Beach baby!

We are back from our trip to Seaside. We had wonderful weather, great food, and fabulous company. Charlie did GREAT on the plane rides. He played and slept mostly. Just once did he tug on his ear and start to whimper. I just gave him lots of milk to help him out. The boys drove the 13 hr. treck so that we would have all of the baby gear on hand and the girls flew with the babies. (Pretty good deal for the girls, right?)
Allen beach pic (Charlie- 5.5 mths)

Jeff and Claudia Williams, Dean (8.5 mths)

Deren and Laura Wilcox, Natalie (3 yrs) and J.P. (4 mths)

The Gang



Once there, we hung out at the beach or at the pool. Charlie loved the beach! He played in the sand and the ocean, ate a lot of sand and ocean water and even did a face plant into the sand at one point.
We ate out at 2 restaurants (we had a sitter for 2 nights). For those who are interested, we went to Fire (my favorite!) and Cafe 30-A and hit up Red Bar and Rendeveux for drinks. The girls had a spa day while the boys had a fishing excursion one day. We shopped around Seaside and had some great meals at the house. It was a very relaxing and fun trip!

On the plane ride there I discovered that Charlie had gotten his first tooth! It's barely noticeable to the eye, but you can definitely feel it. I also think he is going through a growth spurt. He lost it about 3 times over the week and the only thing that would calm him down was a bottle. Yesterday he got 5 1/2 bottles (44 oz.), where as he usually gets 4 bottles/day (32 oz)! Between the tooth and the growth spurt I think he still did pretty good on vacation.

Here are some more pics:
Napping on daddy
Loungin in the beach chair

The beach set-up