Our weekend in St. George Island with the Carmichael family was wonderful. We used to all fit into one house (with the cousins all sleeping on the living room floor), and now because of our growing family we need FOUR houses. Tyler absolutely LOVED the beach. Every day, he would just run up and down the beach. He would explore, look at fish, chase birds, run with his second cousins and grandparents, play in the sand and look for shells. Even when he was utterly exhausted, he would just stumble around on the beach until I took him in for his nap. He had such a great time with my cousins, my parents, his second cousins, my cousins and everyone else. I've never seen him have more fun in his life.
We arrived on Friday afternoon and went almost directly to the beach. Tyler and Owen were having so much fun chasing birds.
These tide pools were perfect for little ones.
Tyler wouldn't let go of this toy doggie for the entire afternoon. The first thing he said when he woke up the next morning was, "Woof Woof?"
Thanks, Aunt Cheryl, for the nets!
He fell face first into the tide pool and had to strip down to his diaper. He didn't seem to mind even though it was chilly.
All the kids were so interested in the fish bait. Tyler picked one up and when it wiggled, he jumped and dropped it.
The kids on the treasure hunt set up by Uncle Tom and Aunt Marti.
Uncle Max showing Rocky to Tyler. It was hilarious. Tyler still talks about Rocky and how he "ate nummies" and drank "water". Today, he picked up his raccoon/Daniel Boone hat and said, "Rocky?"
All the Great Grandkids dressed up in their Halloween costumes. Jack: Peter Pan. Gracie: Tinkerbell. Tyler: Yoda. Owen: Ninja. Benny: Cow.
Typical. All the kids are sitting still for pictures and our little monster is fighting to get away.
My little Yoda.
Yoda with his proud, Star Wars-loving dad.
Cousins Kaitrin, Lee, Lauren, Clay, Lindsay and Danny: Half Marathon runners in Running for the Bay in Apalachicola.
Cousin Colleen
Adams', Laubs and Scroggins'
Cousin Sarah and me. Our due dates are two days apart! Thank you so much, everyone, for the baby shower.
Sister Joy and her husband, Chris
In October, we also attended the Fall Festival at my church with cousin Colleen, her little boy, Benny, and Aunt Cheryl. Tyler loved it! He got to pet animals, play in a bounce house, go on a hayride, ride a pony and eat a few candy corns.
Waiting for "Coco", "baby" and "Cha" to arrive before we left for the festival.
He loved riding the pony and couldn't stop laughing.
Benny rode a pony too!
Petting zoo
This was the best picture we could get of us on the hayride.
Matt and I took Ty to the pumpkin patch a few days before Halloween. It was a disaster. He whined the entire time and after about 10 minutes he started throwing pumpkins into other people's wagons.
He found this noodle thing and then it was hard to get a picture of him without it.
The result of the first pumpkin being thrown into someone's wagon.
Carving a pumpkin with dad.
Tyler loved watching Matt carve the pumpkin, but then when we lit up the final product, he got scared and ran away.
Halloween was so much fun. Matt and I had such a great time watching Tyler go Trick-or-Treating. Before we left, Tyler was eating his dinner and Matt walked in with a mask on. Tyler got really nervous and said, "No..." It's so strange that kids just know to be afraid of certain things. Matt took it off and put it up on the mantle above the fireplace. When Tyler was done with dinner, he hid behind his high chair and pointed at the mask across the room. I had to completely remove it from sight. Once we started Trick-or-Treating, he seemed to know exactly what to do. He didn't fuss very much with his costume at all and he loved going up and collecting candy in his "bucket". At one house, there was a skeleton that startled him and I've never seen him jump so high and back up so fast. He kept saying, "No, no no!" Poor little guy. It was SO cute to see him Trick-or-Treat. He was absolutely adorable. We couldn't convince him to say "Thank you" so people, so we told him to give them a "high five thank you". It was so cute seeing him give everyone a high five after he got his candy.
When Tyler would get back in his stroller between houses, we would give him an M&M. So, he would just run back down the driveways to get in his stroller and say, "More M.M.?"
All done for the night! Notice the chocolate on his face.
My sweet boys
What a great month. Holidays are so much fun with Tyler. Looking forward to the next few months. It will be quite a whirlwind. First we have Matt's parents (Nana and Papa) in town for Thanksgiving, then it's Tyler's second birthday, then my girlfriends are coming to visit, then Christmas will be here, then New Year's, and then Cora will be here! Yikes.
Pregnancy Update: I will be 29 weeks tomorrow. Honestly, I'm not enjoying it very much at all. I keep catching colds and my body is so sore. I can't believe I have 2.5 more months to go! I can't imagine how huge I'm going to be...I'm scared!
Thank you, Aunt Linda, for taking some of the great pictures from the beach!
