Growing w/ the Whitakers: Dad's Friends

Charles had some friends from AZ come and visit family in Myrtle Beach, so we drove down to see them. Can't let good friends come this close and you not see them!

Luke walked an entire stack of magazines and papers over to Charles, one by one.
The simplest things can make kids happy.

Chris and Alex

I guess they were trying to prove real dads push strollers.

Charles and Chris: "take our picture with the boys here"
Me: "Ok, sure."

The boys: "We're not interested, but look at this water."

The boys: "Oh you want us to look"

Senor Frogs!

I think Luke is 18 months and Alex is almost 2 (23 months).

It was great to see Chris, Kim and Luke. The boys enjoyed jumping in puddles and Alex enjoyed running over the bridge as fast as he could (like 50 times). People would look at me, laugh at him and I would just shake my head and smile. Myrtle Beach, we'll be back soon!

After an enjoyable Saturday at the beach, we went to a baby dedication on Sunday. Alex hasn't been to church (on Sunday) in a while. I didn't know how long he would last, but wanted to give it a shot in order to show support.

While in church, Alex wrote the letter "A" all by himself. I looked over at my friend Dee who was sitting on the other side of him in complete shock. Now yes, I had been working with him on it, but this was the FIRST time he did it ALL BY HIMSELF. I was trippin' in church for about 10 mins. Dee gave me a high five and everything. Sorry Lord, but I was texting and everything! Later that afternoon, he went to Grammy and Papi's house and continued to write them.

Being the talkative kid that he is, staying in church, quiet was not happening. Thankfully there was a nice large basement where he could be free. This piano caught his attention. Then he ate and played with trucks.