Joel's 1st trip to the beach

Josh, Joel and I packed up and headed to the beach yesterday morning (will post pics as soon as I take them off the camera). It was a beautiful day in the 80's and the water was about 60 degrees. Joel loved playing in the sand and rolling around/scooting backwards and sideways in the cabana we brought for him. He however wasn't too fond of the water, whether it was the fact it was really cold or the loud roaring waves...not sure, but he clung to me the whole time we stood in the water (up to our waists). Daddy would try and hold him and oh no, he wanted Mama, LOL! Again though, he lovvveeddd the sand, typical boy was practically buried in it playing with his shovel and bucket and trying to eat it :o) We had lunch their and went out to dinner after where Joel had his very first own scoop of vanilla ice cream which he ate only a few bites of, but he loved the spoon, silly boy! He was soooo tired by the ride home and crashed in bed shortly after getting home. We all had a great time. The beach was packed, but it was a beautiful day and we have lots of fun!

Went to Maine Saturday to visit Joel's Great Aunt Anne & we had a great time!

Playgroup (2nd one was today)

Ahhh, he loves it! It's so cute to see him there interacting with the other babies. He just can't wait to get moving/crawling around. He covered quite a bit of the room on his tummy, going backwards and in circles, LOL! The group leader saw where he started from and where he ended up and she said "did he get himself all the way over there?" LOL!

It is such a fun group for them. They do bubbles, rice table, water table with bubbles and duckies, lots of songs, snack with little open cups, gym area, books, circle, hand washing, signing, etc... It is fun for us Mommy's and Daddy's too!

I am so glad we found such a wonderful program, free to boot. Due to funding issues/ the economy they may have to start a charge for the group in the Fall, but it would be well worth it.

They usually have you attend 10 weeks and then you can continue if the group has room. The twins in Joel's group will be moving onto the older group as they are a year old. The leader mentioned they may be having some new little ones joining in next week. There are about 8 babies total in the group although they typically don't all attend all at the same time.

Again, I'm looking forward to next weeks playgroup :o)

JoelBee was chatting like crazy today

Saying lots of Dadadaadadadaa and Gagagaagagaaga's...so cute to hear! He also practiced his rocking/crawling and moved forward a tad. He's still great at going backwards, LOL!

Our baby boy is 7 months old today

Where has the time gone?
He's getting 2 teeth, scooting about on his belly, up on his hands and knees rocking back and forth...even practicing in his crib, LOL! He's eating all kinds of table foods, grabbing at everything and happy, happy!

We love you little man and can't believe you are now closer to being a year old then you are to being a little newborn, WOW!

Noticed 2nd bottom tooth popping through today

Pics for comparison

Trying out car seat about 3 weeks old


Trying car seat again about 5 months old