Baby Carrot

We survived our beach vacation. Garrett did very well considering that he will not sleep in the car. On the way there we left at 2am and he slept off and on for a total of about 2 hours of the 14 hour car ride. On the way back we left at 5am and he slept for 30 minutes. We gave him benadryl to make him sleepy and it did not work. He was not really cranky just a little fussy at times. I sat in the back seat part of the way on the way back and Garrett and I watched videos on Branden’s laptop. He was SO happy when we got home. He ran around and played with all of his toys.

Garrett loved the water at the beach. He would stand at the water and have the waves crash on him, he would just laugh and wait for the next one. He learned how to walk in the sand and did not mind it on his hands if he was playing with it. If he was walking and fell he did not like to put his hands down. We took a baby pool to the water and it was the best thing that we did. He loved it!

He slept great! He took 3 ½ hour naps during the day and wanted to go to bed early. The sun and constant stimulation wore him out. We only took him to the beach in the morning after breakfast. We would go back to the house after lunch and he would nap. When he got up he would have a snack then we would go to the swimming pool or just play at the house. He was such a good boy!

The house was great. We were east of Destin on Sea Grove Beach near Sea Side. We had very few neighbors on the beach and did not have to deal with the crowds of Destin, it was very peaceful. www.seasidefl.com

The only member of the King’s that went was PamEla. We loved having her join us. And Garrett loved playing with her. Pam, Ashley and Wade were very generous and gave up a little of their time in the sun and volunteered to stay at the house while Garrett napped so Branden and I could have a little time on the beach together without chasing Garrett. We needed that. We also were able to go out twice while Mimi and Papa watched Garrett. Since he was going to bed early one of the times we put him to bed then went out. We found a really cool place that Branden and I fell in love with. http://www.graytonbeach.com/redbar.html We will defiantly go back.

Branden has wanted to go sea fishing for awhile. So, he talked Wade and Bert into going with him. They did not have very good luck. Branden did catch the first mackerel but it was 1 inch too small. Bert caught a keeper and we had it for dinner. I had not had mackerel before and it was good.

It was a good vacation but we were all happy to be home. The pictures that we took are up. http://www.brw.net/gallery/v/vacation/destin2006/

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