Da Beach

(Bringing joy and entertainment to your lives two times in one week!? What are the chances?)

We were invited to the beach last week with my Aunt Sue, Uncle Kel, Uncle Stan, and Cousin Josh. It was Helen's first real beach trip, and I was a little nervous about how she would be. You see, the only other time she has been on the beach she ate the sand...and kept eating it like it tasted good. I mean, she even made that "Mmmmm" sound like it was chocolate or something. Weirdo. She was more excited about the waves this time than the sand, thank goodness. Anyway, it was so much fun getting to hang out with the fam, especially Josh since we have never really gotten to know each other. The guys played golf most days, and the girls played at the beach most days (with very minimal tar ball sightings). I even dragged Kev & H to the zoo one day. It was a really great & much needed vaca. Thanks for inviting us, guys!

The old, abandoned blog.

After numerous complaints from my fans, I am back to the blogging world. I am not going to give you my usual apologies for being absent. It is what it is. Let's call it a sabbatical. Look it up--it usually lasts a year, so consider yourself lucky! I kid. This will be good for me...so let's get on with it.

A lot has happened and changed around the Smifft household since I last spoke with you in December. It was a lot colder then, according to my last entry. And we also had a kid that would stay in one spot when you put her there. Even better, she would be there when we got back. Ahh, the good old days! Since then Helen has gotten her sea legs, and she has gone for it...in a lot of ways. She can't be stopped, and she is starting to run from us when we try to do just that. Her hobbies these days are throwing things, climbing into the fireplace and laughing at us when we tell her to get down, running after Bob D (who is deathly afraid of her), and eating lots of peas (she's obsessed).

She has a few words that she likes now. "Hey!" is still her all-time favorite. Like a true Southern belle, she stretches it out to as many syllables as possible. I'm blaming that on my husband, Boomhauer. She also likes "Uh-oh", and she says it everytime she throws something (see aforementioned hobbies).

As far as how Kevin & I have been...wait, you don't care about us!

Here's what H has been up to for the last 8 months. (I should be ashamed, you're right.)

Waving bye-bye to the blog - January 2010

First Teef - February 2010

Back when she still kinda just sat there - March 2010

Bunny - April 2010

1st B-day Party (Enter, Mullet.) - May 2010

Pokin' it out - July 2010

With Daddy @ Zoo - July 2010