We had a great week hanging out at the beach in Ocean City, NJ with my family. We weren't sure before we left how Liam would do all week, but he did better than we expected so that was a blessing. He was a champion sleeper (even though we had to share a bedroom with him), he loved the sand and the water, he learned how to crawl up off his belly (no more army crawling!), he is pulling himself up on everything and best of all, he developed a cheeser smile that he would give to anyone during the week. It is so funny to watch him smile, even when no one was around to smile back at him.
My family vacations at the beach are very relaxing and even though things were different with a baby, we still had time to do the things we love to do at the beach. I even had time to read a few books and shop with my mom and future sister-in-laws and Rob golfed and hung out on the beach.
It was a long drive to and from the beach so we were glad to be home on Monday and spend a few days resting at home before our big wedding festivities this weekend for my brother Luke and his fiance Logan. Good news that the wedding is only in Fort Wayne so for once we are not the ones driving the furthest! We are very excited for them and are looking forward to seeing our family again so soon after being together.
I put a lot of photos up on Facebook, but here are a few from our week.
Rob, my dad, my cousin Kendall and my cousin Les rode their road bikes from Washington, DC to Ocean City in a two day, 160 mile bike trip. It was a fun trip for them, except for the crashes and flat tires.
Post crash scrapes for Rob. Good news - they look much, much better now.
Liam had lots of friends to love on him all week long and he loved them too.
He ate sand by the handful and didn't seem to mind. In this picture he was crawling into the bucket to get the good stuff at the bottom. Clearly he is annoyed that I interrupted him to take his picture.
Can you tell he really loved the beach? He did!
He even liked the cold Atlantic Ocean when he was jumping waves with papa.
My immediate family together. We were thankful Luke and Logan could be with us for a few days even though they had a lot to do before their wedding this coming weekend.
Hanging out in the sand.
This was just about the spot where Rob and I got engaged four years ago. How things have changed since then!
This is one of my favorites from the whole week.
Marco wanted a photo of just the boys in the lifeguard stand. Liam doesn't have very good muscles to show off yet!
This is another favorite. Rob was playing with the "toy camera" effect on our new camera.
The cheeser smile!
A windy, windy night. Bye, bye beach.
Ben and Heidi jumping off a dune
This beach is probably one of my favorite places on earth. I love it here and it is always so hard to say goodbye, but I'm thankful for the memories and photos we have.
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