Beach time

We just returned from our long awaited beach trip of the summer. Every other year we go to Rosemary Beach in Florida with my sister Kristin and her family, as well as my mom. It is a beautiful village on the gulf of Mexico with the feel of an old European city. Everything is walkable and there is so much to do in such a small place.

Here are some scenic photos of Rosemary, courtesy of google images....

It is a true picture of paradise in my opinion.

So back to our trip, Brad, Owen and I left Friday morning and decided to break our 11 1/2 hour drive into two days. We drove to Montgomery, Alabama the first day and really Owen did pretty good in the car. He was so excited to watch his DVD's that he really didn't make much of a fuss the whole way down. His favorite shows to watch in the car are Little Einsteins, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Curious George of course. He even took a great nap.

Owen was happy when we finally made it to the hotel and we all had a good night's sleep. The next morning we woke up, ate a great breakfast before getting on the road again. Owen's newest obsession is cookies, which I think he groups all sweets under the cookie category because when our waiter came over during breakfast and asked if she could get us anything else, Owen said "um yes, cookies". The waiter was tempted to go find Owen a cookie just because she thought he was pretty cute, but sorry Owen, no cookies before noon at least.

We finally arrived and got in the pool right away.

The next morning we tried the beach, even though we read about the beach and talked about it for many weeks, Owen screamed the entire time we were there. He refused to let his feet touch the sand and cried while pointing and yelling for home.

 

 

Outside of the beach, Owen enjoyed himself. He played with his cousins all week, which was probably his highlight of the trip.

Owen enjoyed plenty of sweet treats.

Mommy's favorite treat to share, a fresh juice or smoothie from Raw and Juicy.

We went to the kids fair at the beach one night.

We found a playground and Owen was definitely in his element.

Nope, still not a fan of the beach.

That's okay, we still have the pool.

We enjoyed a nice lunch out with the ladies, since we are being overrun by boys in the family, it is nice to have some girl time.

 

We enjoyed some serious quality time on our last trip as a family of three.

We had a really great trip but are happy to be home and get back to our normal routine. Next trip we hope to have baby boy #2 with us.

 

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