Loving Mamahood: The Beach!!! July 2011

We were SOOOOO excited to go to the beach this year with my mom(Grandmama), my sister, brother-in-law and their two boys! We had an excellent time and hope that it is the first of many family vacations to the beach.....Perdido Key, Florida/ July 9th to 16th 2011

The vacation started with my sister calling me at 5 pm her time and yelling through the phone "Woo Hoo! I'm on vacation!" You see, as soon as she got off work, she, my brother-in-law, my two nephews and my mom headed down to our house. My mom, sister and me spent most of the night fixing food....mom's famous chicken salad and pimento cheese, and me and Pamela cut up some fruit and veggies. Bryan and Rob spent alot of time laughing at how much food we had sitting out in the middle of the floor for the trip. But I must say that I think ALL of the food was eaten up! The boys camped out on the floor on the air mattress...it took a while for us all to fall asleep...we were just so excited! It reminded me of trips when I was a kid....I would always get so excited, not sleep, then sleep all the way down. I worked myself up over 1 day trips like to Kings Island like that too.....Anyway, we left at around 7:30am the next morning after I nursed Hannah.

First of all, I have to say that Hannah was a super trooper when it came to riding 11 hours in a car with only 3 stops! 11 hours because for two of those stops I nursed Hannah and one of the stops was for everyone to eat lunch. Hannah only got fussy the last 1 1/2 to 2 hours of the ride. She talked and we sang during her normal waking hours, she napped pretty much on schedule and then the portable DVD player was a help those last two hours getting there and getting home. Here is the trip in pictures......

Bryan, the boys and Hannah couldn't resist getting in the pool as soon as we got there....even though it was way past Hannah's bed time....

Fun in the pool!

Hannah loved jumping the waves with Bryan...made my heart skip a beat though!

I think daddy may be in love...

Rob and Aaron building sand castles...

Hannah enjoying her first taste of Italian ice...yummy!

Cuddle time on the beach...

Is this not the sweetest picture ever of two handsome boys and one adorable little miss...go cats!

the Aviation Naval Museum...would totally recommend it...and it's free!

Attempting to get a group pic...this was the best we got...Grandmama is taking the pic...

Grandmama teaching Hannah about helicopters...

Getting dry and ready for nap time...

Cuddle time with Grandmama...

Bryan and the boys...

Fun in the sun! Hannah loved playing at the waters edge letting the water come up over her legs...she didn't like playing in just the sand though...didn't want it on her hands at all...