A few weeks ago, Jason and I packed up Brady (and all of his belongings) and headed south. We drove to Orange Beach, Alabama for a 7-day vacation with several of our friends and their kids from Grace Church. In fact, there were more kids than adults: 12 adults, 13 kids. It was like daycare on the beach!
Brady couldn't quite figure out the sand, but he LOVED the water. We put his feet in the ocean once, but the rest of the time we had him 'swimming' in the pool. I would have taken him back into the ocean, except the 12" jellyfish that swam by me told me to stick to the pool.
The ocean was beautiful, however, and full of marine life. We saw dolphins and fish jumping and showing off, cranes, crabs, and of course lots of jellyfish.
Our condo was fabulous! We were on the 12th floor of the Tradewinds, and could see the beach from both sides of the condo. Plus, we got to stay there with some of our closest friends, Chase, Brittany and their adorable munchkin Madison. She and Brady had quite the time having in depth conversations. Sadly, none of us could translate.
One super cool move the parents' made was to take turns watching each others' kids so each set of parent's could have a date night! On our date night, Jason and I went to dinner at Grazzie's, an Italian restaurant, AND the number 1 restaurant on TripAdvisor (we swear by TripAdvisor)! We split a Margarita Pizza and the Pistachio encrusted Grouper. It was out of this world. Afterwards, we hit up Brusters for some amazing ice cream and then headed to the pier. We spent the rest of the evening playing Phase 10 on the pier and watching the cranes beg the fishermen for their catch. It was odd not having Brady with us, but we did our best to avoid all baby talk :)
Below are a few last shots to explain. Photo 1 shows the super sweet contraption that the Minton's let us borrow for the pool. Brady loved this float. He would kick himself across the pool in it! He was finally mobile. Such an independent. Photo 2 has him showing off for the camera and sporting Joel Minton's hat (sorry for any drool, Joel). This was taken in front of Lambert's Cafe. What! And photo 3 catches Brady in the act of gathering all the sand he can before heading home. I had no idea that sand could find its way into a baby's diaper, just by setting him in the sand for a second. With all of this said, it is past my bedtime so I'm out!
Brady couldn't quite figure out the sand, but he LOVED the water. We put his feet in the ocean once, but the rest of the time we had him 'swimming' in the pool. I would have taken him back into the ocean, except the 12" jellyfish that swam by me told me to stick to the pool.
The ocean was beautiful, however, and full of marine life. We saw dolphins and fish jumping and showing off, cranes, crabs, and of course lots of jellyfish.
One super cool move the parents' made was to take turns watching each others' kids so each set of parent's could have a date night! On our date night, Jason and I went to dinner at Grazzie's, an Italian restaurant, AND the number 1 restaurant on TripAdvisor (we swear by TripAdvisor)! We split a Margarita Pizza and the Pistachio encrusted Grouper. It was out of this world. Afterwards, we hit up Brusters for some amazing ice cream and then headed to the pier. We spent the rest of the evening playing Phase 10 on the pier and watching the cranes beg the fishermen for their catch. It was odd not having Brady with us, but we did our best to avoid all baby talk :)
Below are a few last shots to explain. Photo 1 shows the super sweet contraption that the Minton's let us borrow for the pool. Brady loved this float. He would kick himself across the pool in it! He was finally mobile. Such an independent. Photo 2 has him showing off for the camera and sporting Joel Minton's hat (sorry for any drool, Joel). This was taken in front of Lambert's Cafe. What! And photo 3 catches Brady in the act of gathering all the sand he can before heading home. I had no idea that sand could find its way into a baby's diaper, just by setting him in the sand for a second. With all of this said, it is past my bedtime so I'm out!
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