My Our Parents are *TOTAL* Nerds: T-minus 4 Days until August

I can't believe it is almost August, which means it is almost September and I'll have to go back to work (wahhhhhh!) soon and give up all the extra Riley sunny beach/park days I've grown accustomed to these last few weeks. Not to mention, it's been nice having playdates again! We've been busy (and our August calendar doesn't seem to be letting up)lately being sick (Coxsackie struck again), going to the petting zoo, partyin', and hitting the beach! Riley has really taken to the ocean lately which means when we go Jim and I are in the water non-stop....in reference to my previous post of being bummed out about Riley's ocean scaredy-cat ways, be careful what you ask for! ha ha

As far a Riley's new developments and stuff....we're pretty much down to one bottle/day and it's in the post-morning wake-up water one. He can't shake it...it's like a smoker's morning ciggie- he can deal with the sippy all day/evening but he NEEDS the morning water "baba" to feel awake, I guess. Anyway, we plan to soon cut that one out too so we can recycle the last remaining 4 bottles we have been hanging on to for the last few weeks. He's been talking alot...woke me up at 1am a few nights ago to tell me that "he wants milky in the baba"...I said fat chance and gave him some water. We went for Riley's first blackberry picking session yesterday at The Berry Farm behind Delicious Orchards with my family yesterday morning and he loved it. Then again, he may have been such a good boy b/c he knew the post-picking snack of cinnamon apple cider donuts was dependent on how well he managed to keep himself calm and clean, ha ha ha. Riley seems to have ditched his love for Nemo (well, besides his love at night for the plushie) and instead has watched Cars and Shrek- variety seems to be the spice of life lately in the DVR!

Alright...here's some pics of our latest encounters:

Evening beach date with Isaac in Manasquan