This is a hole John dug for the kids to play in. Iris loved it and it and so did we because it gave her freedon to crawl around and play but also kept her "contained." Great idea! I think I'll be bringing a shovel with me to the beach from now on.
Munching on a shell.....
Iris is 10 months! As you can see, I still have to get creative with my picture taking because Iris still eats the sign. Her greatest accomplishment this month is her crawling. She can crawl anywhere and everywhere and is quite fast. She is also pulling up on everything she can and standing up. Her balance is not perfect but she's getting there.
We tried to get a of all of the grandchildren. Left to right is Kaitlyn (holding Iris), Molly, Lauren (holding Adalyn), and Ayla (being held by her mother Sara).
Brad's cousin, Rhett, and his wife, Sara ,welcomed a new addition this February. Her name is Adalyn and she is the newest addition to the Steele family. Brad's sister, Barbara, is holding Iris below.
Then we put Iris in the water for the first time. She was a little hesitant at first....
but she warmed up quickly and loved the water.
If you click on the below picture to enlarge it you'll notice she is covered head to toe with sand--what a mess! We only stayed about an hour and it took well over that to pack for the beach, drive to the beach, park, lug your stuff out to the beach, pack back up, strip her down and rinse her off at the showers, get back in the car, drive home, take a bath, unpack etc. A lot of effort for a little bit of fun but all in all it was well worth it. (notice in the pix below that Iris is tanner than her daddy--hee! hee!)
Brad's CEO is moving so they had a farewell surprise party for him at the Riverdogs game. Iris got passed around like a hot potato but seemed to enjoy herself.
In fact she enjoyed it so much that we decided to see what she would look like as a future baseball player. I'd say pretty darn cute!
