Spring Break- chapter 2

Chapter 2-The beach and Grammy's house

We made it to the beach! Like I said in the previous post, it took 17.5 hours, but we did it! I’m not sure who was happier, us or my family. My parents, Grams and Pops, and my aunt Linda and Uncle Bob were already there with Grammy and Pal. It was the first time Aunt Linda and Uncle Bob had met Ben. Guess who had them wrapped around his fat finger in a blink of an eye?

After we got Ben out of his pj’s, he got to play with Aunt Linda for a little. She even got him a toy that you hammer balls with. He loves the hammer! We call it his gavel and that one day he’ll be a judge.

First order of business-go see the ocean! Grammy lives right on the beach, which is sooo nice.

The water was COLD and Ben was not a fan of it. He didn’t really like the way the sand felt either at first.

Kisses on the beach

With Grams and Pops the next day before they left. We had to try the beach again. He liked it a little more on Sunday.

Pool time! The pool was really cold so we didn’t go in it, but we tried out our Little Swimmers and the raft daddy bought. I think he just loved the attention he was getting by being silly in the water.

Family picture time before Grams and Pops went home. Not sure where Grams is and we know Daddy avoids pictures like the plague.

Grammy has been telling all her friends about Ben forever now so some of them came to see him. They even helped feed him dinner.

On Monday ‘Aunt’ Kathryn flew in from Atlanta just to meet you. She is my very best friend. Ben, I hope you have a friend like Kathryn one day. She is incredible (and so beautiful and smart). In fact, go ahead and marry someone like her. You already have our approval. She even taught Ben how to ‘party’. It’s the cutest thing. He throws his arms in the air and starts squealing and shouting.

We tried the beach again with Kathryn and her mom, Charlotte (she drove up from Orlando). Much better this time. He even took a little nap under the umbrella.

Our little beach baby

Proof Daddy did join us on this trip. Like the outfit? Daddy bought you a Spiderman hat that matched his awesome shirt. He put it on when I told him his head was going to burn. So stylish…

We got in the hot tub after the beach. It was warmer than the pool and Ben LOVED it! We were picking sand out of his hair forever though!

Pal has a cat, Snow White, that Ben was fascinated with. When Grammy got out Snow’s toys, he thought it would be fun to play, too.

Uncle Bob is an AMAZING chef. I think Ben was very excited about the smells in the kitchen so he decided to help him.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Daddy’s KITE! It got windy on Tuesday so Daddy went out and got some kites. Being the cool guy that he is, he let go of his and it flew into the neighbor’s palm tree. Looked pretty good. Luckily they hadn’t arrived in Florida yet so they missed out on the fun.

Playing with Charlotte on Wednesday morning.

Thank you so much for coming Kathryn! You are AMAZING and Ben is lucky to have an attorney like you to get him out of all the trouble you’re going to get him into as he gets older!

next up: to Orlando to see Grams and Pops