Beach Vacation - Part 2

Patrick joined us at the beach early Monday morning. It didn't take us long before we headed to the pool so Thomas could show him all of his new tricks.

Thomas was a lot more brave in Daddy's arms. Look how far they are in the ocean. We were lucky to have one of those days where the water is as still as glass.

A family picture in the ocean!

On Tuesday night, we went to eat at Cafe Thirty-A. Little guy was so good!

Afterwards, we took a walk to Seaside and played in the amphitheater. He was telling me to stop taking pictures and catch up with them in this picture!

Thomas loves to watch older boys. He thinks they are so funny! Speaking of older boys...I have a funny story about Thomas. Last night we were walking home after dinner. A young teenage boy was riding his bike towards us following a girl. He was using his cell phone and ran smack into a pole. He kind of teetered to the side, but didn't entirely fall. As his shoe gets stuck on his bike seat, Thomas lets out the loudest, most hysterical belly laugh. He was dying out laughing at this kid. I had to turn around so the boy wouldn't see me giggling as well. The boy was not hurt, but I think Thomas might have injured his ego a bit. Its not too often that you get laughed at by an 11 month old.

Family picture at Seaside.

Thomas loves the shopping carts at Publix. The cashier was trying to make him smile, but he was being shy.

Little man becomes more and more mischievous every day. He discovered toilet paper while we were at the beach. After trying to re-roll one roll, we decided to leave the toilet paper out of Thomas's reach. While we are on this topic, I have to say that Thomas has also become quite a Houdini when it comes to his diaper. I glanced in the monitor one afternoon while he was napping and saw a bare bottom staring back at me! How in the world? Boys...

Love this picture...Right after his afternoon nap, sporting our George's "Mis-bee-having" t-shirt from LuLu....becoming more appropriate every day! Now every time I tell him no, he looks at me and shakes his head and says "nah, nah, nah." A battle of the wills, I'm afraid.

Sunset at the Beach

After dinner last night, we walked down to the beach to enjoy the sunset. We had our camera in hopes that we might catch a few shots on the beach. I think we caught more than a few....since I can't upload them all, I have included some of my favorites!

Melt my heart....he is just too sweet!

Happy boy!

Loves his Daddy!

Thomas's face here cracks me up. No telling what he is thinking.

What a beautiful end to a great day!

 

Life at the beach

A trip to the beach with a baby is unlike any other beach trip I've been on. Of course, life as we knew it changed the minute Thomas was born, so why should a beach trip be any different? We have still had lots of fun and the little guy has settled in to life at the beach. He is a water baby for sure!

LuLu bought Thomas a bear, and he loves it. He would take it swimming in the pool if I let him. Here they are at dinner (again) at George's. LuLu is hiding from the camera!

This is a man that sat next to us at George's the first time we went. He and his wife loved Thomas. They are from Atlanta and he went to UVA a little before Mama was at Mary Baldwin, so we had lots of things to talk about. He is showing Thomas the horse on his shirt!

We ate lunch at Bud and Alley's the other day. We always sit at the bar when we go, and having a baby didn't stop this tradition. They didn't mind and Thomas had lots to watch!

Our Sesame Street placemat and lunch for Thomas. Little man will eat anywhere...he's not picky!

We tried a new pool one morning...the Frog Pool. There are 3 beautiful tiled frogs that spit water out into the pool. Thomas LOVED to play in the water.

And he wanted to climb on top of the frogs too!

Holding Thomas up high since we are too close to the ocean for his comfort.....

He tries to scale up my shoulder if he thinks we are too close. He looks like he is shaking his finger at me in this picture! How funny!!

A safe distance from the big, bad ocean with our bucket full of ocean water....this will just have to do for this trip, I'm afraid!

Paradise

Life at the beach is good. Look at this view....how could a day not be better when you get to look at this?  More pictures to come later. Patrick/Daddy comes tomorrow, and we are so excited!

Adventures

Our adventure...the 8 hour drive to the beach....was a success! Thomas gave me the best Mother's Day gift - he was the most perfect angel on the drive down to the beach. We broke it up into two days, but I was still in the car by myself with him, so it could have been awful. Of course, I had a few tricks up my sleeve, and they worked like a charm.

First, we turned Thomas's carseat around for the first time the morning we left. This opened up a whole new world for Thomas to look at and boy, did he enjoy looking! I love his face in this picture....he is looking at Patrick like "are you sure you know what you are doing? I think this is backwards, Dad."

 Saying their goodbyes. We are looking forward to Daddy joining us!

Oh my goodness....where has this TV been the last 11 months? Y'all have been holding out on me, folks! SUCCESS!!!!

Now on to the beach!

This was our first trip to the beach....Thomas was just checking everything out. He enjoyed playing in the sand. He is not so fond of the ocean, however. I can't really blame him, though. I don't love the ocean and I can see where it would be very intimidating.

Little man doesn't sit still very often these days, and the beach is no exception. I haven't been able to take too many pictures because I am constantly running after him! Who needs to work out when you have an 11 month old!!!

Pool time!

This picture makes me laugh - notice the $20 bill flying through the air. He was throwing my wallet around and money went flying....don't worry, Patrick, we found it all! : )

Thomas LOVES the pool. He would stay there all day if I let him. He isn't a huge fan of this float, however. I think it is too restrictive for our little mover.

He will come out of the pool for food! Just enjoying our lunch by the pool. Look at all of those rolls....Oh, and Go Dawgs! Thomas and I practiced calling the dawgs this morning and he could say the "ruff, ruff, ruff" part by the end of our lesson. Never too early to learn those traditions!

We spent Mother's Day morning in the condo because there was a huge storm and tornadoes. We decided to head to the mall and stopped for a nice lunch in Sandestin. By the time we got there, the sun came out, so we enjoyed lunch on the patio and decided to turn around a go swimming after lunch instead of shopping!

Tonight we went to dinner at George's. It is a fairly new restaurant near Alys Beach. It is definitely our new favorite place. It has a fabulous food, and a wonderful porch and patio with patches of grass for the kiddos to play in (see the background of the photo above). Thomas was so good and was flirting with all of people in the tables around us. I expect us to return to this place lots more before we come home!