Last week, we took Fox to the beach for the first time. It was so much fun! I was a bit wary about how he was going to handle the 4+ hour drive (our boy doesn't take kindly to being strapped down for long), so we decided last-minute to get on the road at 6pm on Friday instead of leaving early Saturday morning like we'd originally planned. It worked great! Fox was awake for the first two hours or so of the trip, but he was very congenial and let me entertain him with the box of toys I'd brought along (his favorite toys being things like fast food to-go cups and straws). He also enjoyed some McDonald's french fries for the first time (very nutritious dinner, I know). He conked about by around 8pm, and the rest of our trip was uneventful. He woke up of course while we were moving everything into the condo, but he went back to sleep in the pack 'n' play around midnight or so. Whew!
So, Saturday morning, we woke up at the beach. Michael's parents did such an amazing, generous thing by renting a big condo for themselves, us, Michael's brothers, my soon-to-be sister-in-law, and Michael's uncle and two cousins. It was a houseful of people, that's for sure! But it was a great time for Fox to get to know this side of the family a little better. We had an incredibly busy and fun week!
As soon as we set Fox down on the sand for the first time at the beach, he started toddling straight for the ocean. He glanced down as his feet got wet, but he just kept on trucking! If we hadn't stopped him, I'm sure he would have plowed right on into the waves. Our kid has no fear!
He enjoyed the beach for the most part, but he was usually ready to come in after about 20 minutes or so. He sometimes enjoyed floating in the lazy river and swimming in the pool, but his favorite thing, by far, was the condo's balcony. We were on the 12th floor, so it was a little intimidating (for me, not him!), but once I assured myself that he was perfectly safe, I let him spend much of his time out there on the balcony (supervised, of course). He would carry his giant stuffed Elmo out there and sit and look at the ocean. Every few minutes, a plane would fly by, and he would stretch out his hand toward it and say, "ehhhhhh?" (which translates to, "give me this, please?"). He absolutely LOVED watching those plans.
Some other highlights of the trip were Fox's visit to Ripley's Aquarium with his Grandma and Grandpa, our family trip to Kirk's Ice Cream Parlor, a vanilla milkshake at Johnny Rockets, a visit to a local neighborhood park, and a past-Fox's-bedtime dinner at Broadway at the Beach. Michael was also wonderful enough to babysit one evening so I could go see Eclipse (!!!) with my mother-in-law. Other than those things, our time was mainly spent lazing around the condo being beach bums. Here are some pictures:
I also had a certain song stuck in my head THE WHOLE TRIP, thanks to our newfound love for Gordo's Mexican Cheese Dip. Just for kicks, I'd love to get the song stuck in your head, too. So have a listen!
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