Memorial Day at the Beach

We headed to the South Carolina coast for the long
Memorial Day weekend with my parents and sister's family.

While Gus enjoyed bathing with Fifi and sitting in Poppi's lap,
he was not so much into the beach. The ocean
kind of freaked him out, the sand was annoying, and it was
too bright. Hopefully, it'll grow on him.

Something is wrong here...

I'm not sure Gus knows quite what it means to smile for the camera.
He seems to prefer the "open his mouth as wide as possible" camera pose.

Learning to share

Gus is learning to share.
He's even generous enough to share a dog bed with Miss Ruth.

Thunder thighs

I took Gus to the doctor for his 9 month old check up recently.
At 21.5 pounds, he's heavier than 62% of other children his age,
so his weight is statistically quite average.


However, after taking a look at this photo,
I'm going to have to beg to differ.

Doting grandparents

Gus was baptized last weekend, and his grandparents, aunts, uncles,
and some great aunts and uncles and cousins once-removed
and neighbors and friends and
pets all took part in celebrating Gus.

He reveled in the attention!

Below are some pictures of Gus being showered with love and attention: