Beach Trip 2012

We had a great time in Hilton Head this year.  For the first time in a long time my entire family and their families all went to the beach together.  That means there were 14 of us (my sister/Brian and her  3 boys, my brother/Angie and their 2 kids, myself/Josh and Liam and my mom and dad) all in a 4 bedroom condo.  To say it was a bit tight and chaotic is an understatement but it made for a great time.  Liam absolutely LOVED playing with his cousins and especially thought Casey (my sister's youngest who is 6) was the best.  In fact, he barely slept the entire week because I think he was just so excited to get up each morning and play.  Little did he know that they wouldn't wake up for another 2 hours or so.

Aside from playing in the condo, we pretty much went to the beach every morning until around 12:30 at which point we headed up for bath and nap time.  Josh would then relax in the condo while Liam napped and I took FULL advantage of the quite time by reading on the beach (my favorite thing to do in the whole world).  After Liam's nap we would either hit the pool or head back to the beach until around 5ish.  Liam was a little touch and go the whole time but all in all a good sport.  I think he is just at that age where sounds and new experiences are pretty scary to him, so sometimes he would love the sand/beach and sometimes he was just not having it.  He was especially unsure of the texture of the sand.  He absolutely had to wear shoes on the sand or he would throw a fit and every now and then when he was covered in it he would lose it.  On the other hand, "miming" in the ocean and the pool were his favorites.  He loved swimming in the ocean with Josh and jumping the waves with him.  He would just yell and squeal in delight every time.

We are headed back to the beach in September, this time with Josh's parents, and we are absolutely looking forward to it.  Especially now that we have an idea of Liam's likes/dislikes, we can be a little more prepared.

Our family shot.  This was my mom's nifty beach wheel chair that we rented for the week.  It was amazing and worked really well.  We thought the wheels were hilarious and just had to all get a picture around it.

LOVE love this picture of my mom.  She looks so happy and relaxed here.

Playing in the sand

(Excuse my growing belly which thankfully is mostly covered)  Liam and his cousin Merritt (2) playing in the sand.

Daddy and Liam in the ocean

Twins.  We may not look alike, but we are pretty much inseperable

Liam pretty much had a PB&J on the beach every day for lunch

Being goofy with Daddy's sunglasses

Heading out to the waves