Fun in the sun!

In case you haven't been able to tell from these past blog titles, we definitely have had some fun this July, but sadly the month is almost over.  Our week in Nags Head, NC flew by in a heartbeat, July is about gone, and soon summer will turn to fall.  Sigh.  We've been enjoying the sun while it lasts though (although not so much the heatwave...) and have some beach pictures to prove it.  So I say once gain, brace yourself- there are lots of them!

 

First time taking in the ocean breeze

First time feeling the cool ocean water and the wet sand between her toes

 
First time sitting in the sand



Hamming it up out to eat!









Splashing in her own personal pool!






Those delicate little footsteps...

Warming up to Too-dad who made the trip all the way down from DE just to spend some time with us- so special!  (I say "us," but Maelee's definitely the clincher!)

Loving her new toy from Too-dad and "Nart!"


 
The company was even better than the view :)












Getting sleepy but that can't stop her from grinnin' in her shades!


 





With some of her  favorite people




That is pretty much my entire breakfast on my lap... oops.
(Maelee actually had nothing to do with it.  Sigh.)




Enjoying her little pool out on the deck


Making "the face"  :)



 What's better than waking up to a GREAT Too-dad and an incredible Nana???

Placing the ball in the cup is SO much more fun than hitting it in with a silly club!

 

 

Enjoying a beautiful sunset over the sound with just the two of us

 

Feeling brave enough to let go of our hands the day before we left!

We are so thankful to have had this time at the beach!!!

Enjoying our last evening in Duck

Maelee especially enjoyed getting to try ice cream (well, peach frozen yogurt, but close enough!) for the first time- hard to tell who enjoyed the experience more though, Maelee or her Nana & Pop-Pop!!!

The face says it all...

And the hands say "please!"

Some last-minute beach play before the long car ride home

Even more pics in this slideshow:

It was definitely too short a trip, but we sure did enjoy it and are SO thankful to my Aunt Viv & Uncle Tom for so generously offering up their beautiful beach home for us stay in! We are also SO thankful to have gotten the chance to see Too-dad and Mary Catherine (Nart), and SO, SO thankful to my mom and dad for basically making the vacation possible.  Oh, and so thankful for Pop-Pop's driving skills in getting us there safely and back :)  We're already looking forward to some fun in the sun next summer in the Outer Banks!

Fun on the Farm and the Fourth!

July has been quite a month and if the next few evenings continue to be a little less hectic, I may even get a second post up before the week ends!  I figured I could either have multiple posts or a gazillion pictures in one post (I know, me- a gazillion pics?  Unheard of!), so I decided to at least break up some of the recent happenings into two separate ones. 

But before getting into July, here are a couple shots worth posting from the end of June...

We enjoyed a bittersweet afternoon in Central Park at the end of June as a farewell to the Alosi family (in the middle with sweet baby Ashley) who has moved to Toronto- dear friends who will be missed but we're excited for this new chapter in their lives!

Finally got around to taking some pictures of Maelee with the handmade bunny from her Mee-Maw! She was much more interested in playing and hugging it than posing for a picture, though... :)

Now onto July!

As Steve's sister, Kim, was moving to TN from the farm in New Jersey, we wanted to make sure to all say goodbye from the northeast and give Maelee not only the chance to see some real, live chickens, but also her Mee-Maw, who had come up to help Kim with the move. It was a short but sweet visit and we'll miss having Aunt Kim so close.

 

And just a couple favorite shots at one of our favorite parks...

We had a great 4th of July celebration with some friends at a nearby park and when not sitting with some of her pals, Maelee was happy to walk around and climb up the stairs... but only while holding onto one of our fingers!  Despite being little Miss Speedy in our apartment, and anywhere *inside* that she feels comfortable, she is still hesitant to walk much on her own outside.  We think it's a combo of not being a fan of shoes (which I can certainly relate to, ha!) and just not being as comfortable outside of her safe environments. Ahh, but there's plenty of time...  We'll hold onto these moments where she doesn't want to let go as long as we can!!!

 

Slideshow of more pics from the 15th Month: