Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The Hornbuckle Beach Trip

This past weekend, it was that time again to head down to the beach for the 2nd annual Hornbuckle Family Beach Trip. We stayed in the same place as we did for the Skinner Family Beach Trip so I was able to show everyone the ropes. Aunt Melissa and Cousin Sarah joined us for the trip the year and we all has a blast!
When I walked in, Mimi and Grandpa had put my table and chairs next to the grown up table and I saw it first thing. I picked up the table and moved it next to the balcony, where it was last time and pointed out my chair and "Bob's" chair. Everyone thought that it was amazing that I could remember that from several months ago. Since Rob was not on this trip, Sarah sat with me and had her juice while I had mine.
George loved being at the beach again! This was his first time to go on the Hornbuckle Family Beach trip though. He was not in the picture last time..well we did not know that he was. With all of the extra hands, he was spoiled with lots of love this weekend.
Sarah had not seen him in a couple of months and was thrilled about how much he had grown. She was such a big help because she loves babies.
George got in the pool for the first time. He was not too sure what to think about it. I tried to show him how to go down the slide but for some reason Mama and Daddy would not let him do it on his own. Go figure!
This time, I loved the water falls, slides, wave pools and basketball goals. I had fun going under the waterfalls more times than I can even count. I likes sporting my new floaties as well.
George spent a good bit of the time in the condo since he is so little and lily white. He was cursed with Mama and Daddy's pale skin. He teethed on his rattle from Melissa and snuggled with his blanket from Sarah.
For some reason, nobody took any pictures on Aunt Melissa the entire weekend except for the one by herself! I wanted to put it on the blog though because we had so much fun with her. She brought me a purse with a necklace, fingernail files, and a box to keep them in. I am such a girlie girl that it was right up my alley. Mama and Daddy had fun going out with her at night.
We celebrated Sarah and Grandpa's birthday while we were down there. We gave Sarah a cookbook and we think that she really liked it because it has a picture of George and me on the front. I had my bib on ready for the cupcakes that she made. Yum!
We gave Grandpa a Grandpa shirt in Georgia Tech colors. Two of his favorite things combined...us and football. I think that he really liked it!
Then it was time for my favorite part and I helped blow out the candles. Mama and Daddy have been practicing with me. They had homemade chocolate icing. I ate a couple of them because George is too young to eat cupcakes and I wanted to make sure that he did his part.
The pool was super fun that day. It was a little bright for George so Mimi made the sacrifice to shield him from the sun and get some snuggles while doing it. Between you and me, I don't think she minded it!
I started off going down the the slide on my fanny like I am supposed to. If you look really close, you can see that I have a busted lip and have two band-aids on my knees. I accidentally fell up the stairs but after the initial shock, I bounced right back!
I saw one of the big kids go down the slide on his belly so guess what I wanted to do? You guessed it...I am fearless and just thought I was hysterical!
Daddy was at the bottom of the slide to catch me and he stole a little lovin. He always is here to keep me and George safe! I love my Daddy!
The last day we woke up and played on the balcony a little bit. George enjoyed getting some one on one with Daddy and as usual sucked his thumb. I can't understand why he would choose that over my beloved passy!
George saw me eating at my table all weekend and decided that he wanted a try so I let him borrow "Bob's" chair for a little while. He felt like such a big boy! Thank you Mimi and Grandpa for such a fun trip. We are looking forward to next year! It will be a totally different ballgame since George will be walking!

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