Part 1 of Destin Vacation

Well, once we got Trevor situated in his pack n play in our room he was sleeping pretty good.  The only thing is that we are an hour behind so he woke up around 7:30 AM for the first few days - this was a little difficult to deal with.

Since we were up pretty early we were out on the beach by 9:30 or 10:00 with our TONS of stuff.  It's amazing how much stuff you "need" on the beach - cooler, chairs, canopy, toys, towels, etc, etc.  We even rented 2 chairs and an umbrella for the week - this was the only way to have our stuff right at the ocean - what a way for someone to make money.

My first impression of the Gulf was that there were waves.  I couldn't believe it.  Also, there isn't much of a beach - about a third of what I am used to on the Atlantic.  Brody and Trevor played in the sand for about 30 minutes and then Brody was ready to get in the water.

The first day we took both boys out in the water - the water is so clear I don't even mind being in the water.  However, I didn't like them not having a vest or something on - it just made me feel better and Brody felt fearless with his vest on.

I was in shock on how well Brody did with the water - no tears or whining.  He was loving every minute of being in the ocean.

After a couple of hours of the beach we would head to the pool to help rinse off.  Our little fish were all over the place and really enjoyed playing with his cousin - Samantha who is 8.

Thank goodness for snacks because everytime I turned around someone was hungry or thirsty.

We would head in around 1:30 to get a good nap.  Nini was trying to get Trevor to take a nap out by the pool but he actually took several naps on the beach - 1 in my arms and 2 just laying on a towel.  By day 4, Trevor had figured out how to climb out of his pack n play and didn't want to take a nap.

 Papa and Trevor spent a lot of time in this position - Trevor eating snacks with Papa.

Of course Trevor eating again - ice cream.

One evening we headed out to the beach since the weather was great.  The boys had a great time playing in the sand and just running around.  One night Brody, Trevor, & Samantha played with glow sticks out in the front yard, ran around and chased a ball, and then another night they went searching for crabs.  That was quite funny to watch because I think if Brody had actually gotten close to a crab he would scream like a girl.

Brody loved playing with his cousin Samantha - our little donut makers.

Trevor loved to look at EVERY plane that went by and of course there were a lot of them.

This was only the first few days of our trip.  Don't worry there will be more to come.