Beach baby...

We just returned from our first family vacation to Myrtle Beach, SC.  This picture is of Kirk's first time splashing in the ocean and touching sand.  He absolutely LOVED the sand, water, and waves.  He even dunked his head under a few times.  He would laugh and squeal when the waves would come and wash over him.  Jeremy and I held him and would laugh and laugh at his excitement.  He would crawl around on the sand and even learned how to dig with a shovel.  Jeremy found lots of seashells and showed us lots of sand crabs. A few times Kirk took off crawling right for the ocean!


 We had a good time, but now Jeremy and I need a few days of vacation to rest up!  We definitely appreciate the benefits of being home in our baby-proofed house now.  Kirk is a very busy baby, and he loves to get into things.  He learned to reach his arms out in response to "How big is Kirk?"..." SO BIG!"  It is really cute!  He also learned how to throw things "up," which I thought was a great idea, until he started throwing everything "up!"  We are glad to be home safely and will enjoy a few more weeks of summer at home (before I go back to school.)  I can't believe in a few weeks we'll be celebrating his first birthday...what an amazing year it's been!

Jeremy and Kirk in the ocean.  Kirk didn't seem to need much help figuring out what to do!

Kirk climbed in his pool float on the beach.  He liked wearing his shades!

Jeremy and Kirk are digging in the sand...we didn't have the heart to tell him that he'd make more progress with the rake turned over.....

Kirk and Jeremy in the ocean. 

Jeremy and Kirk found a BIG seashell

How big is Kirk?  "SO BIG!"

Jeremy and Kirk relaxing at Barefoot Landing

The Walkers on the beach

Kirk was all wrapped up in his beach towel.  His lips were quivering!

All the Walker toes are in the sand.  Kirk liked to dig his in!