New Toys!

Now that Laurel is crawling and pulling up on EVERYTHING I really needed somewhere safe to put her when I can't watch her. I got her a jumperoo and she loves it (we'll see how long it lasts!), but it is nice to have something that she enjoys playing with besides me!

After going to the beach, we realized that Laurel loves sand. Matt got her some sand and we had a sandbox that my mother-in-law gave us a long time ago. Here are some pictures of her first time playing in it. She just loved running her hands through the sand.

She was so engrossed in the sand it was really hard to get her to look up!

After playing, she was so sandy that we had to hose her off in the yard. We even had to put the hose on her head because she had tried to eat some sand and ended up getting it all over her face. I thought she would cry when the water went over her face, but she just laughed.

Beach Trip!!

We just got back from the beach and we had a great time. We left Friday and came back Monday and it was just what the doctor ordered. The seven hour car trip was not the most fun, but Laurel did really well. She slept the whole way down (we left at night) and about four hours on the way home. She didn't cry at all and hardly fussed either. She was ready to get out that last hour (so was I!) but I kept her laughing by making funny faces. We got to do a lot of neat stuff and it was nice to have Matt around to help out with Laurel during the day.

Here we are at the beach. I enjoyed that way more than Laurel did. I think it was a little loud and bright for her. We really couldn't stay long because I was worried about her getting sunburned.


Here we are on one of our walks (man was it hot!). We found a little park and Laurel went down the slide (with Daddy helping).

We found a little beach with calm waves and Laurel really liked that. She kept trying to "grab" the waves and I really had to hold on tight so she wouldn't dive right in the water!

Laurel loved the sand. She would have played in it forever if we let her. She just kept running her fingers and toes through it.

We had to take off her clothes and hose her down outside she was so sandy! She loved the grass and played happily in it while we de-sanded her.

Laurel also has started crawling (as you can see below) and she gets around great now. It is amazing how fast she is! She has a few bumps on her head from crawling just a little too fast. :(
Sadly, the most fun Laurel had was just playing on the bed with Mommy and Daddy. Hey, we could have done that at home!