The Beach!

As you probably remember, Paul, Addie, and I loaded up the car Friday morning and headed down to the beach to my dad's. It was a beautiful day and a relatively easy trip. Paul kept telling me that we weren't in a rush and could leave whenever. I, however, was in a tremendous rush! I was so excited that I could hardly stand it! Talk about needing a vacation!

As you can see from this photo, Addie loved the beach. She started crawling and never stopped the first day.

Back and forth.

Up and down.

To and fro.

Around and about.

You get my point?

She had a blast playing with her new beach toys from Papa Ray and MawMaw Pat. She loves putting objects inside of other objects (shovel in pail, sand in pail, etc). Perfect birthday gift!

Needless to say, I think we have a bit of a beach baby {minus the ocean}!

After a few hours on the beach, we headed up for a nap. A longer nap than usual because of all the energy she'd exerted on the beach! Her little knees were so red; not from sun but from crawling in the sand!

Before dinner, we headed out to attempt to get a few pictures before the sun set. Not happening according to Addie! I did manage to get a few though! She's gotten so lean, but she still has those sweet cheeks!

Addie decided to get up around 5:45am, for the day! So she and I headed out to the beach and saw this:

and these:

There were all these nasty little creatures {jellyfish?} on the beach, so there was no crawling around! It was back for a yummy breakfast and nap.

But she woke up from her nap in the foulest of moods! The beach was hit or miss with her. She was crying one minute and laughing the next! You'd never know it from these though!

She loved sitting in a chair. It was so cute how she'd crawl up and get so proud of herself when she got settled! Look at her hands here.

She had a whole conversation with my dad while sitting in a chair next to him. It was so cute to watch her interact with him! If you click on the picture below, you can see where she grabbed his finger in the last one. So sweet!

At one point, my dad went down to the ocean. Addie promptly crawled up in his chair and took up residence!

I love her prissy little smile and tilted head here. This was one of the happy moments!

My dad and Pat are really laid back and go-with-the-flow, and it was great to spend time with them! I mean, what else would you expect at the beach?!?!? We're already looking forward to going back soon!

Make sure to check out Paul's blog entry about our trip! :)