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Last week we went to Isle of Palms for the week with my family for vacation. We were so excited to finally go on our first vacation as a family 3. We did learn that when you have a 10 month old it's not quite as relaxing as vacations used to be. However, we had a great time and made lots of memories. Davis did absolutely wonderful on the beach. He would crawl everywhere as long as I would let him. He was constantly covered in sand and enjoyed numerous sea shells. (Not including the 987234987239487 we got out of his mouth before he swallowed them.) Davis loved watching and playing with his cousins and picked up quite a few new things this week. We enjoyed yummy food, fruity drinks, shopping, snacking, ghost crabbing, playing jenga and even some grown up time. It rained 2 days but we made the best of it. We returned home exhausted with good tans. (Davis' tan lines are too stinkin' cute with his lil white hiney!) Overall=Total Success! Here's some pics from the week :) Now off to get ready for another crazy busy week/weekend!

My cup runs over...

I promise I haven't fallen off of the face of the earth. The new job is going great and my wild child is keeping me busy in the evenings and therefore I have NO time to blog. blahblahblah
Last night (just like every night) I went in to check on D before going to bed. It warms my heart to watch him sleep with his little hiney in the air.
This morning when D woke up, he was in his crib "talking" and just like every morning, I walked in and turned on his lights and that crazy haired sleepy smile just made me melt. These are some of my favorite times and I just want to soak them up and enjoy every second. He is growing way too fast. I can't help but think how blessed we are. At times it makes me think I could have 10 babies but I realize that I would need medication and some more hands :)
Exhibit A...


A certain baby boy got his first haircut and now looks like a big boy.
And then to top if off a certain little boy went from cruising to standing unassisted to taking TWO steps tonight. SOMEONE GET THIS MAMA A CHILL PILL!!!!
Next week we'll be "knee deep in the water somewhere" and it cannot come soon enough! We are in desperate need of vacay!!! Happy almost weekend!!!

4th of July Weekend in Pictures

On Saturday we had some pool time with some handsome fellas...

On Sunday we went to the beach for the day/night and joined a bunch of friends...
Davis getting sugar from Aunt Lindsay
Playing with Aunt Donna in the sand
Walking with mama
Mama let me touch this stuff already!
A quick dip in the pool after the beach
After a long day on the beach we heard the ice cream truck and Davis just had to partake in this experience. However, Davis had a Spongebob Popsicle yet he has chocolate all over his mouth??? AUNT APRILLLL!
April's parents begged to keep D and let us have some adult time. I was so nervous with him being in a different place but they said he did great! (Of course I called to check on him a time or two)Some of the girls
We ran into gamecock football player, Dion LeCorn and of course we had to get a picture..(check out that SEC East bling :) )
A picture of the recently engaged couple...the soon to be Mr. and Dr. Spitz :)
This is how we found Davis and Mr. Richard when we came home. Ricky (April's fiance) was begging to wake Davis up. They were buddies on our trip.Home for the 4th of July celebration. Davis' crazy grandma thought she needed to decorate the golf cart.
We met up with Shane, Hilary and Eve. Davis was not feeling so hot as you can tell.

9 months

Slow down baby boy! You are 9 months old and way too big for your britches! You are very interested in everything and into everything. You weigh 21.3 lbs and are in 12mth clothes.You have decided that you no longer like baby food but the good stuff. You absolute favorite is ravioli! You even let Turner feed you the other night. I'm pretty sure he "helped" you eat it all gone too..especially since he had sauce around his mouth too :)Your sleep schedule is still a little crazy. On the rare occasion you sleep through the night but normally get up 1-2 times a night. We have tried the "cry it out" method and it just didn't work. You will not give in. After two hours of screaming I came to your rescue just as upset as you were.You can say MaMa and DaDa. You love to clap and get excited over everything! Daddy popped you the other day and you smiled and clapped. (What's wrong with that picture?) When you feel like it you wave bye-bye and give five. You definatly do things on your schedule.
You are a crawling machine and pretty darn fast at it. You pull up on everything, even moving objects and will stand still for a sec but then go back to crawling.One day you were playing with daddy crawling around on the couch. Your feet got stuck in the crack and you just decided to lay your head down and take a nap. Sweet sweet boy! You still love bath timeYou are def an outdoors kinda guy. We are outside pretty much every weekend and you are happy as can be. Sometimes you get a little tired but you are a trooper. This one was taken by the pool a couple weekends ago.You took your first trip to the beach this weekend and loved it. You had sand EVERYWHERE!! Believe me when I say that you have had 3 baths since then and I'm still finding sand in your hair! Unfortunately out of all of the pics I took at the beach none of them were when you were covered in it. Probably because I was trying to remove it?!? Speaking of hair I think it's time for your first trim. Daddy has been wanting to do it for a while but after looking at some of these pictures maybe it's time...You even managed to get your first black eye at the beach :(Babylove, you are so much fun! Everyone always comments on what a good baby you are and that makes your mama and dada proud! We (I) am slowly getting your first bday party details together b/c it will be here before we know it.
We love you to the moon and back!