Weekend with family!

It's hard to believe that it'll be August tomorrow, where has the summer gone?! Even though August will be a great month, with 2 weddings of good friends, a week long vacation in the Vineyard and the Cape, and my 30th birthday, it's tough to realize the summer is winding down! It will undoubtedly be a great fall, so we're looking forward to that as well :) Before we tackle putting together the nursery and the few other things on our to-do-before-the-baby-comes list, we went to the Vineyard for a long weekend and my parents and sister joined us! It's a blessing that our families mesh so well, Baby GG is very lucky :) It was a perfect weekend!

I have to admit, the highlight of the weekend for me was when Quigley went swimming, voluntarily, in the ocean for the first time. The pooch, who will be 3 in a few months, has always shyed away from the water, but while at the beach on Saturday he responded to a little coaxing and doggie paddled out and swam to Brian! When he reached Brian, he was both relieved and a little scared, and he threw his paws around his neck, it was so sweet. With both grandparents cheering him, and the two of us encouraging him along the way, it was a very proud moment for us, I'm not embarrassed to admit that I my eyes welled up a bit :) Of course I didn't bring my camera to the beach that day (grr!!) but I did manage to capture some great photos of the rest of time together!