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BOY!! We're having a boy!! Here's Tyler telling everyone :)

Myrtle Beach

We went to Myrtle Beach, SC the other week for a vacation with my sister, her family, and my parents. The kids had a really great time, and it was nice to be able to just hang out and relax for a whole week! Tyler couldn't get enough of his cousin, Hannah. He would wake up each morning and ask me where she was. All he wanted to do was hang out with her...so freaking adorable! Here are some pictures from our fun week:

First, we went to Ripley's Aquarium:

There was a cool exhibit that allowed you to walk "through" the aquarium. We saw sharks, turtles, and lots of fish. Tyler's favorite part, of course, was seeing the sharks:

Our only family photo from the vacation:

There was a pool just outside our condo entrance, which we made good use of :) Tyler loves the water, now!

Here's my sister and her daughter, Hannah:
There was a putting green right behind our condo unit, too:

This is one of my favorite pictures from the week, Tyler and Hannah took a break from reading to say "Cheese!" for me:

We went to a paint-your-own-pottery place and made a few pieces. Tyler colored a tile, Mike and Tyler painted a plate together, and I made a cool Virginia Tech trivet. My sister and her husband also made a plate, a serving dish, and Hannah made a tile. The woman who ran it was really nice and even offerred to take this picture for us:

We went to the beach on a couple of mornings, too. The South Carolina beaches are apparently all free! The one we went to was in a national park, was very clean, and not crowded at all. We had a lot of fun doing our normal "dig a big hole and build a wall around it so water doesn't get in" ritual for playing in the sand.

Here are myself, my mom, Tyler, Hannah, and my sister chilling out on the beach:

We're there already??

The other night, I was giving Tyler a bath and he started playing with his penis. He was pushing it in and making it "all gone", then flicked it up and down with his hand! Eeek...anyway, I told him to stop playing with his penis because it looked like what he was doing would hurt. He said,"Tyler has a little penis," emphasizing the word "little" by saying it in a high-pitched voice. I agreed with him (he likes being little and Mommy and Daddy being big). Then he said,"Daddy has a BIG penis!" also emphasizing the word "big" by saying it in a deep and loud voice...as deep and loud as a 2-year-old voice can be. Again, I agreed with him (go Mike). Another several seconds pass, and I am eager to get him out of the tub and dry him off so he can get to bed. So, I tried to encourage him to hurry up and get out. Tyler yelled at me, very annoyed,"I don't WANT to get out! I'm playing with my penis!!"