Beach Trip: Days 3 & 4

Carter slept well in his playyard Sunday night. He actually slept better than he usually does at home. However, that may have been due to us wearing him out with all the new people to play with!

We were up early on Monday morning so we took Carter for a walk on the beach.



After breakfast and a morning nap (this was the last day of long naps the entire trip), we got Carter ready for his first opportunity to play in the sand. Here he is chillin' with Grandma before heading down to the beach.


We quickly figured out that playing in the sand isn't much fun when we're trying to keep Carter from eating it the entire time. We had pretty much expected that though.


Sandy belly:


After getting very sandy, we took Carter down to the water. The ocean was pretty cold still and Carter wasn't too thrilled about the whole thing.




We did enjoy watching the waves roll in though. We'd stand in the shallow surf and he'd just follow the wave as it came in and went past us. Here's a short video:

After the beach, we went straight to the pool to get the salt off of us. It was really nice having the pool. Carter enjoyed it a lot more than the beach!



After lunch and another long nap, we took Carter back down to the beach to see if he'd be better in the hard packed sand instead of the finer stuff. It was a little better, but still difficult. I bet we'll all enjoy it more in a few months.



Carter enjoying the pool again after the beach:


Before bed, Carter hung out on the back deck with us for a little bit. Here's Carter with Grandma:


And here's Carter with his buddy Dale (Carter really enjoyed hanging out with him):


On Tuesday, we decided we didn't need Carter eating any more sand so we didn't play on the beach. But we did try playing in the surf a little bit. Again, Carter wasn't too happy about it.


Grandma helping to feed Carter his lunch:


Carter enjoying some time with Ken:


We spent most of the day hanging out with family around the house and playing in the pool. We had lots of great babysitters so Brian and I got some time to hang out by ourselves in the waves for awhile. Even though Carter had been getting upset around strangers starting a few weeks before our vacation, he loved everyone in both our families right away. I was really nervous about this and am so happy that he did so well!

We took a walk with Brian's parents on the beach before Carter's bedtime.


Carter fell asleep on Grandpa:


Carter had another fun filled day of fresh air, water, and family!