Myrtle Beach Day 2

We could not have asked for more beautiful weather! 

More beach pictures...

Gram bought Gavin and Henley a fishing net--a hit!

Gav caught these!

Love.her.

Pretty in pink!

LOVED the pier for pictures:

Ryan always makes his own sand chair:

Of course Henley Jane brought her animals to the beach and lined them up--her new favorite thing to do!

Blue crab!

Watching a movie on the pullout couch bed on Gram's side of the condo. What a life!

Gram watched the kiddos while Ryan and I went on a date. After a yummy dinner, we walked on the Pier:

HUGE chair. I felt like an even littler (yes, a word) girl than I am!

When we got back, Gram and the kids had been preparing a puppet show. Love them!

Myrtle Beach Day 1

First of June, we went to Myrtle Beach with Ryan's Mom. Robert couldn't go due to work, so Julie promised us date nights (yes, please!) and we shared a condo with their timeshare. It was so wonderful. I know it's forever ago, but the pictures are so fun that I want to share.

Cooking pizza from scratch in the condo when we arrived:

First night fun in the pool. It's a walk-in pool which was AWESOME for these kids.

First day at the beach. 

The kids had a blast! My camera was so fogged up for a bit because of going from cold room to hot outside but I love these pictures...

Oversharing of pictures...go!

The iPad was a hit while we rested in the hotel room! (of course!)

We got cleaned up and stopped for books at Barnes and Noble. The kids were so excited about theirs they couldn't wait to read them! (This is standing in line.)

We ate at a yummy local restaurant and opted to take a few pics while the sun went down. 

I love them!

Rainbow!

If you zoom in on this sign, it says "Henley Construction"!

More to come!

BIG BOY!!!

Huge huge huge news in the Hughes family. Like I can't believe this has happened.

Gavin stopped sucking his thumb. SERIOUSLY!

My friend Liz got this picture last weekend:

He has sucked his thumb with his blanket at bedtime (or this is right when he woke up) for his entire life. Like since he was a newborn. I thought this was going to be a tough habit to break.

So Gavin and I went to the dentist on Wednesday for his first teeth cleaning.

 I took him last time I went so he could watch, and he seemed totally ok with the idea of getting his teeth cleaned. So we just tried it with mine and Ryan's regular dentist, not a pediatric dentist. He did AWESOME!!!

So I asked the dentist if he could tell from Gavin's teeth that he sucks his thumb. He said not at all, BUT that when permanent teeth started coming in, he could definitely mess them up. Gavin heard our whole conversation, I talked to him after the appointment, and that was it. He stopped. Cold turkey. Gave up his blanket, too. SERIOUSLY!?

So as a reward, we went to Target 3 days later to pick out a present. I've been spying on him at night and naps and he seriously isn't cheating! This boy is a big boy!! We are so proud of him and can't believe it was so easy!

And I have about 10 million posts I need to be blogging about (Joanna :) ). I'll get there!