5 Month Update

Clarke is now 5 months old. It's kind of crazy how he hit 5 months and all of a sudden he learns something new everyday. Very fun. Here is a list of all of the things he is doing now:

• rolling from front to back
• rolling from back to front
• getting up on all fours and rocking
• grabbing everything in sight
• saying 'agoo'
• shreeking
• giggling
• cackling
• he loves to be thrown in the air
• he loves his bouncy seat
• he loves to watch tv (he is truly our child)
• he loves anything red
• eating fruits and vegetables
• doing raspberries while eating fruits and veggies
  
• chewing on anything that he can get to his mouth

i'm sure there is more, but that is all that i can think of right now. we are so thankful for such a healthy baby.

ps. he's still the cutest baby we know :).

Destin

We got to spend a whole week in Destin, Fl. with our good friends the Fosters and the Harrells. it was so much fun to be with them. actually, it was one of the most relaxing trips. on sunday, daniel and i were talking about how we didn't even feel like we needed to recover like we usually do from our vacations.

shannon foster found an increadible house for us to stay. it was brand new and super nice. it had 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a well-equipped kitchen, big dining table and a private pool. we would go to the beach in the mornings and come back to the house for the afternoons. most of the kids would nap in the afternoons so we took our monitors to the pool and sipped on fruity drinks and read books while we baked in the sun. ahhh....so nice! :).

the water was actually closed for two days due to the hurricane in the gulf. we only got 1/2 a day of rain, but apparently those storms churn the water pretty good for a long way. the waves on those days were huge. other than that, the water was fun. here a couple of pictures of our trip.

one of our fun nights out.
clarke being a beach bum and aunt cat teaching him to go under the water. the whole group.