A Trip to the Beach

We enjoyed survived our little mini-vacation to Virginia beach.  Well, there were plenty of moments of enjoyment, but we also returned home more exhausted than before we left.  I think that was contradictory to our goal for the vacation. 

The highlights of the vacation were a couple of beatiful days at the beach, a fun trip to the aquarium, Asher being well-behaved at every meal eaten at a restaurant, a balcony that overlooked the ocean, watching many Osprey soar in and out of their nests at the state park, and a Dairy Queen that was dangerously close to our hotel.

The lowlights were two days with no naps for Asher, not one second of napping during the car rides, and a 30 pound toddler who frequently wailed or shouted, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy..." over and over again if he had to ride in the stroller or walk himself rather than be carried by me. 

Here's a photo of the highlight of the trip from Asher's perspective.

The Beach

Okay, regular blog updates will resume now.  Having no camera for the week seemed to trigger no blogging for the week.  I'll be ordering a new camera tomorrow (no luck at the camera repair shop), so hopefully it will take some nice pictures I can feature here. 

Here are some of the pictures  from our stay at Virginia Beach before all that sand got stuck in the shutter.  The get-away just seems like a distant memory now! 

Asher loved eating sand!

Gull feeding frenzy thanks to our neighbors on the balcony below us.

Chris checking out the birds at the aquarium.

 Other critters at the aquarium...

Virginia Beach

We decided to take a mini-break this week and escape to Virginia Beach for a couple of days.  We had so much fun & got some much needed relaxation and time away from our usual household & pet chores! 

Things We Learned this Trip

 - Taking a two night trip with a baby requires neary as much gear and as many supplies as a week-long trip. 

 - Sand + Grabby Baby Hands = Camera Lens Error (This is the reason behind the shortage of photos in this post!  Luckily it didn't happen until the end of our trip, so the pictures will be posted eventually.)

- A crawling baby chasing sea gulls is great entertainment.

 - Afternoon siestas are extraordinary things.
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- When eating at a restaurant with Asher, he will inevitably spend 70% of the time smiling at waitresses and 30% of the time crying. 

- Asher would prefer that we turn his highchair away from our own table at a restuarant, so he can see what everyone else is doing without having to get tangled up in the highchair straining to turn around.

-It is definitely acceptable, and even recommended, to eat a blizzard during every day of a vacation.