Beach!

We had a wonderful beach trip to St Simon's last weekend, but it took Ashton awhile to warm up to the beach again this year. He kept walking on his heels and crying to be picked up from the sand. You can tell by this first picture, he wasn't always a happy beach bum! He looks like a grumpy old man here! Here you can see that he wanted to play in it, but would never sit in it. He would sit as far away as possible, on top of Wes, and reach over the blanket to play with the sand.

Enjoyed sharing his Ritz with Haley. We loved having her there but she was also a bit prissy and not crazy about the waves.

Ashton started doing a fake smile for me and saying "Cheese" on this trip. I guess that's what I get for always having a camera in his face but come on, Where did he learn that?

Our kiddos, including Collin!

By the end of the first day, he started having more fun in the waves especially when I got him to wear his baseball cap. It was really strange. We called it his magic cap.

He loved that I had one too and always wanted me to wear mine as well. I did but at the sacrifice of lightening my hair-ugh, the ONE way I can show we've been to the beach since I would never tan! My belly cracks me up in this picture!!!

Love these that we took one cloudy night before sunset. Ashton was way braver that night and ended up getting so soaked we stripped him to his diaper by the end.

I guess this was our babymoon and Ashton's too since he had our undivided attention all weekend. No more being the only child buddy!