Here are pictures of Josiah's first trip to the beach (in July). He had to eat before enjoying the fun. Here he is, watching the ocean, just waiting to go for it!

Crawling on the sand bar...

Splashing in the waves!

This video is the only one we got of Josiah in the water. It was quite cold because July was not very sunny in this part of the country, so it was a brief swim.

Here are Chris and Josiah drying off.

This is Josiah after the whole experience. I think he really liked it!

On the way home from the beach, Josiah started doing this for the first time.

He has often put his feet in his mouth, but never like this. It scared me at first, because I thought he was choking on something, but now we know without even looking what is going on (and yes, this happens regularly now!). I can't get used to it. It still grosses me out!

We love the beach, and are happy to be able to enjoy it with Josiah now too. Maybe next year, he won't eat quite as much sand!