Heading out to the beach

First may I say... YAY for all you who are commenting.  Keep em coming.  I love to read your responses.  And for that...

It is video time!

Gabbi is learning all about using her voice. It is hysterical to listen and watch how she is learning this! For instance, when we leave our condo, we have to walk into a breezeway.
This is where we get on the elevator. Once at the bottom floor, we again have to enter a breezeway type lobby, and again, Gabbi gets her groove on.

For some reason, she just really likes the acoustics of these places and will "ah" and "eh", over and over and over. It is a hoot. I will tell you this, too, though. When she sees a camera, she usually just goes mute. It drives me nuts. I have tried her whole little life to capture her "talking" and all her little baby sounds and such, but the second she sees a camera... silence!

So I tried again today. I got a little. Miss Ellie Sue figured out what I was doing, and she piped up! She ain't gonna lose her chance to be on center stage!!
Obviously, with the cover ups and such, we were on our way out the beach. So, here we are once we got down there. It is a HAUL with all the accoutrement we have to load up and take. (Beth, there's another word for ya. I LOVE that word!)
I do not know what I would do without this wagon! And Gabbi's Bumbo. She has gotten so fat in the legs that the thing sticks to her everytime I try to get her out of it, but it keeps her nice and centered when we are going down to the beach and especially as we bounce across the sand.
Speaking of chunky. Staci said she could not believe how "thick" Gabbi Girl had gotten in the past two weeks. Really? Have any of you noticed? I hadn't, but then again, I am living with her.

And then would you believe it? We got our vampire Daddy out in the sun?! Whoa! He even kinda rolled up his sleeves. He went to the sunglass store and asked for the strongest, most blockingest sunglasses they had. This is them. He said, "They aren't working. I am still squinting." Oh, well. I don't know what to tell him. Anybody have this problem?
Of course, Ellie had to wear an accessory. She looks like she is posing for the papparazzi. You know how they all put one leg in front of the other to minimize their legs/ hips? That is Ellie in this picture!

Here is my tilted-headed little Gabbi. I really MUST find her a good physical therapist!
Recognize the suit?

Here is a little flashback for ya!

And in case anyone might think that the "fry thing" is new... well, indeed it is NOT! She is the one we better watch out for for that eating disorder situation. Junk food JUNKIE!

I can't quit! They were just too cute. So here's another.

"Ummm, Excuse me. Little help over here! Why, again, is Maddi sitting on my beach?! Aren't there MILES of beach?"

And finally, like out of a Hitchcock film... BIRDS! 

Ellie was intent on feeding these vermine. And I thought they were going to mistake my toes for a cheeto! I came out with all 10, so we have lived to see another day.

Oh....

And Don said (and Staci and Veronicia and Paula all agreed) that my blogs are too long.  They said they don't even really READ them... just look at the pictures.  WHAT?!  Do you agree?  Should they be shorter?  Be truthful now!  

Melanie