Belly Shot!

These belly shots are a tad out of order because this is 27 weeks and I already posted 28 weeks last week.  Anyway, it was so hectic getting down to the beach that I never got a belly shot, so finally we did one on the beach!

This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.

Last Beach

We spent one last morning at the beach before we had to head home.  We woke up early and headed down to soak up a little more sand.

This sweet girl has really fallen in love with her daddy.  It is precious to watch!

We were sad to leave the beach, but it helps knowing that we will be back.  We have plans to come back in September after Chubby arrives.  

Beach Day 4

 We spent our last fully day at the beach much like the others.  That afternoon while SG slept, Mom and I went and did some shopping at the outlets.  We mostly looked at things for the kids.  I was intending to buy mostly for Chubby, but there is so much cute girl stuff that I found some things for SG, too!
When we came back, we took SG out for some pretty girl pictures on the beach.  I am so in love with this kid and you can tell by the fact that I could only narrow it down to these pictures!

While we took pictures, Pops and Daddy were making a yummy dinner to eat outside!  She loves to eat outside!

After dinner, she sat in Lovie's lap and cuddled with her a while.  That is a rarity for SG to sit for long, so you have to soak it up when it happens!

Beach Day 3

On our third day Grandaddy and Me Me had to leave to go home.  We had a lazy morning with breakfast and lots of sticker fun!  Me Me was covered with stickers from SG!  After we said goodbye, we hit the beach again.  

We have heard that some children like to take naps on the beach, so we got our princess all set up for a snooze, but she was too excited.

Even Baby Kate made it out to the beach!

She was so delighted with herself that she found a tiny sand crab.  She proudly showed it off to everyone.

She found some bubbles and had so much fun trying to make bubbles.

We went out swimming and she had a great time playing in the waves!  Pops and Lovie showed her how to get on the boogie board and bounce on the waves.

Of course, the pool was a hit too.  She had a good time jumping off the side and didn't mind her face getting wet.  

Beach Day 2 - Evening

After a full day at the beach, a nap, and everyone cleaning up, we were ready to go to dinner.  We made a quick trek to the beach for some photos.  

This is Sarah Graves with her "camera".  She uses it at Lovie and Pops' house to take pictures and they brought it to the beach for her.  

We headed to Louisiana Lagniappe for dinner and SG and Grandaddy passed the wait for our table by feeding the fish and the ducks.  So glad that she had a chance to make these sweet memories with them.

Beach Day 2

Even though our room was very dark, SG woke up very early on our second day and was ready for the beach.  She and Pops sat on the balcony and she told him that she liked her beach!

Our little beach babe! 

She was excited to put on her "kini" and go "beach"!  She also enjoyed running up and down the length of the condo shouting, "I SUPER SARAH GRAVES!" over and over again!  It was the cutest thing and we have no idea where she learned it or get the idea for it. 

She loves the sand and the water, but was not pleased with seaweed!  There was a line of seaweed that washed up and dried and she would have no part walking through it.  It served quite well as a little fence to keep her from going in the water!

She and I went out and played in the waves some.  She loves the waves, just no seaweed!

SG loved to cook for grandaddy and he played right along.  She made him grits, biscuits, pancakes, and soup!