More of the beach...

Here are a few more pictures from the beach. Here are a couple of Kason's continuous sprint for the water and some family photos that we took.

Oh and of course, the picture of Kason in the washing machine. If only we could have just used this method to get all of the sand out of his pants!!

At the beach...

We have been in the Outer Banks since last Saturday. We have been having a really good time and are sad to have to go home tomorrow. Our friends, the Calvi's, met us here but had to go home on Tuesday. We had so much fun with them and have sure missed them since they left. Here is a picture of "the boys." This was taken at dinner the first night we were here.

Kason has been relaxing just like the rest of us. He seems pretty comfortable with the swing on the back porch.

We have taken lots of walks and spent a lot of time on the beach and in the pool.

Some of us went jet skiing on Tuesday and had a blast. Here are a few pictures from that...

Kason loves the beach. He really enjoyed the water the first day. He even nearly lost his pants like we all do in the waves.

On Monday (and every day since), he spent a lot of time in the sand. He LOVED that. Luckily, he figured out pretty quickly that it wasn't worth eating.

Yesterday, he decided that the water was where he wanted to be, but it was so rough, we couldn't take him out.

We spent 45 minutes letting him crawl to the water, get splashed in the face, then taking him back up to our chairs. Off he would go again. I will have pictures of this later. I haven't downloaded them yet.

Nothing but trouble...

I have been having a hard time believing that Kason is almost a year old - until the past couple of weeks!! He has really been getting around and getting in lots of trouble. Aside from that, he had a great visit with Nanna and Big John and has learned several new tricks. Here is the latest on our little monkey...


Nanna and Big John spent a week in Philadelphia and then came to see us for 4 days...yes, there is something wrong with that. Kason had tons of fun. Nanna let him have anything he wanted and Big John played with him non-stop. They were hilarious chasing each other around the house, showing thier muscles, throwing the ball. They even tried to take him home in thier suitcase. He seemed to be fine with that.














Kason usually wakes up from his nap and plays in his bed for a while. I love to peek through the door and watch him. One day I went and got Mom and we took a few pictures of him playing through the crack in the door. He was having a ball with his pacifiers...
However, upon closer inspection, this is what we found...(sorry for those of you with a weak stomach)...

Unfortunately, whatever caused this was also the beginning to a week long case of diarrhea. Last week was a long week.

Kason's latest trick - or his latest CUTE one - is showing his muscles. Here is a short video...

Check out Kason's Mickey Mouse ears that Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Natalie brought him back from Disney World! Growing room and all!

As I mentioned earlier, Kason has been getting into a lot of trouble with his new tricks. He has learned to pull up to his feet anywhere and everywhere with very little effort. With this new talent, he has decided that he likes to help around the house, but is not helpful at all. Here he is...

Taking the kitchen towels OUT of the drawer and UNfolding them rather than folding them and putting them away.

Emptying the trash in the office into the FLOOR rather than a trash bag.

and taking the wet clothes OUT of the dryer as I am trying to put them IN.

Here he is showing off his new skills...luckily, he hasn't figured out that he can go up the stairs yet.

That is pretty much all we have for now. We head to the beach for vacation on Friday. We can hardly wait!! I am sure that I will have lots of exciting stories and pictures from our trip...stay tuned.