Orange Beach 2014.
This was our second year to go on our vacation to Orange Beach. Barrett goes to the Administrators conference
for Heritage Academy and thankfully we get to tag along.
While he goes to meetings for 3 hours
the kiddos and I get to play at the pool and beach. Sounds fun right? Making sure
they both have tons of sunscreen. Packing all of the toys and snacks. Oh and
having to hold the 2 year old almost the entire time because she is fearless
and THINKS she is as big as brother. Numerous times she attempted to jump in
the pool (with her floaties) alone. A nervous wreck I was!
BUT I would have much rather been doing that and not be in meetings all morning. Sorry daddy.
The weather was not exactly what I wanted.
More rain than we would have liked and the sun always seemed to be shining when
we would go in for AR’s nap. After nap time? Pretty much more rain.
Barrett and I love Destin but we will
take any beach trip without complaining! On the way we stopped at Ed’s Shed to
eat because daddy is obsessed with their fried shrimp. AR was much more
concerned with looking at the water and drinking her sweet tea. These days
she could care less about food. I really don’t get it. She has always been a
little pig.
Of course Mom waited too long to try to
find a puddle jumper. Daddy went to publix when we got there. I personally
would not have picked this jumper to put my child in. Daddies are clueless when
it comes to getting cute things. He did a good job on the Minnie Mouse arm
floaties! The jumper wasn’t my favorite but hey it worked great. And AR had a
nice tan line on her chunky little legs. :)
I must admit this year was WAY
easier than last year. AR was only 9 months old and the beach was impossible
without Barrett’s help. This year Hardy was such a big help! “I’ll
carry the bag for you because I’m strong. And I’m strong because I’m six.” Love him
too much.
My favorite thing to do is watch them
together. It makes me the happiest
The best thing we did was getting AR a
crib in our condo. She will only sleep in bed. Alone. Even when we try to get
her to nap in our bed she is not having it. Seriously the crib was the best
thing.
Oh and the kindle with our Disney junior
app for the hour and thirty minute wait at dinner. ick.
Our beach trip felt way too short but it was so fun. I loved every second of being with my three favorite people. :)
