Braden turned 5 months old on May 13, while we were on a mini-vacation in the Outer Banks for our dear friends' wedding.
It was the first family trip for us, and what a trip it was for Braden- a nine-hour drive in a packed-to-the-roof Jeep, Braden catching his first cold, his first dips in the pool and trips to the beach, eating mouthfuls of sand, being the most popular guest at a beachside wedding, staying up for parties every night, sleeping in an inflatable boat, and of course, a nine-hour ride back!
We all had fun, but it was exhausting!!! It opened Bill & I's eyes to what it's like to vacation as a "family" instead of just a couple, and I still don't think we've recovered from the experience....
To celebrate turning 5 months, Braden treated his Daddy to long strings of "Dadadadada"- his first real episode of "talking"- and he got up on all fours and crawled backwards. Hopefully, someday he will learn to go the other way, although we're in no hurry to chase a crawling baby around.
We'll share a few pictures of the trip and wedding with you, and the full album will be on our Shutterfly site very soon. Enjoy!
Bill & Braden at the beach
Nicole & Braden
Taking a dip in the pool
Happy family on the porch of our beachhouse,
overlooking the sound
overlooking the sound
Braden in his cute sailor outfit
Sleeping in the inflatable boat
The 3 of us inside the house
On the porch with my best gal, AC
Bill helping to cook the wedding night filet
At the sunset beach wedding
The newlyweds
Best of friends
Us girls with the groom
Dancing with Braden
Braden gets a kiss
I love the beach! Let's do it again!
5 comments:
he looks like the happiest baby, alive!
Nicole,
Those are the best pictures! Good to see you guys are doing well! Keep in touch!
~Heather
I love the inside family photo. And congrats to L!
Isn't he just the cutest. Only you can see if you look deep in his eyes that he really misses his gandmamma! And he wants to go visit her this weekend!!! The beach wedding was beautiful. I just loved it. But I just love beach anything. I'm glad Braden loves it too.
What great pictures, and what a great week!!
I love you!
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