So this is the start of a new Sunday tradition of posting an update on our website!
Last Saturday we left for Topsail Beach with my family. My grandparents, my mom, little brother, older brother and his wife and my niece, and my aunt and two of her three children were in attendance. We had a relaxing weekend at our favorite beach.
At this same time, Gwyn decided that she was going to start showing her resistance to certain activities such as being diapered, getting dressed, and having sunscreen applied. She has started protesting by rolling around and hollering. Brian and I are learning to deal with this new stage of infancy and I’m sure her tantrums will only get better with age. However, on a good note, she also learned to stand up holding onto furniture this week. No cruising yet, but pulling herself up, yes.
Bella, my 6 year old niece, was such a big help. She especially liked to help bathe Gwyn and would eat lunch with her. Gwyn is fascinated by Bella and all that she does. I’m hoping that she looks up to Bella because Bella is a good girl.
We set up Gwyn’s baby pool on the porch since it is usually extremely hot at the beach at the end of July. It also helped because Gwyn was not a big fan of the sand, unless it meant eating it. She did like the water the second to last day there but that is because Brian was holding her in the waves rather than setting her in the sand on the water’s edge as I was doing.
One day her 2nd cousin, Nick, put a fish in her pool. She was ok with it untill it brushed up against her leg. She started crying and was clinging to me… I had to giggle. Then when I tried to put her back into her pool, she held the one leg up from the bottom of the pool until she was assured that the fish was no longer there… even Grammy sat in her pool with her to ease her fears.
She got to spend a great week with my grandparents. Here is a picture of Gwyn playing with her Great Grandpa.
Gwyn slept with my mom (Grammy) and my Aunt Bonnie for the first 3 nights and the last night woke Grammy up at 3:30 am. So she got moved into our room. I think that the 3:30 am wake up was due to a bad dream. I also think that her teething contributed to the bad nights. She is currently drooling like a running faucet. We go through more bibs then ever and she is constantly fussy, which is just not Gwyn. I’m hoping that this tooth breaks through in the next day or so.
She LOVED the fresh air at the beach. We often took her for walks on the beach before bedtime; however, this afternoon, she feel asleep for her nap on the porch swing with me.
Saturday morning came and we headed out to meet Brian’s mom, sister, and our niece. We met in Smithfield for some shopping for a few hours. We had a good time seeing Brian’s family and got to love on Layla whom we hadn’t seen since going to Myrtle Beach at the end of June.
We got home around 4 pm and were welcomed by all our animals. Keegan and Tess loved on Gwyn as she squealed in delight. She too missed all her animals as I think they missed her. We sure are glad to be home but not glad to be headed back to work this week.
We have a busy week of appointments. I found a lump on Keegan’s chest just prior to leaving for vacation. We have an appointment with the vet on Monday at 11 am. I’m worried sick, to be honest. I feel like he looks thinner then before we left and his hair has been coming out in clumps. So I’m hoping the lump is nothing but I’m worried that it is something. Keegan is 6 years old and I would be devastated if this lump was not good news. Good thoughts all around are in order.
Gwyn has her 9 month check up on Friday. Can you believe she is 9 months old already? I’m wondering where time has gone. But to be honest, she is so much fun at this age and I’m loving every moment of it, as is evident by this picture.
I hope everyone has a great week…that’s it for this Sunday.
UPDATE: Keegan is fine! We went to the vet this morning (Rachel came home for lunch and then worked late) and had the lump on his chest checked out – turns out it is just a “fatty tumor”. They used a needle to take a sample and checked it out for us, and everyone (incuding Gwyn) was relieved! Both Keegan and Tess got some chicken tonight in celebration. Hope all of you are well and in chicken bliss like the dogs. -Brian
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