And a little more Myrtle Beach

More Myrtle Beach

Finally the sun came out all day on Thursday and Friday so we were able to really enjoy the beach. Here are a few pictures from the beach!

Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach

We came to Myrtle Beach this week for some much needed vacation and family time with "GG". The weather hasn't been great but it definitely could be worse also. Sam loves the beach and hopefully I'll get some great beach pictures today and tomorrow. He loves the beach but I think that he loves the pool more. He will play on the beach for a couple of hours and then we noticed that he will start walking up the beach....we followed him....he marched right up the beach, up the stairs, and to the pool...several times! We went over to "Broadway at the Beach" where there were several kiddy rides. Our big boy rode two of them all by himself! Afterwards we went to the Sea Captains's House for "GG's" birthday dinner. I managed to grab some unlucky soul to take a couple of pictures of all of us outside of the restaurant. I'm seven months pregnant now with little Paige...the countdown begins!

22 months

Sam and I went to a nature preserve today, Dauset Trails, to visit some of the farm animals. He loved the pigs and tried to feed the cows some grass. I can't believe that he's almost two already!

Sam's swimming lessons

Sam and I just finished up his first swimming lesson session that has gone on over the last two weeks.  He did amazingly well.....even with him being a very cautious child in general.  We learned to "get our kicks up", "take a breath and blow it out", and "do our arm strokes".  We also learned to jump off of the side of the pool and swim forward, hold on to the side of the pool, swim to the ladder, and Sam's favorite....go under water to get rings off the bottom of the pool.  The last two days were spent "jumping" (there were no willing participants that actually jumped...we had to "encourage" all of them) off of the diving board to either Ms. Julie or to the mamas then swimming over to the ladder to get out.  We do all of this to teach the kids that there is a safe place in a pool that they can reach other than an adult.  Unfortunately, you'll see him crying quite a bit, just about all of the kids did.....it's scary stuff!  But, if we had recorded video of him jumping off of the side of the pool and swimming to me (which we'll get at our pool sometime soon) you would see him really enjoying it!  That diving board is really high up!  If we had a couple more days to do the diving board, I believe that he would have eventually jumped off willingly....just like he does off the side of the pool.  And the rings......he could do that all day!  He would go down to get them (we have to guide them down there b/c they are so darn buoyant), come up and say "uh-oh!" and throw them do to get them again.  The lessons were hard but it's just the beginning.....we'll practice what we learned all this summer and we'll be back next summer for the 3 year old class.

Paige's bedding....

Yep, you read it.....her name will be Paige.....Paige Harrison (most likely!) to be exact.  You know, when I found out that we were going to have a girl, I thought that I would just grab my sister's bedding from Betsy.  Save money, it's cute bedding from Pottery Barn, I wouldn't have to re-paint the room, etc...  But now that time has gone on, I've really been getting excited and I wanted to pick my own bedding.  I've gone from not wanting to spend much on the room to I'm starting to get scared how much things are adding up!  It's been a lot of fun!  And this is only her room....imagine the clothes!  Now I know why Doug was worrying!  Check out this link if you would like to see her bedding.....    http://www.babybedding.com/registry/329950LSCL">My babybedding.com Registry

Sam is 22 months today and we've been taking swimming lessons for the past couple of weeks.  On Friday Doug will come to video his swimming (or something like it) skills....stay tuned!