Helen – Week 1
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May 24, 2011, 10:16 pm
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Helen was a very busy girl the first week of her life! We started off with her first appointment to the pediatrition’s office. She was gaining weight nicely and got the A-ok from the doc.
3 days old
She also got her first sponge bath. She didn’t seem to like it too much. We have come to know that she definitely has her own opinions already and she doesn’t mind sharing them either!
Getting ready for her first sponge bath
Urgh - water! (she has had more baths and LOVES the water)
Helen also made her first trip to the beach. (check out my facebook page for a family picture) We Hartzler’s are lovers of the sea and wanted to share that love with our daughter. She was 4 days old and we headed our for some toes-in-the-sand time!
enjoying another beach day! Helen was 4 days old when she first saw the beach =)
AMELIA ISLAND
The Barlow’s had Jon’s parents in for a visit. They rented a condo on Amelia Island for a few days and had us up for brunch and some more beach time. It was about a 40 minute trip up there from our house and we decided to take the route that had the ferry ride, thinking it would be a fun experience for Witt.
Waiting to board the ferry
driving on to the boat!
Witt was so thrilled
Little did we know that the ride took 4 minutes! We drove the car on, it departed, we got out of the car, took the pictures you’ve seen and then we were there! Short, but well worth it for the experience for Witt. He truely was thrilled.
heading in for our landing...
Brunch was excellent, and we found out that it was Jon’s dad’s bday! As well as mother’s day =) After our bellies were full we headed down to the seashore and relaxed for a few hours. I spent most of the time with Helen under the tent. Rob, Jon and Emily took advantage of the waves and went wakeboarding. Jon’s parents strolled with Kylie in the stroller. And Witt got some more time with his grandma =)
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more quality time with Grandma
Jon, Emily & Rob catching some waves on the wake boards
our set up for the day
We also got to witness an amazing sky. There had been fires in FL and GA and the smoke from them blew in while we were at the beach. To the south of us the sky was pristine blue. To the north it turned and amazing golden grey.
the golden sky - results of the fires
the firey sun
After our relaxing beach day we went to find some food and came across a hole-in-the-wall YUMMY bbq place. We were the only ones there and the food was super greasy but really tasty.
out at dinner after the beach
It was a great first week of life and I hope Helen had as much fun as the rest of her family did! 
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Thanks for this great post! What a special time in your lives this is! Glad you are getting as much beach time as possible! Helen is gorgeous and so special to all of us! Bekah is very excited to hear that they both share the same middle name too!
Comment by jenny May 25, 2011 @ 8:22 am