Labor Day Weekend

For Labor Day weekend, my parents, my sisters & I all squeezed in one more trip to Hilton Head Island...leaving James and Nick at home to catch the first Georgia game of the season. Liam was an angel the whole trip...he's getting to be so much fun! Here are some pics we took this morning before we left:

We almost always go crabbing at a small tidal creek not far from where we stay...but this time, we were brave enough to actually get IN the creek and let the outgoing tide's current pull us along...quite fun! I love my sisters so much - we had a wonderful time bonding and getting to spend quality time together sans boys!

Here's some video of the first part of the creek (the scary, deep part). It continues about 200 more yards around a curve and finally dumps out into the ocean just to the right of where we're standing in the pictures above. It will be fun to see if Liam is big enough to enjoy it with us next summer.

The little monkey is also chatting up a storm these days...here he is talking it up to the camera:

He was such a good baby and took all of his naps right on schedule down on the beach with us. Grandpa had bought him a little tent this spring and he was happy as a clam to just lay inside and listen to the wind until he fell asleep.

Here he is for another swimming experience. The tidal pools were perfect for him this time...nice and warm and shallow enough for him to sit in. He's still not splashing quite yet, but he's getting more and more deliberate in his actions and he amazes me daily with how much he's able to do. (Warning,this video is a couple minutes long...)

After swimming...he's definitely going to be a little water baby!

Future Bulldog!

And here's a very sleepy kid up waaay past his bedtime last night for a nice dinner out. A perfect ending to a wonderful weekend at the beach!