Late afternoon at the beach is wonderful. It’s cooler, the UV index is generally low enough to skip the sunscreen, the hoards of people have gone inside for dinner, and the lighting is fabulous. I hope that Baby Girl’s schedule next year allows for more visits during this time of day. I’m already looking forward to it!
Paige is excited!
I tried to get some good shots of me and my baby girl in front of the sea oats…
She looks like she’s having so much fun…or she’s completely over the Mama kisses…whichever…
Let me just tell you how much she wanted to be held at this point…
…although she obliged Gran for a few shots anyway:
For a few moments, at least…
“Finally!”
This is what happens when you take the world’s cutest baby girl and add in the world’s most beautiful sand…
…and then throw in a camera-wielding Mama with an itchy trigger finger…
I vehemently defend my camera-wielding and back it up with occasional shots like this one:
Ahhhhhh…
He enjoyed himself just as much as Paige did, it was just that he was moving so fast the *entire* time that it was difficult for me to capture…
My babies:
Togetherness.
Big brother, little sister.
Liam successfully continues his campaign to make sure he’s never looking in the general direction of the camera (in a pleasant way) at the same time Paige is doing so…
Family photo attempts:
Photo attempt of Liam and Matt #1 (AKA pre-bribe):
Photo attempt of Liam and Matt #2 (AKA immediately post-bribe):
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should never underestimate the power of a well-timed bribe as a tool in your parenting arsenal:
Remember how I likened Paige-at-the-beach to a sea turtle returning home? Yeah, I wasn’t kidding about that…
Brother break:
Aaaaaannnnnd, she’s off (again)!
And so is he…
There they go!
Momentary funny-face break:
Oh, how this baby loves sand!
“What’s that, Mama? You say you need insane amounts of adorable?”
“I can do that!”
Yes, Baby Girl. You sure can.
Too much. It’s just too much.
With Gran and Granddaddy:
I love this one:
Gran should consider herself lucky that her hair wasn’t thinning before we tried this because Paige put in her best effort to change that…
Brother love:
I tried to get a shot of Liam and Granddaddy, but this is the best I could capture…
Just wait until you see the next late afternoon series!