Beach Bum

We just got back from the beach yesterday and it was so much fun. Hannah did so good and it was fun to see her with all of her cousins.

The first day we went straight to the pool and Hannah did a lot like she did the first time, she curled up really close to me and acted like she was falling asleep. I finally peeled her off of me and we played motor boat and I threw her in the air a few times. She laughed at that a lot, but the thumb never came out of her mouth (I think we have discovered Hannah's safety blanket).

The next day we took Hannah to the beach for the first time. She was a little hesitant about the sand at first. I would put her on her bottom and she would lift her legs really high while sitting down so she wouldn't get the sand on her. It was funny. Eventually she got a little closer and a little more brave. She started taking the toys and filling them with sand.

On Monday, we went to the beach first thing. We pulled the chairs right on the water and sat there. Hannah liked it when her Kirbo would bring the bucket full of water and sit it in front of her. She would splash in it and then dump it out, only for someone to walk back to the water and fill it up again. I picked her up and took her into the ocean, which she liked a lot. We jumped the waves and they splashed onto us. She thought that was funny. Then we went and sat on the edge of the water and let the ocean come to us.

All in all, I think Hannah liked the pool the best. We had a floating turtle for the pool and she sat it in for a couple of hours at least on Tuesday. I was able to get some sun and she floated in the pool with Kirbo. He said she kept trying to pick up the water and feed it to him.

But the fun didn't stop at the beach, the condo was a whole other world and were the real excitement began! We had 5 children, a 5 year old, 3 year old, two 1 year olds and a 2 month old. It was fun to see them all interact. Hannah really liked to play with Claire, the 2 month old. At least she liked her toys. Claire has a bouncy seat, one like the green one that Hannah loved when she was a baby. It had an ocean theme to it and the colorful part that attached was intriguing to Hannah. She would see me bouncing Claire and come up and do it herself, except she wasn't quite as gentle. But when Claire was out of it, Hannah was trying to get in it and a few times she suceeded. We would look over and Hannah had crawled in and was just enjoying herself. Aunt Amy and Uncle Mike weren't a big fan of this, and Hannah kept getting the boot.

Hannah is also a lot stronger than I give her credit for. One time the balcony door was pretty much closed, at least Hannah couldn't slip through it. I look over and she is pushing the door open and had made it inside. This is one of those sliding doors that isn't the lightest in the world, but leave it to Hannah to get were she wants too.

So Hannah had a really good time, but I think we were both a little glad to get home. We were exhausted and ready to get back to our quiet little house. You really don't realize how quiet your home is until you have entered into that condo last weekend. Someone was always screaming!

Well that was a summary of our 4th of July. Oh yeah, Hannah loved the fireworks. They were right in front of our condo, and when the first one went off, she screamed real loud and came barrelling toward me. I took her outside and she was fine. She curled up in my lap and just watched. She would sit up every now and then and point at them. I was glad she wasn't scared.

Okay, that is a brief summary of our weekend. I am not sure if I made it sound real exciting, but I am just getting over my exhaustion and it makes me really tired again thinking about it! All that really matters, is that it was a great time and it is so awesome to know how close Hannah will be to all of her cousins. I hope they like each other because they don't really have a choice!

P.S. Hannah got another tooth on the bottom last night. A girl at my work calls her chompers because of all of her teeth!