And We're Back

We have just returned from a wonderful week at Orange Beach with Grant's extended family.  There were 21 of us that made the trip and enjoyed a sunny and somewhat breezy time on the beach.  David was surrounded by his 'People' as we like to call them.  We were not short on help and he was not short on attention to say the least.  This was David's second trip to the beach, but his first to be able to move around, get in the sun, and swim.  He LOVES the water.  He could have swam in the pool for hours if we had let him.  We even dunked him off and on and he was never bothered by it.  He ate lots of sand and crawled all over the place, even straight into the surf!!  The ocean was incredibly calm the first two days, so were able to float David around in the ocean to keep cool.  

He has really come alive this past week and is babbling all kinds of sounds: yaya, gaga, baba, dada.  We even saw him stand independently a few times for quite awhile.  He started doing this really cute thing where we sing 'Bouncy, Bouncy, Bouncy' and he starts bouncing up and down.  It is very fun to see that he is really understanding what we say even though he cannot quite communicate back to us yet.

Oh and we must not forget this poor child cut THREE top teeth in ONE week.  It was madness.  Seriously, he did not sleep all week.  Which means we did not sleep all week.  He has never been this sleepless and this inconsolable, not even as a newborn.  I am guessing it was 3 times the pain, so 3 times the misery for him.  Regardless, we made it!!  And now the little man has 6 teeth!