3 months ago today

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world.

But then it flies again And though we wish it could have stayed...

We feel lucky to have seen it.

Author Unknown

We love and miss you sweet baby girl........

Beach Baby 2

Beach Baby

Playing with Ellie!

Last week we had our week long family vacation. We were in Sandbridge Virginia. While there we were fortunate enough to meet up with Shannon and the beautiful Ellie. Miss Ellie is growing up fast and still keeps her Mommy on her toes. She is also fearless when it comes to the ocean. She and Abby had a great time together and it was great to catch up with Shannon as well. We had a good time comparing notes as single Mommy's and just got caught up in general. We really don't live terribly far apart and need to get together more often :)



So once Ellie arrived the girls played a little while :0

Then they got caught up :) I'm sure they were sharing new Mommy stories.

We fed the girls a little lunch but funny... Shannon and I never ate lunch? Then the real fun began as we headed for the beach :)

We love the beach :)

You can just see the determination :) Must get to the water! Or is it Must eat/throw (sorry Shannon) sand :)

"Mom! I got it." "Honest!"

Beach babies :)

Hmmmm. Sand and water! An awesome mix :)

Salty :)

Pure Bliss! I love it :O

Shhhhhhh. Ellie is listening :)

Digging to China?

Know way! We like it here :)

Got trucks :O

So yep a fun time! And my girl was out like a light once the play date ended for nap time :) Nothing like beach fun and beach air to wear a girl out for a good nap.

We had an awesome vacation and I will post more pictures this week :) For now I'll leave you with some video of the girls beach fun.

Yorktown Beach fun!

Friday evening we had a mini playdate. We met Amy, John and Ava for some waterplay fun. And a little later we were joined by Karen, Chuck, Rachel, Kelsey and Morgan for icecream. A good time was had by all. All that is until I committed the mortal sin of throwing Abby's ice cream away. I thought she was done and she pitched a royal fit so the night ended a little rough for us. I can't say I blame her though. It was bedtime and hey I would be mad too if some threw out my ice cream before I was done. (Never mind that she hadn't touched it for at least 20 minutes, or that she had refused any bites I offered her before I ditched it, or that it was all melted.)

We didn't bring any any water toys with us but the kids made due with what we had.

Ava burrito :)

Walking in the sand.

Jelly fish alert! (I think it's a cool shot though)

I didn't think we would have jelly issues until August but there were quite a few.

Another shot of the Coleman bridge. It's a different angle this time since my shots are usually taken from the other end on Mom's side.

Then on to Ben & Jerry's :) Abby and Morgan and Kelsey.

Abby loves Morgan and she is wonderful with the kids.

Kelsey

Lots of from behind shots. The kids were having to much fun to stop and pose.

Ava.

Dancing queens :)

I love this shot! I totally stole it from Karen. Too cute!

Rachel, Kelsey, Abby, Morgan and Ava :)