Today I’m 5 months old! I’ve done a lot of growing and I’ve been a lot of places in this past month! I went to two graduation parties, one for Mommy’s cousin Elizabeth and the other was for Daddy’s cousin Jessica. At Liz’s party I got to go swimming in a big person’s pool with Mommy. I loved it! I got to show off my ladybug floatie and I spent the entire time smiling in the pool. That night we stopped over at ‘Aunt’ Kelly’s and I got to hang out with Kaitlin and her friend Rachel.
The week of the fourth I went to John and Rosie’s house to watch people from CAST make pierogies for the North Catty J-4 celebration. They made 75 dozen pierogies in only a few hours, so now I’m all ready to help David make them this year for Christmas Eve! But more importantly, since we got done so early, I got to swim in a pool again!! This time I got to swim with my best friend Bethany, as well as Andrea and Linda from CAST.
On July 3rd we left for our very first family vacation and it was my very first time at the shore. ‘Aunt’ Kelly and ‘Uncle’ Ken invited us to visit them down at Rehobeth Beach while they stayed at The Melbourne Inn. I had a blast! I loved to sit on Sandy’s (the owner’s) front porch and watch the people walk to the boardwalk. On Friday and Saturday Mommy and Daddy took me to the beach. At first I didn’t know what to think about this whole ocean and sand thing, but after awhile I became fascinated with it and I couldn’t take my eyes off of the crashing waves. Mommy, Daddy, ‘Aunt’ Kelly and ‘Uncle’ Ken also learned to keep their drinks away from me. I loved trying to reach for their margarita glasses 
but Mommy said I had to wait another 20 years and six months in order to try it. To keep me busy ‘Aunt’ Kelly bought me my first sippy cup that Mommy put water in and I loved it. Although most of it ended up on me! Oh well! We also watched the fireworks from the beach and I loved watching all the pretty colors and designs in the sky. Our last night there, Mommy, Daddy and I rode on the carousel. At first I sat on a horsey, but Mommy thought I wouldn’t like it so we all sat on one of the benches, but I still had a lot of fun! I didn’t like the fact that we had to leave and cried most of the way home on Sunday and even most of Monday. After watching all those people at the beach, only having Mommy to look at on Monday wasn’t fun!
I also started eating fruits. Every morning I have some fruit with my cereal, this week was bananas and I looooooove them! I can’t wait to try pears next week. This coming Monday is also my five month check up with the doctors. Mommy and Daddy are curious to see how much I weigh and how long I am. I love to roll over to my left and I’m just starting to go to my right. But what I really love to do is to stand in my saucer and bounce up and down while playing with my toys. I don’t like to sit or lay down for a long time so when I get gretzy Mommy and Daddy put me in my saucer and I’m as happy as I can be.
That’s about it for this post. Don’t forget to check out the pictures and videos from all my adventures in the past month. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer just as much as I am! I have to get going now, it’s dinner time and then off to the Northampton Community Days carnival and more fireworks!
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