McCabe Family Delaware Trip

Every two years Mike's parents take all of the kids and grandkids on a trip to Delaware  Why Delaware?  Well, Greg and Catherine both grew up in Wilmington, DE and spent their summers vacationing at Rehobeth, Bethany Beach, and Ocean City. So it has been a McCabe tradition to visit there ever since they moved to Denver. We visited DE two years ago and you can read about it here.

The next time we take pictures at the beach will be the last day instead of the first, because we won't be so white!

Give her something fun to look at and she is happy as a clam.

The Beach House

The Carney fam came with us too!

The newlyweds

Riding the carni rides.

You know when you are standing in line at an amusement park and there is always that one nasty couple who is PDA-ing? (They can also be spotted walking around malls doing the guy-hugging-girl-from-behind-walk). We found it only appropriate.

The seafood feast at Waterman's

The Boardwalk at Rehobeth

It was Mike's Grandma's first time meeting Ashlyn

Uncle Mike sitting with Jaxon

Ashlyn's first time trying Rita's. She was in LOVE!

Our rooftop view from the beach house looking over the Bethany Boardwalk.

Cheeeeeeeeeesesteaks.  We ate a lot of these.  Yummmmm.

Hanging out at Mam Maw's house in Wilmington, DE.

We visited Mike's Grandpa as well. He was very sweet and took us all out for dinner at a nice steakhouse.

We look forward to this trip for 2 years and it comes and goes way too quickly! We had a blast together and made some great memories.  Thanks Greg and Catherine for a WONDERFUL trip!!!!!

Ashlyn at 5 months

 

Ashlyn is quite the traveler for a 5 month old.  She has flown three times and been in eight states: AZ, CO, CA, UT, ID, PA, DE, MD, MO. She is a great little traveler mainly because she gets to people watch --her favorite thing to do. Even though she LOVES her own bed she does just fine sleeping in different places just as long as she has her beloved Piggy.  

This month we have definitely seen the biggest changes in Ashlyn.  It seems like everyday she has learned something new or is suddenly interested in different things. At the beginning of her 5th month she was really into rocking back and forth. On several occasions she nearly gave me a fat lip as she slammed her head back and forth while holding her.  She is kind of out of that stage now.  

We started feeding her baby food and she is in love.  She wants to eat everything we are. The other night Mike was holding her in one arm and eating an ice cream cone in the other, and all the sudden she grabbed the middle of the ice cream.  We had given her a bite  of ice cream a few days before and it was clear she remembered what it was because she HAD to have more!   

She discovered her toes and plays with them all the time.

 She isn't a fan of others holding her bottle because she wants to feed herself.  It makes it nice for her mom and dad because all we have to do in the morning is give her a bottle and put the Piggy next to her. I will go and check on her and sure enough there is an empty bottle laying next to her and she is contently snuggling with Piggy.  It is so cute.

She has figured out how to roll from her back to her side. 

Although I miss the days when she would fall asleep curled up in a ball on my chest and how tiny she was, I love how interactive she is now.  It is fun to see her little quirks and preferences show up everyday.  Ashlyn is seriously such a good baby.  We can pretty much take her anywhere with us and she still sticks to her eating and sleeping routine.  We are lovin it while it lasts!  She is our angel baby and we love her to pieces.