Beach Baby

We just got back from our first real road trip as a family of 3...great times! After dropping off Momo P. Bonzek at Gammy and Gampy's in Katy, we drove 4.5 hours to the fun beach town of Port Aransas! For a kid of 16 months old, the beach is the perfect place...wide open spaces that don't need to be baby proofed, awesome! By the way, the Sesame Street Platinum Hits CD is our savior. Anytime NJ started to get grumpy, we would pop it in and it soothed her like a charm!! We listened to it about a hundred times and these songs now play in my dreams, but I'm so happy it works!

After a slip in the water, Niva became a little fearful of walking on the sand. The fear quickly subsided as soon as she found birds she wanted to chase.

Lots of cool discoveries were made

And the big highlight of the vacation was a trip to the aquarium. The sheer delight on Niva's face was priceless!

Back at our condo, Niva even participated in Vacation Happy Hour with Mom and Dad. Here she digs into hummus and crackers...but she opted for a side of milk instead of wine. Vacation with a baby CAN be fun!

Heck yeah, I want to go back to the beach!