Sleeping Baby

We are back! The three of us spent a wonderful 6 days at the beach at David's parent's house. Last Monday (the 29th) David's sister and brother in law and their new son came over to our house for dinner and "cousin time". The three of them had just gotten back from a two week stay at the beach house and we decided that since Labor day was approaching we should ALL go back down to the beach and hang out with the grandparents! Very spontaneous. Very fun and very relaxing!

After this weekend, I fully appreciate the "it takes a village to raise a child" sentiment. If either of the children were crying there were six pairs of loving arms to comfort and calm. David and I were able to go out to lunch one day and walk about the town on another - alone, holding hands, and comfortable knowing that Grandma Helen was enjoying time with Sam.

It was encouraging seeing how Sam's cousin has grown - he is a whopping 2 months old! A few weeks ago he seemed inconsolable, and now he is a happy, chattering, alert baby. Sam has recently moved into that cranky, crying phase and it certainly helps knowing that there is (most likely) an end in sight.




Here are the two of them holding hands - baby style.










It has been a long time since we have had such a "beach-y" vacation - complete with roasting hot dogs around a fire pit and building a sand castle. Much of the family got involved in the castle building while others of us bore witness:


















There were many walks along the beach - including this wonderful sunset walk - this was a surefire way of getting Samantha to fall asleep for her naps!

Getting Samantha to sleep during the day has been the latest challenge. I think she is a lot like her mom: not wanting to miss anything! Luckily she has been pretty good about sleeping at night. She usually wakes up twice to eat and then falls right back to sleep, so we are only up for 30 minutes at a time. But the daytime naps...not quite so easy! However, she is asleep right now, so I shouldn't complain too much.

I will leave you with one last photo: the first documented toothless grin took place while she was in the arms of Grandpa Jack!