Beach Babies

Is anyone still reading my blog?  I'm not too sure after this long absence, but then I never really thought anyone read it anyway so what's the difference?  :)  We've been so transient these past two months and without our computer for a while so I wasn't able to put together any posts.  I have a bunch of pictures but I figured I'd just start up again with this post and then work backwards.  :)

We are currently raising three beach bums!  The boys are just absolutely loving all the beach time we're getting.  We are currently living in a furnished condo on the beach (thankfully we moved during the off-season so we could actually afford it) for the next four months, and we've been going down to the beach almost every day.

These pics are from when we first got to the base after our cross-country trip.  We went out to the beach for the first time our second evening there.

And then a few evenings later we went out to Mexico Beach after dinner...

Jackson surprised us so much because the last time we were at the beach (last year) he was pretty afraid of the waves and didn't go very far into the water, but now we can't keep him out of there.  Loves it!

 Excited face!!

It is so beautiful on the beach in the evenings... perfect temperature and gorgeous sunsets.

And here are some shots from the 10th floor condo we are staying in.

We had a big storm the first night we were there... then the next day after the storm passed the water was so super calm and there were dolphins everywhere!

After-dinner popsicles on the balcony...

I asked for bigger smiles and this is what I got...

We've also been going out in the mornings on the weekends before the sun gets too intense.  It's so nice that the gulf is so shallow at the shore... it's like a big baby pool for Reid and the big boys can wade out deeper with Phil.

Running races on the beach...

Can't believe how big J is getting!  And still so skinny!  :)  I couldn't get him to stand still and look at the camera for very long...

The condo has this great wash area right after you walk down from the beach... hoses for feet and showers for bodies.  And Reid loves turning the hoses on and off.  :)

We always leave our shoes here before we get to the sand...

It's been fun so far!  And it's great to be able to come home to the relaxing sounds of the sea after all the driving Phil and I are doing lately (but that's another post).  Although I did make the mistake of watching a show on Discovery the other night called "Mermaids: The Body Found" about a group of scientists who claim that a few mermaids have washed up on shore and the Navy is hiding it.  But these mermaids didn't have beautiful flowing hair and voluptuous bodies... they had big bug eyes and scales and looked like aliens with fins.  And they supposedly make shivs out of stingray barbs!  I was totally freaked out... and even more so when Phil teased and put the vision in my head of a mermaid out in the gulf poking out of the water and watching us in our condo with his big bug eyes!  AAGGHH!