My own little red-headed mermaid

Ashlee has two favorite activities, running and eating. When she's not doing one, she's certainly doing the other. A close third on her short list of "Things that make Ashlee happy" would be babies, Ella in particular. Being at the beach allowed Ashlee to either be running or eating constantly, which made her little self very, very happy.

Imagine the energizer bunny with a garbage disposal attached to his face and you get Ashlee.

I think it's important to note that the last time we went to the beach as a family was when Ashlee and Lucas looked like this:

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She was slightly slower and less of a food hog then. Wow. Time surely does fly.

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She and Elizabeth spent copious amounts of time jumping over and running from the waves.

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She's stand in them, then scream and run like fury to get away.

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Of course there's always time to stop and act silly. Anything to make someone laugh.

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There was lots of boogie boarding...

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...and I FINALLY got her to sit still long enough to do this....

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"Being a mermaid is the most fun ever Mom! 'Cept, can I get up now?"

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Oh my little red-head is growing up right before my eyes. Slow down little one. Stay my sweet, loud, overly energetic, baby loving, fast running little girl for a while longer, won't you? Please?

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If you try, I'll fix you a snack. Deal?