Who reads this anyway?

Eddie was giving me a hard time the other day because I really enjoy reading other's blogs and I like to update ours as well. He asked me if anyone actually read The Williamson Family blog.

It got me thinking... Most of my posts do not have comments on them, but friends will often comment in person that they loved the post about ______, or they thought the story about Cal throwing his poo was hilarious.

I added a "counter" button on the side of the blog and was blown away by the numbers! It has had over 3,000 views since I installed the button, and that was less than a month ago. Then, I added the device on the side so you can see where people are from who read your blog-- that is THE coolest part! I love to think of people in Indiana and Charlotte and Massachusetts reading this blog! Do I even know anyone living in Massachusetts??

I do not make my blog public knowledge on facebook or anything like that. I don't have a real reason not to, but some of the things I write are more private and I like to think of my blogging "family" as a little closer than my facebook family (which is ironic in itself because I can choose to be friends with someone on facebook, but I cannot choose who reads this....hmmmmm). If a friend on facebook asks for the blog address, I send it to them via private message as opposed to writing it on their wall. Again, I have no real reason for this-- a blog is meant to be public, right?

The whole purpose of this post is to say HI to those of you who read this that I don't know about. It makes my day when someone tells me they read my blog. I have several girlfriends from college who have told me that follow it now and I love that!

You think your life is trivial and who would really care to read about your day to day boring chores, but apparently, I am more exciting than I thought: YEEHAW, y'all!

(now post a comment, will ya??)

We've been gone...but now we are back!

The Williamson's just spent a week at the beach. Well, part of the Williamson's. Eddie had to work, so he was down for the 4th and then came home, and I stayed down there with my parents and Cal for the rest of the week. It was BEAUTIFUL! The weather was perfect, and at times it was even cool-- very unheard of for July in NC! The cool weather didn't last long though, and the heat and humidity came back in full force.

I took a TON of pictures while we were down there. Cal was so much fun and was always putting on a show. He didn't do very well at night down there (big shocker, right?). Our last night there, he got up FIVE times...!!! Come to find out, he has two new teeth coming in on the top and I think they are just killing his little mouth. He was in a lot of pain and it was breaking my heart (and making me super tired!).

Cal's first trip over to the ocean. He spots a bird long before any of us ever see it and starts pointing and saying "bah!" (or something similar to that). He gets soooo excited whenever he sees one and has to point to it. This day at the beach, there were a ton of seagulls out. It was almost more than he could take!

Cal is obsessed with his sippy cup-- the kid can drink some water!!

Didn't your momma teach you not to point?

This little outfit was a gift when Cal was born. I remember thinking it looked so huge. It is precious on him. I love how it has his name across his bum.

These are just a few other fun ones of Cal loving the beach!

Camp Richards was in full effect everyday with paddleboarding, boating, kayaking, and just enjoying being outside. We were all worn out at night and mom and I would play Rummikube and then crash hard. Oh, and I mentioned Cal's new teeth? They are on the top, but they aren't the two front teeth-- they are the FANGS! hahaha! His two bottom teeth will fit perfectly in between his new fangs- hilarious. I will try to get a picture of them if he'll ever let me.