This year was a completely different experience because instead of basically living on the boat, I mostly stayed on the beach. Seth did pretty good for it being really hot and not a lot of relief. The biggest problem was trying to put him down for naps/bedtime because he is so used to being in quiet places that to have all those people around was different for him. He is also not a rock me to sleep baby so there was a lot of screaming and he would almost fall asleep and then be wakend by screaming children. We were lucky though and my brother let us stay in his trailer so there was the option of putting seth in some air conditioning if needed. The trip overall was another good year good weather all week and fun with family. This year however did prove to have a lot of minor injuries. The first injury was my brother eric he reinjured his knee when he came down off a jump and his leg just buckled under him. I went next and attempted to go big or go home because I had been recieving criticism from Eric that I was being a baby on the board. So what happens I jumped well but landed on my side. I bruised my side, burst my ear drum and lost my contact. There is nothing like losing some of your hearing everything sounded muffled and far away. Later that day my cousin went and face planted really hard. Then Justin also face planted doing a jump 180 and bloodied his nose in the process. Even with all the injuries we would go and do it all over again. I won't say that I didn't miss the freedom of having no child there but it was fun to see how Seth reacted to the whole experience.
Seth is growing way too fast. I can't keep up with everything that he is doing. In the last couple of weeks he has had his two bottom teeth come in. He was ornery for the first tooth but the second one didn't seem to affect him as much. Luckily he didn't seem to wake up more than usual. He is also sitting independently now. We still have falls if something is too far out of reach or when he gets tired but he is doing great. He always loved his baths but I think now that he can sit and play he likes it even more. He also had is 6 month check-up a week ago. He is now 19lbs 13oz and 27.5 in long. We are so lucky that he has been a healthy boy and for the most part is always happy. This last weekend we tried out the baby backpack and Seth loved looking around at nature and didn't cry while he was in it. We only did short walks by brighton and solitude so we want to try out a full scale hike sometime soon. I hope we are strong enough to carry him.
It is moments like these that make you really stop and realize how good your life is. I have to admit that I have had more of a complaining attitude about life in general lately and I am grateful that I was sent this simple reminder of how much I love my family. 
Seth loves sitting on the porch and watching the cars go by. He was having a particularly bad day when Justin took him out to watch. I happened to walk past and thought how big my little boy looked sitting next to his dad and how fast he is growing up. I can't believe he is almost six months.
