hilton head 2009

since saturday, we've been in hilton head, sc with tom's mom and her girls. this makes the second year that we've had a big family vacation, and it's a tradition that tom and i hope to continue for many more years. the great weather has allowed us to enjoy the ocean and pool at our leisure--a great blessing considering how many feeding/naptimes we have to juggle these days! our attempt at a sand castle. pretty impressive considering caleb was knocking down towers as fast as tom could build them up. caleb playing in the sand. he looooooooooved the beach again this year, including the sand...a major improvement over last year when he screamed whenever the dry sand stuck to his feet, or his crocs. caleb has decided to call the ocean, "yucky water" due to the fact that it tastes yucky whenever he gets it in his mouth. despite the yuck factor, he still loved getting in the ocean. asher enjoying himself at the beach. i would have taken more than one picture, but it was the same story, different verse each day we went. guess the sound of the ocean was relaxing. check out the huge crab we found when we were setting up our canopy the first day! he was a quick little sucker, but we managed to trap him in a bucket for a few pics. and yes, we let him go. daddy and caleb mommy and caleb look, asher was awake for part of vacation! hands down, the best part of vacation for caleb was the silver truck we rented. he loved being able to drive it, hold the keys in his pocket, and just ride around the sea pines plantation in it. caleb really enjoyed the playground at harbour town. it was a nice change of pace from the ocean and the pool in the morning. caleb in the pool. daddy managed to rig him up a personal floatation device consisting of his life jacket, inner tube, and a snorkel. the snorkel was the glue that held the whole thing together. remove it, and caleb would slip down through the inner tube...crazy, but it worked.