I think I fall in love with the ocean more every time I go. Seriously, I can remember a time when Jarrod talked about moving to the beach and I told him he was crazy. Now, when I'm there, I can totally see myself living near the ocean. There's something so magical about standing on the sandy beach and watching the waves.
Riley is a water girl. She loves to be in the pool, but I wasn't sure how she'd react to the sand. I was so excited to get the kids to the beach and watch them play. Gavin, apparently, was super excited to! After finally arriving at the beach house on Sunday, we walked down to the sand and he started digging in it like this...
And then he promptly threw sand right into his eye and that ended our first trip to the beach. I rushed him into the house because he was screaming so much, and tried for several minutes to flush his eye. In the meantime, he rubbed it so much while he was crying that he actually had rubbed the eyelid and right under his eye raw with sand, so he has a mark in a lot of the pictures. Jarrod told him to tell people he was in a bar fight.
The next morning, we hung out on the back deck while Gavin and Mimi took a little walk down to the ocean. I love the way Riley is looking at her daddy in this picture.
Those two little specks on the beach are Mimi and Gavin!
As they headed back, Riley was so excited to see them getting closer. She stuck her little hand through the slats and waved frantically to them. I love how you can see the blur of Gavin and his Mimi in the distance on the second photo.
Gavin came up and was very happy to tell us about a big sandcastle they saw on their walk so we all attempted the beach again. And it was perfect! Megan took the camera and got some great shots for me. I love when I'm able to be in some of the pictures. And I love that we're all in our pajamas still since it was so early in the morning. Such special memories.
My sweet babies' footprints. Love.
