This Wonderful Thing Called Life: Day 3 (Monday)

Monday, June 13, 2011

Day 3 (Monday)

Happy Memorial Day!

Thanks to all who have served in our military and to those who are still fighting for our freedoms.

Daddy and Aylin having a talk about God's creation :)

Since this was Memorial Day, we were a little timid about going to the beach. We thought it would just be too crowded. But our spot from Saturday was still empty, so we got to spend another morning on the beach! As you can see, even on her 2nd day at the beach AJ was still a little scared.

Above are some pictures of Jewel Bug's favorite part of the trip...the outdoor shower! Each day after coming back to our house, she ran to this and waited for us to turn it on. She would play in it for 20 mins or so, and then be ready to go upstairs and get a bath. Love this silly girl!

Thinking back, this was one of my most favorite days of vacation. A big part of that is seen in the three pics above. Baby girl would NOT take a nap at the house, and this is the day that we figured out if we eat dinner around 4:30 or 5 she would crash on the way to the restaurant and get in a nap. What made this night so special was two fold: (1) We ate at my favorite place while we were down there, a classy, beautifully decorated, Italian Seafood place in Orange Beach. (2) Aylin slept all the way through dinner!!! :)

I had to get a pic of AJ under a palm tree with her pineapple shirt on, it just made me smile.

After dinner, we went through a drive-thru and got baby girl something to eat, and she was just as happy as she could be. Then we hit a few of those surf shops. We were looking for water shoes for AJ, some type of float device for her, and a boogie board for mommy and daddy :) We chose the 2 surf shops above because every time we drove by them Aylin would get wide-eyed, squeal, and say "whooaaa!" She had a lot fun in these places, and so did we; her reactions to the giant sharks, octopus, turtles, and fish were priceless. She even loved all the pirate stuff!

We watched the sunset from in front of a giant pirate ship and ended our day with TCBY!

Aylin pretended to share her sorbet with sprinkles with me, then pulled it back and stuck her tongue out at me! She's such a little stinker :)

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