Today Ava Had A Visit From Uncle Joe

Uncle Joe made the two-and-a-half hour drive up from Charleston to visit us and play today. 

He doesn't get to see you much so even though he just got back from England last night he was more than willing to come up early in the morning to spend as much time as possible with us.

We hit the pool and beach early in the morning and in the evening we went to dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. The restaurant is in a nice shopping complex and to pass the 70 minute wait we had to get seated we walked around. 

Here fishy, fishy, fishy.

There was a bridge where you can pay a quarter and get a handful of food and feed the mass of carp and ducks. Joe was holding you while you looked at the animals and dropped food at them.

We made our way back to the restaurant and dinner is a story all in its own. What you need to know is that after nearly two and a half hours, we were impressed with how well behaved you were.

In the gift shop Uncle Joe bought you drumsticks that I fear might come back to haunt him someday. 

You also got into a "raspberry fight" with Uncle Joe that was just too funny to watch. As we waited for the food you, Joe, Mom and I went around and checked out the memorabilia. You started to chew your finger and bow raspberries. Joe quickly followed suit and a back-and-forth match ensued. 

It was funny to watch because I never expected to see a 26-year-old get into a raspberry war with a 10-month-old. 

Happy to see Uncle Joe.