Beach Fun, Band Issues & Baby boogie-boarding...

Lucia & Liam... walking on the beach together...

We are on vacation at the beach and for the most part, having a blast...  We are with some great friends, and very, very relaxed...  Weather has been a bit hit or miss, but good enough that we've had some great time at the beach and inside the place we've rented.  Personally, I like cloudy & rainy days, and we had two of those, and the rest sun - should finish out the vacation with sunny days too.

My friend Lori & Me, with Liam at the beach (and his blue shovel)

 I did have a bit of a bummer on Monday - my band for some reason had gotten so tight over the last week that by Saturday (of course, it couldn't have happened BEFORE vacation), I was throwing up a few times a day and Sunday all day - couldn't get liquids down, and Sunday night was up all night with acid reflux worse than I've ever had it.  I called the doc first thing Monday AM, and they were able to fit me in that afternoon, so I drove home to Richmond and saw the doc.  They've completely unfilled me and I have a barium x-ray next Tuesday...  She thinks that something just got stuck and I got very inflammed, but I guess we'll know for sure on Tuesday.  Fingers crossed there is no slippage...  I did have almost 6 cc's in my band though, which I was SHOCKED about - last time I had that much, I couldn't swallow water either - so I am hoping I was just too tight.  I got to come back to the beach Monday night - it sucks that I lost a day, but I am enjoying myself SO MUCH MORE now that I can drink and eat, it was worth it...

Me and my boy...

Liam really seems to like the beach - unfortunately, he has a cold and is cutting about 6 teeth at once, so he is a bit grumpy but still we're having a blast.  He's happy as a clam to be sitting in the sand and digging with his shovel and bucket.  Sand in, sand out.  Sand in, sand out.  And so it goes.  

Liam and his green striped sock-shoes.

Lucia got a new boogie board, and is perfecting her style with her daddy... the family we are with have two girls on either end of the age spectrum from Lu, and they all seem to be getting along great (considering the close quarters).

Lucia working her boogie board

Dennis is fully relaxing which is great for him... I think they boys are going to go fishing tomorrow... we'll see what they come back with!

All in all, life continues to be great.  Lucia starts school two weeks from Monday, so we have a few weeks of summer left.  Personally, I am ready for the fall to be here - never really been a hot-weather kind of girl.  Give me 50 degrees and crisp weather for wearing sweaters!!!