Our Labor Day weekend was spent in Destin, FL with eight friends. We started the tradition last year when just eight of us spent the weekend. This year, two more friends joined. Next year, we hope there will be more.... and there will definitely be more little ones running around!
We drove the 6 hour drive on Wednesday afternoon. This was Kendrick's first long car ride and he did pretty well... until the last 45 minutes of the trip. Who could blame him? I wanted out of the car, too, and I wasn't looking backwards!
We spent the weekend at the beach, at the pool, eating (a lot), drinking adult beverages, and having many laughs (i.e. the wine glass incident, Lisa...). The only "outings" consisted of the grocery store, the guys spending Friday golfing while we ladies spent Saturday at the outlet mall in Destin (I'm pretty sure the guys planned it that way since Saturday was the start of college football.)
Kendrick seemed to really enjoy the water. While hanging in his floatie in the pool, we saw his little legs moving beneath him. It literally looked like he was swimming. Although the handle on the floatie was meant for his hands to balance, he seemed to enjoy it much more in his mouth. I'm pretty sure teeth will be appearing soon.
We ladies headed to the beach Thursday afternoon and Kendrick loved his first adventure in the ocean. We walked up and down the beach and he stared as the waves crashed against the shore. I put him down so he could feel the water on his feet and as I brought him back up to me, he would kick his little legs in excitement.
I took Kendrick for a walk every morning, both around our "neighborhood" and on the beach. On Sunday morning, I brought the camera with me and captured my favorite picture of the two of us. Hard to believe it's a self-portrait.
We had an amazing time and look forward to spending Memorial Day 2010 in the same amazing place!!
