Lily were 3 weeks old.
Davis was definitely still the cutest one there, though.  :)

Cousin Maddy
So glad Maddy & Brenton were here from Germany!

And so glad Aunt Stacy and Uncle Aaron were in America, too!

Aunt Theresa

And Cousin Bryan came up from Florida!

My mom came over to our house in the mornings and played
with Davis so Aaron & I could go back to sleep.  Love her!

Happy boy!

Everyone watching the sea turtle excavation.
75 sea turtles hatched outside out houses the night we got there.

Cousins!  :)

On the beach with Mimi!

Stacy & Aaron!!  It's been such a blessing to have them in the country!

Eliza's photography skills.

Watching the Olympics with Daddy!

We missed you Micah, Virginia & Isaac!  And I'm not sure where Josh was?

Thanks Aaron.  You know what you did.

Davis also got to meet my 2nd Cousin Whitney and her daughter Iris!
I think Iris & Davis are 3rd cousins.  ??

Living the dream!

He stole my heart with this little grin.  :)

So thankful for time together!

Davis, I hope you like the beach and playing in the waves when you get to be a big boy!  :)

Introducing the class of... 2034?!?!

When we were leaving the hospital, they gave us a sheet of paper with some fun facts about being born in June 2012 (like the fact that the average cost of gas was $3.75/gal, June birthstone is a pearl, etc.).  Here were a few of the facts:  Babies born in June 2012 will start kindergarten in 2017, be old enough to drive a car in 2028, finish high school in 2030, and will graduate from college with the class of 2034.  Oh wow.  I don't even want to think about the day when Davis leaves for college.  When I got home from the hospital and read the sheet, I definitely cried.  Thank you pregnancy hormones.  But I'm really excited about some of the precious babies that have been born this year and should be in Davis's grade in school.  Two of my very best friends had babies this year and Davis has gotten to meet their kiddos!  And he's got many more Class of 2034 little munchkins to meet soon...  :)

Davis is so comfy with Mer!

Meredith & Ryan's son, Mason, was born in September 2011.

Mason's trying to figure him out.  :)

Davis, Mason's going to be one of your good friends!

Davis's 2nd time meeting Miss Caroline, who was born in April 2012.
Picture attempt #1.  Unsuccessful.  :)

There we go!  Peaceful sleeping babies!

I'm excited for them to grow up together & be friends.  I hope Davis has friends that are as big of a blessing as Katherine & Meredith have been to me!  :)

A look back at July...

Here are a few of the pictures from this past month with our little man...  :)

Relaxing in the hospital while mommy & daddy just stared at me.

Got to meet lots of wonderful family... 

...and friends!

We got to go home as a family of 3!

I spent my first few weeks sleeping in the cradle
Grandaddy Rick had made when my mommy was
a little girl.  :)

I practically lived on my Boppy Lounger!
Thanks Mama Lee!

I went on lotsss of walks around the block & at the park.

I celebrated my 1st Fourth of July!

I'm not sure how I feel about taking baths yet.

But I love getting my hair washed...

And my Carolina hooded towel!  :)

Miss Emily comes over all the time to hang out with me!

My grandparents all love me a lot!

And I got to hang out with Uncle Ike while he was in town this summer.

I went to Westover for the 1st time.

And I turned 1 month old!

Whew, busy month for little Davis!