Our Beach Vacation!!

We love Boca Grande!!! Papa and Grammie have been going to Boca Grande since before I was born and because it is such a beautiful peaceful place we all continue to go there many years later. Papa and Grammie were nice enough to get a whole second condo for the middle weekend they were there so that all the family would have there own rooms (3 bedrooms each condo)!! We headed down Thursday night so our traveling would be done, Gabe did well in the car and once we got on the bridge to get on the island he was really excited. It was still daylight so we rolled his window down so he could see the water and he just kept saying "wow"!! All Gabe's aunts,uncles and cousins arrived Friday. Gabe has never been to the beach so we really weren't sure how he would be. He was nervous about the ocean at first but in about 10 minutes he was fine, he just wanted us to let go!!

That is the wonderful wagon that Papa bought for all the kids, it was very helpful in getting the kids and all their beach toys to the beach.

When the tide was low there was a pretty large area that the water was low enough Gabe could just stand up on his own, I still held onto the back of his bathing suit because the waves would have just knocked him over. He thought he was hot stuff being able to walk around in the ocean, he had lots of fun playing and splashing!

These were just some great pictures of Gabe and his family. It is always great when the whole family is together. Gabe didn't really understand the playing in the sand until he saw Charles doing it, then he was all about it. Isabella even came down one day for just a little bit, of course she had to show off her bathing suit.

Some how I got no pictures of the 3 of us but tons of Gabe with Daddy!!

Gabe loved spending time with his great-grandparents as well as his Gigi and Pop Pop.

When Pop Pop got there Sunday he had to build a sandcastle with the kids. Emma was his biggest helper!

I did get to do something with Gabe that I never do, hold him while he sleeps. He didn't keep the best nap schedule with everything going on and sometimes it just happened where ever he landed.

We had such a nice time on our first family vacation. Next year Michael will have vacation time and we have already decided we will be going down for a whole week!!