Beach Vacation 2011

We usually go to the beach each year in September for Jeff and my birthday. It's cooler, less people there, CHEAPER, you get the picture. We skipped last year because H-bomb was so little but since she is now walking running, jumping, climbing, etc we thought it was the perfect time to take her on her first trip to the beach. We stayed on the bay in Orange Beach this year, which was new for us. Our condo had lots of fun things for a little girl including a splash pad, water slide, lazy river and multiple pools but we had to drive to a public beach to play in the sand and ride the waves. She was not too impressed with the beach but absolutely loved all the water features at the condo! Her favorite thing to do besides riding in the lazy river with Mommy and Daddy was to run from the splash pad to the big pool and jump in! (The child has NO FEAR!) She must have made 1000 miles between the 2 in the 5 days we were there. We had so much fun at the condo we only went to the beach one day and that was mostly for picture taking purposes. She didn't care too much for the sand, she must get that from her Mama!

Ready for some fun in the sun!

Riding the Lazy River

She wanted a cup like the big girls

At the Splash Pad (SHE wanted the flower in her hair, I swear!)

Breakfast on the balcony

The Ely Trio at Lulu's

And this pretty much sums up how she felt about the sand