After our trip to Ocean City, we spent a long weekend in VA with David's sister. R & S have three kids. Their youngest, Anna, was born just 4 hours before Abigail. It was a blast watching the baby girls play together.
David's nephew, Adam, pulled out his guitar shortly after Uncle Vid started strum- ming. Look at how he's trying to play left-handed!
Daniel reminds me of Ralphie (from A Christmas Story) in this picture. Not sure why he donned the glasses to read, but I thought it was pretty great.
The girls spent a lot of time swapping toys, following one another around, and staring each other down. They really enjoyed having one another to play with (at least from what we could tell).
The trouble with blogging as infrequently as I do is that when I finally sit down to blog, I have too many things I want to say. Like right now. I know I ought to talk about our now three-week-old vacation to Ocean City, MD. But I also want to tell you about David and the Bee, and David vs. That Tree Root. And I want you to hear about and celebrate with me because today I got a "Save the Date" email for the annual Best Fall Party Ever (not its real name). And I suspect one of my friends might be pregnant. All post-worthy stuff, at least according to this blog's standards.
But that's too many topics for one post. So I'll stick with vacation. But now that it's so far gone, I can't think of much to say, other than this: My family goes to Ocean City, Maryland every summer. I've posted about it before - a week of gluttony and sun-worship. I'm a big fan, despite the fact that I don't actually like swimming in the ocean. But this year was a little different. Still indulgent and gluttonous, definitely - just not so much sun-worshiping for this Yeager. I was conscientious and careful for the first time, ever. And it was torture. And it will be that way for the rest of my life, thanks to my dermatologist. Sigh.
Also different - and probably more important - is that we brought a toddler with us this year. Well, when we left for vacation she wasn't a toddler, but by the time we returned home, she was. Abigail took her first steps in front of the whole family (about 25 people), during our "Appetizer Night".
It was Abigail's first time seeing the beach. First time in anything bigger than a bathtub, and first experience with sand. And she loved every minute of it. Here she is with her Aunt Lauren and her cousin, Luke.
She showed no fear whatsoever, which thrilled her father, aunt, and grandmother - and worried me just a bit.
David and I spent the last two weeks in RI. Every summer for the past fifteen years (I think) D's family has had the opportunity to "rent" out a beach house. It's a sweet deal - they have friends in the area who actually live in Louisiana most of the year, but own a summer home on the shore in Little Compton. It's a big enough house to (very cosily) fit the entire family - 7 Yeagers and 5 Bowmans. I love the picture above. David is with his nephews, Adam (4) and Daniel (2). I'm pretty sure the three of them were imagining they were pilots - so I'm not really sure what the Pixar Movie-Viewer is for, but they seem to be enjoying themselves... especially Vid.
Here are a few photos from the trip. Enjoy!
How we pass the time:
Eating yummy food - especially corn on the cob!
Playing bacce on the lawn.
Making 15 foot mentos-and-diet-soda fountains.
Shooting off the potato gun. Who doesn't like to see potatoes flying 1,100 feet into the air? (Yes, really. My brother-in-law Stuart knows the formula to calculate just how high they went.)
He's an IT guy by day, musician by night. I was a teacher... now I'm a wife/mom/woman trying to find creative outlet. We were married in June of '07. Bought our first house in May of '08. Celebrated our first baby June of '09. Waiting for Baby Boy to join us in spring of '11.
