Trey and Kelli came to the beach Friday afternoon to spend the weekend with us there. Sorry I didn't capture any photos of them today---Delaney was too much of a super star at the beach!
Delaney loved her new little mushroom baby pool. I think it looks like something out of Super Mario World.
My new little walker loved being able to stroll around on the beach.
During our beach trip, we took walks on the beach in the morning. No one was out there and we found great shells and the dogs LOVED swimming in the ocean.
Delaney loved playing in the sand and walking with us in the ocean. She seemed right at home on the beach and it made me wish we lived even closer so we could go more often. That winning lottery ticket better come soon so we can get us a beach house.
Delaney is so close to walking at the beach with Randy making a nice seagull sound.
Delaney is sooo close to being an independent walker. The seagulls are her motivation.
After months of holding our hands and walking and being a little nervous, we owe it to nice beach house carpet and that soft Edisto sand. DELANEY IS WALKING!!!! She got so excited and walked all over the beach house that night. She would fall down and then clap and shriek and get so proud of herself. We are so proud of her too. Our big girl doesn't need to hold our hands as much now. I still need to hold hers though. :)
The entire Roberts Family, minus Mia (sorry kitty), went to Edisto Beach from Wednesday to Sunday to celebrate our third wedding anniversary and also for a much-needed vacation!!! Because Tyson and Olive went with us, we had to rent a U-Haul trailer. We are so obnoxious.
The trip in the car was hysterical with Delaney laughing at the dogs and Randy throwing Cheerios back at them. Everyone did really well---Delaney slept and the dogs panted on the windows---causing some occasional stinkiness in the car. All in all, a great road trip.
After getting settled at the beach, we took a walk on the beach and Delaney walked in the ocean for the first time. She was very curious and seemed to really like it. She also really liked looking at the seagulls and imitating their sounds.
We stayed in a fabulous house that was given to us by Nancy, a neighbor that Randy has been doing work for. She is a wonderful lady who is 83 years old but looks younger and is so positive and full of life. Her house was perfect and had everything we needed---including a great wagon to drag all of our stuff to the beach. There was a wonderful screened in porch with a swing where Randy and I spent a lot of time, but Delaney's favorite thing was the carpet. We have no carpet at our house and the second we got to the beach house, she was on her belly on the floor "loving" on it.
Randy and I celebrated out third anniversary while at the beach. We had a delicious dinner of lobster ravioli and Randy bought us a bottle of my favorite wine--Schug Pinot Noir. We exchanged presents and I was such a lucky girl. I bought Randy a monogrammed leather tray for his dresser to hold his knick knacks (3rd wedding anniversary calls for leather) and a personalized game of Lovolopy. Randy loves Monopoly so I found this online and it is the coolest thing. You make your own gameboard with places that the two of you have visited and put your own pictures on it. He loved it! Randy bought me a digital camera---YAY!!!! My friend Tracey has let me borrow hers since I dropped our old one in the pool but now I have my own again. YAY!!!! Randy also bought me diamond stud earrings with an additional removable drop diamond on each for fancier occasions. If you remember, I lost one stud at the Wing Fest this year. Well---Randy brought my old one diamond to a jeweler and just wanted a match made. The jeweler looked at the old diamond and said it was a fake!!! CZ!!! Randy had bought the original diamonds at Macy's and still had the receipt. He went to Macy's and they basically said there was nothing they could do because how could they believe him because it had been three years. The original lady who had sold him the diamonds no longer worked there (fired for negligence) and they said how could they be sure those diamonds came from there in the first place. Isn't that ridiculous?!!! Randy has since sent a certified letter to Macy's requesting his money back and saying that if they don't respond, he will spread the word that Macy's is the worst store ever and they sell fake items. I will spread the word now: MACY'S SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T EVER SHOP THERE!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway----I now have beautiful real diamond earrings and I love them very very much. They also have screw-backs so I won't ever lose them. Because these are real. And I would definitely cry if I lost them.
Delaney's hair is getting so long that I am having to pull it back so it doesn't get in her eyes. I picked her up from daycare one day and they had pulled it back into these two little ponytails. One of the teachers, Mrs. Tina, said she looked like that television show My Little Martian. I thought that was hilarious.
Delaney's new game with her daddy is riding in the desk chair while he pushes her around. She loves it and we get a big kick out of it.
****Delaney can now show you were her eyes, nose, mouth, and hair are. When you ask her where those specific things are, she points to the correct body part. Sometimes she mixes up nose and mouth but she is learning. Her favorite one to identify is her belly. She rubs it and sometimes lifts her shirt to point it out to you. It is the cutest thing.
Randy and I started out the 4th of July running a relay race. It was a 4-mile run where you had the option of running as a two-person team with each person running two miles. It was right in our neighorhood which was great! Randy and I ended up doing really good (31:03) and came in 8 out of 18 relay teams. One little problem though---we didn't know the course beforehand so had no idea what to do. Randy ran the first part of the race and the tag-team part where I was waiting for him was actually about 2 blocks from our house. As Randy came speedily running up to me, I shouted out "Just run home!!!!" instead of going back to the start/finish line. He nodded his head, but apparently didn't understand what I was saying. Anyhoo--at the finish I met up with mom who was with Delaney and I went home, expecting to find Randy in the pool. Well---after a little while I went looking for him and drove back to the race going the course route. He wasn't there, or at the finish line, so I started driving home again. I found Randy running up the road. Poor dear ended up running 2 miles, walking 2 miles back to the finish line, and then running about 1 mile more before I got to him. He was quite tired. It will probably take a lot of convincing before he runs another relay with me!! :)
Miranda had stayed with us the night before and we had so much fun! We ordered wings and raw fries, watched Big Daddy, and played UNO. Delaney absolutely LOVES Miranda and says her name, "Nuh-nan-da".
We had lots of people over to celerate the holiday for good food and swimming.
Not only did my mom make homemade barbecue, she made fablous fried chicken. Delaney tries out a leg.
Grammy and Delaney play peek-a-boo.
Morgan gets ready to fire the slingshot while Mandi makes sure it isn't aimed at someone's head.
I love it when Kelli and Trey pose for a picture. They do a good job.
Davis, Landon, and Elvin loved all of the pool games.
Sean and Dave suck it in for the camera.
Delaney takes a bite of cake in between putting her foot in her mouth. Seriously. That kid is flexible.
Melissa, Sean, Mandi, Chris, and Dave
Randy, Morgan, and Delaney hang out in a float. On the deck.
Delaney whacks Miranda and Lauren with her birthday balloon. Yes---birthday balloon. This apparently is the most powerful balloon ever made because it won't die. Lauren is Miranda's friend that she made at zoo camp. The two of them together were hilarious.
Because I am usually behind the camera, I thought I would put in a pic of me in case you forgot what I looked like.
My little sand castle creation
Delaney loved her new little mushroom baby pool. I think it looks like something out of Super Mario World.
My new little walker loved being able to stroll around on the beach.
Because Tyson and Olive went with us, we had to rent a U-Haul trailer. We are so obnoxious.
We stayed in a fabulous house that was given to us by Nancy, a neighbor that Randy has been doing work for. She is a wonderful lady who is 83 years old but looks younger and is so positive and full of life. Her house was perfect and had everything we needed---including a great wagon to drag all of our stuff to the beach. There was a wonderful screened in porch with a swing where Randy and I spent a lot of time, but Delaney's favorite thing was the carpet. We have no carpet at our house and the second we got to the beach house, she was on her belly on the floor "loving" on it. 
Not only did my mom make homemade barbecue, she made fablous fried chicken. Delaney tries out a leg.
Grammy and Delaney play peek-a-boo.
Morgan gets ready to fire the slingshot while Mandi makes sure it isn't aimed at someone's head.
I love it when Kelli and Trey pose for a picture. They do a good job.
Davis, Landon, and Elvin loved all of the pool games.
Sean and Dave suck it in for the camera.
Delaney takes a bite of cake in between putting her foot in her mouth. Seriously. That kid is flexible.
Melissa, Sean, Mandi, Chris, and Dave
Randy, Morgan, and Delaney hang out in a float. On the deck.
Because I am usually behind the camera, I thought I would put in a pic of me in case you forgot what I looked like.
Jocelyn and Elvin
