Beach Boy

It's time for an update on Aertens Verden after 2 lovely weeks in Australia. It was so so good to hang out as a little family and one of the memorable moments was Aertens first trip to the beach. Preparing for the beach is a 2-4 hour process these days! How do you make sure to cover every little inch of very pale baby skin with sunscreen?? It takes time - especially now that Aerten has developed numerous rolls on arms and thighs! Borrowed a sun shirt of the lovely cousin Pip and headed off dressed in lilac (hence the black and white photo - don't want little man to be traumatized for life). First attempt at the water resulted in a very stunned Aerten who does not enjoy cold water - but after a few dips he started enjoying it (or maybe I just want him to enjoy it as we are destined for a life near the beach). And the experience was further improved by removing the cold soggy nappy (for some reason I thought it most appropriate for Aerten to wear a nappy in the water - won't be repeating that mistake). The grand finale of our beach trip was another great bonding episode between father and son. As I was holding Aerten Daddy spotted a fair amount of poo running down my belly. He found this very hilarious and enjoyed pointing this out while drying off his hair with the towel I had had wrapped around Aerten only to realized that it was covered in poo too! Once again we realized that Aerten gets the final comment in every situation!