Beach Bums

We are back from seven fabulous nights in Garden City. Annabelle loved the ocean, she loved the sand and she loved the pool. She did such a great job riding in the car for 8 hours. She is just the greatest baby ever, we are so thankful to have one like her. Getting to spend a week with her again without working was wonderful in itself but being able to get a tan while doing it was nice too. I didn’t want to come back to work today, it’s always hard to leave her but especially after we have been together for so long. I always forget that it is hard on daddy too. I don’t mean to be selfish but I just don’t think about him missing her like I miss her. She got to spend quality time with her granny, pap, mother, and aunt veronica while at the beach. She got to fish, pet a shark that Veronica caught, play with different types of seaweed that granny brought to her, look at crabs, watch dolphins (although I don’t think she could see them). She even got a sun tan! You can see the creases in her arms that are still white. She was adorable in her bathing suits and sunglasses. She played in the sand and liked to pick up the wet sand and put it on her legs. All the fun in the sun wore her out and she napped about four times a day, sometimes for as long as three hours. She slept all night and into most of the morning. We were actually able to leave her on the bed asleep by herself. I guess that means it’s getting time to move her into her own bed or at least the bassinet. She crawled for the first time while we were there no one believes it because only Veronica and I saw it. She did, I promise. If there is a remote control, a cell phone or anything electronic she will get to it if it’s by crawling or by rolling. She smiled at all the kids in the pool or on the beach, she smiled at all the adults and everyone thought she was just so cute. The only person she didn’t really care for was the waitress at Hooter’s which was really weird since she smiles at EVERYONE. She is so friendly and loveable. The only bad parts about the trip were that our cousins didn’t get to make it and we had to leave. We are already planning for next summer. Hoping to rent a house with a pool, I think having a pool at this condo has ruined us. We won’t know what to do if we go back and don’t have one. We are planning to get Annie one for our house. She really enjoyed playing in the water. We have a small one for her now but she can’t get her float in it. I want an underground but a very nice above ground will work. I want to be able to stay home with my baby so I don’t think buying a below ground pool is going to speed up that dream. I can not describe how great it felt to take my baby to the ocean and see her reactions. She will never again have that same reaction to it. She was not afraid of anything. Seeing the look on her face during any new experience just makes me so happy. We have other things planned for her this year and I am excited for each of them.