First Trip to Galveston

This past weekend Dad, Michelle, Miles, Patrick and Andrew all came down for a visit. We had a wonderful time. Mason and Ian loved having so many boys here to play. On Saturday we all loaded up and drove down to Galveston for the afternoon. It was the boys' first time to go to the beach, and my first time to go to Galveston since moving back to Texas. I wasn't sure how Mason and Ian would feel about the beach, but they both LOVED it. Ian loved it so that no matter what he was doing he didn't want to change. He'd start screaming when I would get him out of the sand to put him in the water, and then he'd scream when we got out of the water. He was just having too much fun. Mason was all over the place. He had a blast digging in the sand and splashing about.

Ian's initial reaction of being in the water

Trying to run in the sand. He would have a difficult time standing when the water came in.

Splashing about - yes, the lifejacket was probably a bit overkill but he had been in much deeper water.

Just diggin'

Sand castle construction crew

Miles, Patrick, Andrew, & Mason

Trying to collect more sand

Sand, sand, everywhere!

Happy 1st Birthday, Ian Bug!

Today is Ian's first birthday! We celebrated with a pool party at my mom's on July 4th. Tons of family showed up to beat the heat, and fun was had by all! A few photos from the festivities!

Rubber Duck Theme

Getting some assistance from Mason while opening his gifts

Having a blast just beating on bags and boxes

He dove right into that cupcake

Yummmmmm! Drew and I were both in the pool following the party and managed not to get any picks of anyone while swimmming :(. Here are a couple of picks of Mom's pool post party.

Ian went to the doctor this week for his 12 month checkup. He weighed in at 21 lbs. 12 oz. (25th percentile) and measured 32.5 inches (90-95th percentile) in length. He can technically turn around in the car seat. Yay! Doc says he's still tall and skinny, and healthy as a horse. Yay! He only got one shot - the dreaded chicken pox vaccine. (Mason had an adverse reaction to this one, but so far so good for Ian.) He still only has two teeth (the bottom two). And while he still prefers to either cruise or crawl he is beginning to walk on his own. He'll take about 5 or 6 steps before he gets so excited he crashes to the floor! His favorite game is drop stuff from his high chair and proclaim, "UH-OH!" He LOVES to climb - he's our monkey, and he thinks he can do anything Mason can. He's just growing up so quickly!