Fun in the Sun

Andy, Samuel and I flew to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina to meet up with my parents and my aunt Becky the week before last for a nice get-a-way. We had such a good time! We just spent the week relaxing and enjoying life with little responsibility. It came at a perfect time because Andy started a job a few days after we all got back. I'll let him blog about that later.

But, of course, no one had a better time than my mom did! The love grandparents have for their grandchildren just go unmatched! We found so much joy seeing them spend many precious moments together and welcomed the extra help! This was Samuel's first pool experience, so Nana wanted it to be a memorable one. She got him a pool float of an elephant that he just adored. You could hardly keep him out of the pool. He had been to the beach before, but of course it's a new experience each time as he gains more and more understanding of his surroundings. He built sandcastles, was buried up to his belly, went in the ocean, and ate more sand that should ever be allowed! He also got his first hair cut last week.

Nana was working all week on Samuel learning where his nose was, and the very last night after being asked a couple dozen times "Samuel, where is your nose?" he responded by bringing his finger up and touching the tip of his nose! What a nice reward for Nana!

There are just too many good pictures to add them all to this post. So go here for the rest of them!

Sporting his new hair cut with Nana.

Teaching Dada the crab crawl!
(Normally called the Bear Crawl, but since we're at the beach, it's the Crab Crawl).

Loving his first pool experience.