Seagrove - Night Time Activities

My favorite thing we did at night was go into Seaside for the concert in the park (imagine Arboretum Cool Thursdays on steroids). They had this awesome band from New Orleans and people just brought blankets, food, drinks and hung out. The kids got to run all around and Wright loved dancing to the music. When the music was too loud for Lanie, he just started dancing with older girls that he did not know. He is very much his father's child! We let Spencer and Wright stay up until past 9pm. It was great fun!

Brendan and Wright taking a break from dancing.

Casey and the three kids! Spencer loved sitting in Mr. Casey's lap.

One of Wright's stellar dance moves.

Dancing with Lanie.

Watching the concert.

We had dinner and ice cream in Seaside one night and let the kids run around.

The moms.

Oh how they wish this was real.

Waiting for ice cream.

Brendan kept letting Wright taste his adult beverages. He would say "What!? Its vacation."

We went to Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin one night. They had a ton of kid activities and we ate dinner at a seafood dive on the bay with live music. It was so fun besides the fact that it felt like it was about 1000 degrees.

Sweet Spencer at dinner.

Wow - Wright did NOT want to take this picture.

Lanie and Eleanor riding in the carousel race car.

Waiting for the carousel.

Wright put on a show for the entire restaurant dancing to the Jimmy Buffet band.

Wright, Lanie and Mr. Casey looking out at the bay.

Seagrove - The Beach

We had the best time at the beach this year! After months of worry that our trip would be ruined because of the oil spill, it turned out to be as beautiful as ever. And it was our first time to go with friends which made it all the more fun. Wright loved playing with his buddies Lanie and Eleanor for a whole week! He is still asking where they are and remembering the entire Harper and Woodard family in his prayers every night. Spencer did great overall, but definitely did not love the sandy beach as much as the pool. Here are my favorite pics of all of us on the beach.

After a long 12 hour drive, we were all dying to get our toes in the sand.

Wright was drenched and stripped down to underwear in a matter of minutes.

This is how Amelia and Spencer spent most time on the beach, in the shade with toys.

Lanie and Eleanor found a wakeboard and were "surfing".

Precious Amelia loved to show off her clapping.

Running on the beach.

More running - chasing a seagull.

Building/kicking over sand castles provided hours of entertainment.

Wright loved the water and had no fear of the waves even when they were rough.

Wright and Eleanor sitting in the water.

We took this pic right before I had to take Wright's shorts off to dump out a bucketload of sand.

Daddy was by far Wright's favorite water play mate.

I love this pic - I just happened to look up and notice that Wright had left his friends to play football with the dads. Just all the boys hanging out :)

The three kiddos.

Wright's Swim Lessons

Wright had his last day of swim lessons today and did great. He has learned to jump in on his own, dive with assistance, swim with noodles, do all the correct arms, kick, roll from back to stomach, climb out of the pool and dive for toys at the bottom. He graduated to the next level and earned a cool rock with his name on it. He also has been going around telling people "Neber, eber, eber, eber swim in a pool OR lake by yourself." We like that rule!

Happy First Half Birthday Spencer!

Spencer is 6 months old! It is amazing how much bigger he has gotten in the last month or so. He started wanting 5 8-oz bottles each day, so we decided it was definitely time to start solids. Here are some things he is up to:

• Still laughs and smiles ALL the time, especially at Mommy, Daddy and most of all Wright
• Is really good at rolling from back to stomach, but gets stuck on his stomach a lot which frusterates him
• Sleeps 12.5 hours every night, we have to wake him up to eat in the morning so we can get the day started!
• Takes 2 big naps each day (first morning and after lunch) and 2 catnaps in between (a lot of time in his car seat)
• Coos a ton but is not making consonant sounds quite yet
• Loves singing/dancing with mommy
• Loves his exersaucer MUCH more than laying on a blanket with toys around him
• Likes sitting at the table with us while we eat dinner and watching us

On another interesting note, our "preemie" baby is actually bigger than his brother was at 6 months. He is 16.8 lbs, 26.25" length and 17.5" head. Wright was almost exactly the same but slightly lighter and longer. So funny because he doesn't seem to be as interested in food as Wright was, yet he is somehow getting plenty to grow like a weed.

Big smiles :)

Here he is with his first cereal.

Here is mostly what he does so far...

The Fourth 2010

We had a great 4th of July with the Croffords. It was the first time we have all hung out since baby Wesley arrived, and we had so much fun swimming, cooking out and playing with the kiddos. Everyone was very impressed (including me) with Wright's swim skills. It is amazing what 4 days of swim lessons has done for him. He was so confident in the water and could swim all over by himself with a noodle under his arms.

Spencer and his buddy Wesley. Only 5 months apart :) We know they will be fast friends.

Three boys doing tummy time. Wright is really good at it ;)

Spencer in his patriotic colors.


Family swim photo.