Beach Baby

A week after I got back from Paris we went to Rehoboth Beach for a long weekend, as Jackson had no day care on Friday.

We had a great time hanging out at the beach, going to Fun Land, body surfing, the farmers market in Lewes and back to the beach again.  We may have even gotten a nap or two in on the beach - cue our wedding photographer's blog: Noel Hadley's blog  You know you have a winner when Noel posts it!

Jackson even surprised us by singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star while he was sitting on the beach.  We don't sing this song to him and had no idea he even knew it!  Apparently being at the ocean brings something out in him!

We switched sunglasses!

Paris & London

At the end of May I went to Paris to visit Auntie Andra for a few days before I went to London for business meetings.  And this is probably the first post that has absolutely nothing to do with Jackson, but as I learned in reading Bringing Up Bebe, a parenting book by an American living in France, (fabulous book that every parent should read), parents can have lives too.  And so for 4 days I was on vacation as a Parisian, sleeping in, drinking lots of cafe au lait, walking but not doing much of anything, eating dinner late, shopping and drinking wine with a great friend (who happens to be my sister-in-law).  It was divine and I cannot wait to go back.  More pictures here.

Nice view on our stroll

Andra and Jean Marc in Belleville Park

La Tour Eiffel

Notre Dame

Art work near the Pompidou

Olympic rings greeting me at the London train station

I was there the week before the Jubilee began

London Eye

Bahamas in April

In true "better late than never style" here are some of the highlights from our trip to the Bahamas in April for Jenna and Bruce's wedding.  Grandma and Grandpa Porter went with us and we all had a great time!  We did have a minor scare that landed Jackson in the emergency room after he had an allergic reaction to something - nothing like hitting the ER for the first time in a foreign country!  We did lots of things though - beach, zoo, Atlantis, submarine ride. 

Feeding the lorakeets at the zoo

Naked baby alert!  Good thing our beach was pretty quiet

Chilling in the hammock

Jackson praying. No wait, just another tantrum

Nap time on the beach

Swimming with Grandpa Porter

Going for a ride with Grandma

Hanging with the flamingos at the zoo

Drinking some of Grandpa's shake

Jenna walking down the sandy aisle

Beautiful bride and her handsome groom

At the reception

Pictures from the wedding here.

Pictures from the rest of the vacation here.

Pictures that Grandma Porter took are here.