It's been a few days with no blog posting's mainly because there were no internet connections on the trip to Atlantic City or at the hotel.(there was at the hotel but you had to pay for it!) After a long 5hr car ride from MA to New Jersey it was time to stretch out just after checking into the hotel room. Alex grabbed her beach stuff and headed out the door to the beach. It was quite late in the afternoon, there were some rain clouds out so it was a quick visit to the beach.



Later that night we had the sad news of Mum's Nan passing away early in the evening. We were due to visit her in a few days time after our stay at Atlantic City. Alex has been using her rocking chair more now that she is big enough to climb onto it and the photo below was on Alex's first birthday when Nan gave it to Alex.

The Atlantic City trip was cut a little short and we headed to Greencastle PA to visit Mum's family. It was really hot there and Alex played on some of the swings at the park that Mum played on when she was younger. Alex also enjoyed playing with Mum using her folded arm technique.

Luckily there were no falls at the playground as some of the swings were quite big and needed Mums assistance.

Late Saturday afternoon the car was all packed for the 8hr drive back home and Alex and Mum caught up on a little sleep in the back seat whilst Dad drank 5 Rockstar drinks. Sunday morning at 8.00am Alex was wide awake and wanted to play outside on the chairs. She was looking good apart from a sniffle she picked up somewhere on the trip.

Mum gathered all the spare change from the trip and Alex took her time to slip it into the piggy bank.

Jonathan left Mum and Dad a birthday card that played a funny tune and Alex kept opening it Dancing to the tune.