Awesome Uncle Dan

My awesome brother came to visit this past weekend and it was so much fun having him! Thank you so much for coming. We love you.

So, while he was here, of course, we went to the beach...

Uncle Dan watching Amelia dance on the beach

This girl loves to sing and dance...and she's got some sweet moves as you can see!

He also taught her to bury her feet in the sand

Here Andrew is teaching Amelia how to sneak up on seagulls. This is how they walk right before they sprint after the unsuspecting bird. They have yet to catch one, but that hasn't stopped Amelia from yelling, "Touch it!" every time she sees one. Also, if you tell her to "sneak" she crouches down and walks around the house like this. Pretty cute.

I love Uncle Dan!

From watching other people, Amelia learned to shade her eyes with her hand when looking up at the sky (like when she's looking for airplanes), but the funny thing is that she does it even when the sun has gone down...or we are in the house...or it is night time...:)

We also went to the Museum of Natural History Butterfly garden. There were literally hundreds of butterflies flying around in this greenhouse. They even had people stationed at the exit to give you a look over before you left to make sure you didn't have any stuck to your clothes. One landed on my foot!

You can't see them in this picture, but they are looking at butterflies

Hard to see, but I am standing next to the blue butterfly in the next picture

Dan is such a fun uncle and my kids loved him and I loved having him here. Can't wait until you live close to us!! (hint, hint)

In other news, Amelia is thrilled that our neighbor's cat like to come into our backyard for belly rubs. So far the cat has been very patient with Amelia's attention...even when it involves her sitting on him...I am just hoping he has been declawed!

I know I say it every time, but I seriously can't get enough of this boy! I am constantly in awe at what an awesome baby he is and I LOVE it! He is so sweet. If I could guarantee that all my future babies would be like this, I would adopt hundreds :)

He is so smiley and I often look over to find him just waking up with a huge grin on his face! I tried to get a video of it, but of course he did not perform like he was seconds before. Just imagine this video with bigger, more exuberant smiles and loud squeals of delight. Or just come visit and see the joy that is William.

I just tried posting my video to youtube and embedding it here (like Trina does) and I am so excited that you can now see our videos better! Wish I'd followed Trina's lead a while ago...just another lesson to do whatever Trina does...