A few weeks ago we went on our first family vacation!!! Ben and I took Olivia to Perdido Key, Florida which is right on the Florida/Alabama line, it was beautiful! This trip was the longest car ride she has had and she did awesome. I still can not believe that we only stopped once each way during an eight hour trip.... thank God for diapers:) Of course as soon as we got there Olivia tripped and fell in the parking lot which explains the big boo boo on her forehead in the pics... poor baby... goose egg and bloody nose in the first five minutes out of the car. After we unpacked and got groceries we stepped out onto the sand.... aaahhhhhh.. I absolutely love the beach. However, a certain little one year old did not feel the same way. As soon as we got near the sand she would hike those little legs farther up on my body and hold on for dear life. I will have to say I enjoyed the cuddling from her though, she usually doesn't stop long enough for that. Now, the ocean and the water was a different story..... she is a little fish!! Olivia did not want anything to do with the float and she kept trying to push us away, she wanted to do it herself. The first day we took our chairs, umbrella, a baby pool, sand toys, cooler, and snacks down to the beach and laid out a big sheet so she could play on that. Well, that kept her entertained about five minutes. Mostly we stayed in the water and played and if we were out, it was snack time. The next few days we stuck to bringing the umbrella, drinks and snacks down.... everything else was useless for our little fish. During nap time Ben was sweet and would stay in the condo with her so I could get some quiet beach time to myself....which I loved. I could sit out on the beach all day and read and be perfectly happy. Midweek we went to The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo which was adorable and very small. We got to feed a lot of the animals and I even got to hold a baby kangaroo!!! The weather was perfect and we had the best time!!!! Here are a few snapshots.
Olivia's first seashell.... of course it must go in the mouth
first dip in the ocean.... i guess Ben thought it was cold:)
ummm.... mom... i really don't like all this sand stuff
Happy Girl
Hi Mommy.... I'm swimming in the ocean!!
Dinner at LuLu's.... Olivia brought a friend that night
weeeeeeeee
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