We've been to the beach before, but this is the first time Levi really enjoyed it. He had a blast digging in the sand, and he loved the water. I tried to get him to get his feet wet and he was NOT interested in it at all, but then Darren, my brother in law, asked him if he wanted to go in and he said ok. So Darren helped him jump over the waves as they came in, and he loved it. He would have dove right in if we let him! Crazy, fearless kid! Jonas just relaxed and napped on the beach. I only went out to the beach twice while we were there, because it was just so much work to drag all the stuff for everybody down there, and then all I did was sit under an umbrella with the baby. But my dad and Jackie took Levi to a playground on the beach both mornings we were there with them, and they took him out to the beach one afternoon too. Thank goodness he's not a huge mama's boy like he used to be - he was happy to go with anyone that was doing something fun! We took several walks with both boys in the stroller, and they loved that.
Monday was Shane's birthday, so we went to a somewhat fancy seafood restaurant for dinner. I managed to pump a full feeding's worth of milk the morning before, so after dinner we dropped the boys off at the condo with Dad and Jackie and got to go out on a date by ourselves for the first time in 11 months. We played putt-putt (and I won) and then drove around a bit looking for somewhere to get dessert, then realized that most places were closed because it was after 10 on a Monday, so we just parked at the condo and went to the boardwalk and got ice cream. It was a nice couple of hours together alone, and a much needed break. Oh, and I got Shane a new laptop for his birthday. He wanted a small netbook to take on the boat but I found such a great deal on a full size laptop that I couldn't pass it up and got that instead. I don't think he is the least bit disappointed!
The 4th of July was fun, but a bit different than usual. We try to go up to the condo for the 4th of July each summer, but this summer my dad wasn't able to be there, so it was just us, and then Shane had to leave before the fireworks. So we just hung around all day, then went to the picnic thrown by the condo complex for dinner, then the boys and I watched the fireworks from the condo, because there was NO way I was taking both of them in the crowds by myself, especially when it was Levi's bedtime and I wasn't sure how he was going to do with the noise, etc. He ended up LOVING the fireworks, and has asked where the fireworks are every time we've gone outside at night since then.
Overall, it was a fun trip, but it's definitely nicer when our whole family can be together instead of people coming and going the entire time!
Here are a few videos (hopefully they work on here...they are from my cell phone, so not very good quality, but you get the general idea):
Daddy comes "home" and Levi sees him for the first time in nearly a month
Levi enjoyed the fireworks!
Levi playing at the beach (cell phone pic)
"Whitest gangsta eva" (as dubbed by Aunt Amy)
All tuckered out on the beach (and going bald!)
Having some "Daddy time"
Cute little face
Yep, the boys look like him (and that's me in the mirror, taking the picture)
Wish I could do that sometimes!
My boys! (Levi's face isn't dirty - that's a bruise. He fought the coffee table, and the coffee table won. That was his lovely parting gift.)
Ugh, ignore the fact that I have 8 chins and need to lose 25 pounds...
Cutie pie with a big ol' shiner (you can see Jonas' cute Target dollar section socks in the background)
Levi spent a good 20 minutes jumping off the dock onto the grass and climbing back up, over and over and over
More jumping (he played with the little boy in the red shirt, named Jack, for a while too)
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