Aunt Bee and Aunt Re reminding us what vacation was like without babies....boring!
Uncle Russel and Uncle Coco telling secrets. In a few years Uncle Colson can teach Caden how to skimboard!
The water was nice and warm so Caden couldn't get enough! He loved digging in the sand and playing in the waves.
Addie also loved the beach and had a great time playing in the sand and the water!
Caden kept crawling towards the water when we put him down in the sand...he obviously had no idea how big the waves were!
We were practicing our walking on the sand...
Caden was very proud of himself for finding a shell in the sand! He didn't eat any until the 3rd day we went to the beach...then Aunt Beanie and I found one in his mouth...he was just tasting it ;)
Caden liked crawling around under the tent and pulling himself up on the pole.
It's hard to feed a 9 month old lunch on the beach without getting it on their forehead! But Aunt Rissi did a good job and got most of the carrots in Caden's mouth.
Nana and Caden waving to the seagulls...Caden was waving at all the birds and the kites while we were at the beach!
Digging holes in the sand....
Pop set up a huge netted tent this year to keep the bugs away which worked out great, especially for meal time. Although.......Caden didn't REALLY experience Chincoteage because he didn't get eaten alive by mosquitoes......it's only a matter of time :)
Story time! There's so much to do in Chincoteague that by the time Caden was ready for bed the big girls were still in their bathing suits!
Perhaps Caden's favorite part of the trip was feeding the ducks. A whole flock decided to make themselves home at our site on the water and they enjoyed being fed bread and fresh water. The two white ones really close to us in the picture were so friendly that Caden and I decided they needed names and we settled on Dorey and Dinghy. They would eat bread right out of Caden's hand, then he would smile and turn to me for more bread. It was so cute!
Caden loved being able to spend some quality time with Axel! Poor Axel was so confused...he couldn't figure out why everyone was holding the babies and not him...
This is the view from our campsite at night. The lighthouse is on the left and the moon is rising behind the clouds.
Pop is looking at Addie and calculating in his head how much longer it will be before he can take her out on his boat......
Caden had fun swimming in the pool but he would have had more fun if they had a baby pool....he wanted to get down and play but he obviously couldn't understand that we couldn't let go of him!
Both babies definitely needed bath time every night after a long day of camping. Nana and all his aunts helped out and he loved having all those hands all over him :)
Pop was making sure everything was set for fishing early the next morning....I like this picture because you can see them light of the moon, the light of the lighthouse and the light of the boat :)
Aunt Bee and Aunt Rissi had so much fun with the babies and they were both super helpful the whole week! Caden misses them already!
They boys did a great job catching flounder and Nana did a great job cooking it up! Nothing beats the seafood in Chincoteague!
A Ferrari camping trip wouldn't be complete without at least one debacle. Dad lost his cell phone off the back of the boat but luckily the boat was tied up at the campsite and Colson dove down and found it. It only took him 2 dives!
Addison and Caden had so much fun together...stay tuned for another entry with pictures of the two of them together!
Caden was distracted during meal times which made it hard to get him to sit still long enough to eat off his spoon, so Nana let him drink his meal out of the pouch....he was pretty happy about that!
Caden loves Uncle Coco! We think Caden thought he was Spencer at the beginning of the week because Caden would look at him and give him a huge smile right away :)
Addie loved Caden's banana mango baby food! Aunt Bee was feeding her and we've never seen her mouth open so wide......except for when we went to The Creamery :)
I'm not sure who's driving the boat in this picture.....I'm not sure that they know either ;)
I was able to complete our Chincoteague trip by going water skiing which was really fun...especially since I had to skip it last year when I was pregnant :) It was a successful year for skiing....Rissi, Chrissy, Lindsay, and Jen all got up thanks to Pop and Uncle Dean. They were warming up their teaching skills so they can teach Caden and Addie in a few years!