Beach Trip

We had the pleasure of going to Destin this weekend. What a wonderful weekend it was. We had SO much fun and can't wait to go back. It was so fun to watch Anne Morgan enjoy every bit of it. She played so hard and swam, and swam, and swam...It was never enough. She is certainly a little water bug. Here are pictures from the weekend. At the end are 2 videos from the very first afternoon at the pool.

We had just arrived at the beach and it was time for her first swim with Mommy and Daddy. Daddy hasn't ever seen her swim, so he couldn't wait to see what she could do.

Right away she floated...

And then swam to the steps. She became obsessed with the steps.

The next afternoon was the first trip on the beach, mornings were spent at the pool. As you can see, she got a new pair of sunglasses Friday night. She was awfully proud of them. :)

She was pretty proud of her umbrella and chair too.

Uh oh...sand in the chair is no good. Gotta take care of that! :)

We had so much fun just watching her. She was hilarious. It was great to just sit back and see what she would do. You would think that she was a pro at this whole beach thing but she hasn't been since last April, and at that visit she couldn't even walk and just sat in the baby pool on the beach. She was a pro at people watching...and waving to the boys walking by. Seriously.

Mommy, can you hold these for a second?

She found the stick of sunscreen in the bag and had to put some on Daddy...

and then herself...

The water was pretty rough this weekend so we weren't sure whether or not to even take her to the water in the first place. Well we did, and the rest is history. Forget the sand! These waves are too much fun!!!!

Once she discovered the water there was no going back to playing in the sand.

These are 2 videos of her swimming the first afternoon. It was really interesting that the first day she wanted to float more than swim. Remember, this is the first time she has been in the water with us. (I took her a week before by myself and we didn't stay long, it was the first for Trey) Trey has never been to a swimming lesson so he didn't know what to expect. It seems that after she was comfortable in the water with us, the rest of the trip she just wanted to swim to the wall, to the steps, anywhere she could find, and didn't care to float. We didn't take video after the first pool trip so I can't show you her swimming towards the end. Needless to say, we were so impressed and proud of her. The other people swimming in the pool were impressed too and had to ask how old she was. This was one proud Mama. :) It was so funny to listen to them talking amongst themselves about her age and how well she was swimming. "She's not even as old as (insert name) and look at her swim!" I think all of the time and money we've spent with her lessons has really paid off. I know that we certainly feel comfortable and confident with her in the water. The sole purpose of her lessons is to teach her how to save herself should she fall in the water. As you can see, she definitely knows she is safe if she floats on her back and then she can catch her breath.

She liked to "cheat" and when she swam to the steps, she thought she could stand up sooner than she should. She always wanted to go to one step lower than she should. Often she would have to float on her back to figure out what to do. I'm glad she floats b/c she already likes to jump in! Whew!