All summer long I have been really wanting to go to the beach. However, with a new baby around (I'm not naming any names), it has been very difficult to make getting to the beach a priority. Finally, with the help and the invitation from Moatsie and Daddy Ron my parents made my summer dream a reality! It took the entire day and most of the night to pack the car, get there, play on the beach, eat dinner and drive home, but I was happy and so were my parents (mostly). Mom said it was one of those days that reminded her why having more than 2 kids was probably not part of God's plan for our family.
Moatise and Daddy Ron got some great deal on a hotel room in Daytona Beach, so we packed up early in the morning and headed out. The mini van looked like a pack mule on wheels filled with beach umbrellas, baby beds, diaper bags, towels, snacks/drinks, sand toys and my little brother, Wesley who would be making his first trip to the beach today. We went to eat at a great little outdoor seafood shack right near the lighthouse in Ponce Inlet.
Then, it was off to The Shores Resort to get ready for the beach! I built a sand castle with mom and Moatsie, went swimming with Daddy and Daddy Ron, and Wesley, well, he mostly hung around with Moatsie. I even got to eat ice cream from an ice cream truck that drove right up on the beach. My mom says that cars driving on the beach is the most ridiculous idea she has ever heard, but that didn't stop her from running after that ice cream truck in the sand just so I could eat half of an ice cream bar. (The other half melted down the front of my arm and all over my face - nothing a little saltwater bath couldn't fix.) All in all, it was a great day and we all survived. At least we could say that we DID make it to the beach during the summer. Now my summer was complete and I was ready for school to start!
Just a week old! 
First time I held Wesley on my own!
2 months old!
3 Months!
4 months
5 months
almost 6 months!
Big baby blues!
Super smiley guy!
