John Cole 20 months

How the time flies with a sweet boy like you, John Cole!  I just can't believe you are 20 months old.  You can swim.  You are talking up a storm.  (NO! has entered your vocabulary:)  You adore your Daddy.  You idolize your big brother, "Pa-by." You still only want your Mom when the chips are down.  You have shown early signs of being ready to potty train.  You are STILL waiting on your incisors to come in.  You LOVE a turkey hot dog.  You have the most beautiful tan skin.  I have always thought Preston was my jokester--but you are a funny kid!  Your favorite books right now are the Eric Carle first shape/color books.  You still go to sleep with your sleepy sheep.  We love you John Cole!

Beach Boys

This is my favorite from our EARLY morning beach session.  Love these two "beach boys!"

Family Beach Trip 2013

It's no secret I LOVE the beach! I love the sun (too much!), I love the laid back vibe and I love the idea of being together with NO PRESSURE to go do or see anything!  Just having your coffee or eating your lunch by the pool or laying in the sun IS your activity for the day :)

We had a blast on our week long trip to Orange Beach.  We ran into lots of friends.  We enjoyed our third ride on the Cold Mill Fleet Dolphin Cruise.  I went to the Florabama --YIKES!  We took family beach pics that I can't wait to order.  We went to the outlets. We went to The Track.  Preston went on his maiden crab hunt and came home with 6 crabs! We saw Despicable Me 2.  We went The Hangout for the 4th....and had a prime table to watch the fireworks...which did not happen because of the wind-oh well.  We enjoyed all of the activities there.  Jeff and I got to exercise together which we NEVER get to do and truly love. We loved having Miss Kelli with us.  Preston was a BREEZE--truly he did great and was really easy.  John Cole did pretty well himself.  He can sit/dive off the side of the pool now and swim across..all the way across...you have to see it!  We had a great time.

Hope you had a Happy 4th!