On Sunday we got back from our annual Lyman family beach vacation. So fun! Brian’s dad rents a house for all 8 adults, 1 nanny, and 8 children. We read, swim, eat, and play games. Reese enjoyed playing in the water (though she only did it for about 10 minutes before turning her back on us and walking through the sand back to the house). She had some separation anxiety, because I was leaving her with someone for probably 6 hours a day, but she got used to it by the end. Can’t wait for next year!

Here is Reese with her next oldest cousin, Joshua. They play really well together.

Here only two cousins are missing. From left to right: Joshua, Grace, Reese, Caleb, Jonah, Joy.

Grace belongs to Brian’s sister Cori, and the other four that aren’t Reese belong to his sister Tracy.

Brian and I took some of the kids to the aquarium on the island. We had fun.

I made my last several videos into one, so it’s pretty long. Quite cute, though. I can’t believe how much better she can already do all of those things. She’s pretty much mastered parts of the face (though, as you can see, getting her to sit still long enough it a challenge). She’s better at throwing as well. She can count up to 6 by herself, but is not really clear on what it means. Oh well, it’s really cute.

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The week after Grandpa came to visit (Brian’s dad), Brian’s mom came down. We had fun going to the Discovery Place room for toddlers and playing with all of their fantastic toys. Here was a fun one in the baby/toddler area where Reese crawled all over the mats:

There was also a structure representing the human head and the senses. Grandma and Reese are in the ear canal listening to the sounds:

I got her into a dress that was handed down by Grandma. She wore it when she was tiny, and, if you can believe it, was made of feed sack. Apparently they made feed sacks with all different patterns so they could be reused for clothing. Cool, huh?!

We also had a request from Grandpa for a picture on dark pony, and we were happy to oblige:

Special shout out to Grandma who got Reese to go shoe shopping and who watched her so I could get a haircut. Yay Grandma!