Of course this will be a way too long blog post. WE LOVE THE BEACH! We went to Cape San Blas, Florida and had a great time. It is hard to believe that it is Joshua's 3rd trip to the beach and Millie's first. Time flies. Tyler and I were talking about when our nieces and nephews were the ages of Mill and Josh. Joshua and Millie loved it down there. In between naps they were playing with cousins and aunts and uncles, eating sand/shells (Millie) and playing in the ocean. We were able to spend quality time with Grandmommy, Kris, Mandy, Eric, Patrick, and Kevin. We were also lucky enough to have Dawn, Madison, Meghan and her friend Alex come visit too. We are so sad that we didn't get to have Randy, Bub & Beckah and Missy and Glenn down there with us, we really missed them. We played at the beach, in the condo and got to go to the bay too. It is just a beautiful place. We saw dolphins and a sea turtle. We were able to see all kinds of creatures in the bay and Kris, Patrick and Kevin caught some fish too! (sorry Tyler and Eric, no luck this time) Well, I know there are a ton of pictures and the thing is I could have put a ton more. Enjoy! Don't forget to turn your volume on.
Sweet sisters.
Dawn got a picture with both the babies!
The day we left.......wow!
Enjoying some pool time in the shade.
On mommy's shoulders I can see far!
Joshua made a great attempt to pull Millie on the board but I don't think they got very far.
Eric's fabulous job of rubbing his sunblock in.
Sleepy. The fact she is even sitting still or snuggling in any way means it's bed time.
Mandy found a huge sand dollar while we were in the bay.
Millie's thing while she was in her pool was to sit or stand up with her hand up and scream.
Who Me? Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.
Took off towards the water.....water baby!
Patrick playing with Millie and Joshua in the baby pool.
Mommy and Millie's hands.
Daddy's and Joshua's feet (third year and how Joshua has grown.)
Dawn and Joshua checking out the shells.
How did we manage to set her in the only tire tracks (from the turtle patrol) on the beach?
While we were doing our family pictures Kevin wanted in the action.
Mandy and Millie hanging out during pictures.
Maddie getting some lovin'. Maddie was a lifesaver during pictures. Joshua would only do something if Maddie was doing it.
Millie has taken a few of her first steps, boy are mommy and daddy are in trouble.
Digging for butterfly shells.
Love the sunset pictures.
About to put yet another shell in her mouth.
Mommy getting some very rare snuggle time with Millie.
Daddy and Joshua joking around.
Trying to get some fun family pictures in . Joshua is pretty much crying his eyes out at the moment.
I love my family.
Maddie and Joshua sharing a hug.
Family pose.
Millie always keeping an eye out for Joshua and what he is doing.
Mandy and Eric coasting in after a fun kayaking adventure.
Enjoying the sun and beautiful water.
Kris teaching Kevin how to fish.
Kris caught several lady fish which all the kids wanted to touch, especially Joshua.
The three amigos, Patrick, Madison and Eric snorkling.
Mandy and Kevin getting some fishing time in.
Joshua loved the binoculars so much that he wanted to watch the movie with them.
Ending our evening at the bay.
Kevin finding some crabs.
The three amigos yet again searching for any sea life they can find.
Maddie and Joshua finding the tiniest crabs, they were so cute and he would get so excited.
The bay is very exotic and I thought this picture was pretty cool.
So tired......
Calling it a day.
Kevin, very proud of his "scallops."
The tiny speck on Joshua's hand is a crab.
A fiddler crab posing on Meghan's finger.
A good sized horseshoe crab.
Taking time for a swim break as we walked the bay.
Searching for more creatures.
We could brush out net through the grassy flats and there were tons of shrimp like this guy here.
Kris, Mandy and Eric trying to catch some stingrays.
Maddie with a hermit crab (thousands of them all around).
Joshua getting to touch a tiny, tiny horseshoe crab.
Mandy and Eric basking in the sun.
Joshua taking a small break from looking through his binoculars to talk with Aunt Mandy.
Two peas in a pod.
Joshua got some Uncle Kris lap time.
Silly Millie and Grandmommy. She loves doing "ride a little horsey."
Surfing U.S.A.
Ahoy mates! Joshua would look through the binoculars backwards and look at you and ask what you were doing in there? Hilarious.
Aunt Dawn filling the bucket with more water for the pool or with the thousands of shells that washed up.
Lean on me!
Our little friend sun bathing on the boardwalk.
Patrick and Joshua playing away.
Unbelievable, Joshua fell asleep on the beach for hours. Too funny!
What a day!
Maddie, Kevin and Joshua building a drip castle.
Millie checking out the amazing view.
Meghan buried her friend Alex. Pretty funny.
Dawn, Patrick and Joshua enjoying the beach.
One of my favorite pictures. Grandmommy and Joshua.
Trying to spot the dolphins.
These two are silly, silly, silly.
Joshua helps daddy carry the bucket of water to fill up the pool.
Millie and mommy posing for a picture.
It didn't matter how much sand was on something, Mil MIl did not hesitate to put it in her mouth.
Building castles in the sand.
Taking a break from being busy to watch a movie.
A little pool time.
Loves playing in the waves.
Aunt Mandy has the whole gang under control. Millie headed straight for the water.
Learning all kinds of fun things at the beach.
Looking at the camels. For whatever reason, this day Joshua wanted nothing to do with walking the zoo, poor Amie.
Cat helping Millie work on her locomotor skills. ALMOST HAD IT!
Millie enjoying the view with Sassy, Georgie and Cat. It is so beautiful out there.
Okay, so Sassy had this "fake" cat that sleeps and really looks like its breathing. Her name is butterscotch and lets just say Joshua took a liking to cute little butterscotch. She had to go everywhere he went.
Millie and Natan getting to share some time together. 
Rob making his birthday wish with a wonderful homemade German Chocolate birthday cake, delicious. Not to mention an amazing homemade meal of Fried chicken, peas, mash taters...need I say more!
Sorry Sassy.....we got a little wrapped up in the sheers.
Lindsey and Tyler getting to catch up a little bit. She is feeling great!! Yippie for baby Shar!
Sassy and Millie...who is leading who????
Rob tackling the dynamic duo on the stars..he is such a natural.
Cat and Lindsey are too pretty.... we had a great time getting to see them.
Okay, so in case you were all wondering...Mill and Rob got a little snuggle time together. There are not many of us who get to snuggle with Millie but she loves her Rob time.
Amie, Daddy and Joshua checking out Marty the zebra. By the way, we name all of our zoo animals after the characters in "Madagascar." Doesn't everyone?
The whole crew step by step.
MIllie is enjoying the ride. Nothing like taking our nice big stroller and pushing an empty one while they both are either being held or Joshua walks while MIllie is held. Too Funny.
I am not so sure MIllie was impressed with the rhino exhibit...it is cool though.
Don Don was able to join mommy, millie and joshua at star lake and feed all the animals.
There is a mama duck with 14 ducklings (so cute) and we were able to feed them too!
Here is one of the cuties.
Here they come. Pretty swans too.
Pretty much whatever Joshua is doing, Millie is right in the mix wanting to do the same thing.
