"BEACH!" (Cody's favorite new word)

On Thursday of our vacation, we had a giant, long thunderstorm. Cody learned to say "thunder," and also "boom!" One particular crack was so loud it woke him from his nap, and when I peeked in, he was sitting at the far end of his crib, waving madly and saying "BYE BYE, BOOM!" with a rather anxious look on his face.

You can see here how the water was covering about 1/3 of the tires on Mom's car.

We decided to take blanket and Patches outside to see what it was all about. Turned out to be a big male bonding thing, watching the crazy weather from the balcony with Uncle John and Dad.




Saturday dawned clear, bright, and perfect.


Daddy and Uncle John, pronounced emphatically, "DON!"

Pop-Pop and Uncle John, chilling on the beach.



Giggling with his Godmother.


Suddenly serious.

Digging with Daddy.

Getting tickled (again) by Mark.

Here's Cody playing with his friend Evie.


If only I had known before how his attention span would lengthen exponentially if given a bucket.

That silly Pop-Pop!


Cody was fascinated by the beach bag -- can you tell?


Our happy little baby had a fantastic time. It's always so hard to leave -- we can hardly wait for August 2010!