...but I sure do miss the beach! We have been "vacationing" for about 9 days and had a wonderful trip. We left last Friday morning and headed to Sanibel Island, Florida, which is my most favorite vacation spot on earth. On the way, we made a stop off for a night and day in St. Petersburg to see a bunch of Ryan's family.
I have to brag on Audrey...she proved herself to be an excellent car traveler yet again. On both long stretches of the trip (today was 10 1/2 hours), she only needed to get out of the car once. We stopped for lunch in both directions for about an hour so she could run around and get her wiggles out. It really is too bad that more places don't have play areas for kids...especially right around the interstate. Fortunately, there was a Chick-fil-A at one of the exits...I can only take so much McDonald's...even if they do have an imitation Chick-fil-A sandwich now....
The week in Sanibel was great. We stayed in a 3 bedroom condo with my parents and my brother. I have been to Sanibel many times (seems like every summer since I was about 11) but I haven't been back since the summer before Ryan and I got married. It was SO great to be back! The beach is different than any others....it is a shelling beach so it isn't "white sand" as much as it is shells....and it is very uncommercialized. It is hard to find a "chain" anything on the island anywhere...there is a Dairy Queen though :)
Audrey really had a blast....We headed to the beach 1st thing just about every morning. She started to really understand what it meant when I told her it was time to put on her "swim diaper" and her "lotion." One day she walked up to me and said "hand" and reached to hold my hand, and then walked up to her grammie and said "hand" and grabbed her hand too...and proceeded to pull us to the back door. She looked up and said in this cute little emphasized voice..."outside!" Needless to say, we didn't wait too much longer!
Our condo opened right up to the beach, so when we opened the door she'd just run as fast as her short little legs could carry her all the way to the water. By the end of the week she was brave enough to sit in the waves and splash around. One day she flopped her whole body down right in the water almost like she was hugging the beach.
The first 3 days of the week she kept to her predictable schedule which was wonderful...and then she decided to cut a few teeth while we were there :) This shook things up a bit but we survived. Nothing that a little tylenol and trips to the beach/ocean won't fix!
Well, I should have some pictures soon. We haven't even unpacked the car....we're exhausted from the drive. I took most of the beach pictures on a waterproof disposable...I don't know what to do with myself since they aren't digital. I can't wait to get them back....
On another note, my ultrasound before we left was inconclusive again...I go back early this coming week so I'll keep everyone updated. So far I still feel pregnant so we're planning on everything being OK - I'm not going to worry unless I need to.
Off to the fun part of vacation....unpacking. yuck! :)
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