When we arrived we found out that our normal condo had a water leak and we were all shacked up another condo together. My parents took the brunt of this, sleeping on air mattresses in the loft every night all while fielding calls about the water damage in their condo. They did a good job hiding their stress because we all still had a wonderful time and I enjoyed us all being together.
Brody absolutely fell in love with boogie boarding and "fighting the waves." He stayed in the ocean most of every day. When asked his favorite part of vacation was, "breaking all the rules." We pretty much let the kids wake and stay up as late as they wanted and surprisingly they did fine and never got to tired and cranky. They also got to eat and drink anything they wanted. I know they enjoyed this and coming home will be a rude awakening.
Jett was a bit of a chicken when it came to the ocean and never really wanted to go out in in the waves. He did make huge strides in his swimming capabilities. He is now able to swim 10-12 feet completely unassisted. He will not come up for air so his capabilities are limited to one breath. Jett never officially napped this whole trip but did sleep once on the beach and once on the living room floor in the midst of everyone walking over him.
Tristan, did not love the beach at first and despite my greatest efforts would not nap well on the beach even in the tent I bought. He did LOVE eating sand an eventually loved the waves splashing up on his feet. He also stayed up later than normal and usually remained pretty happy. We celebrated his first birthday a little early since Dave was flying out early and it would just be me with him on his actual birthday. We all sung Happy Birthday to him and his two big brothers helped him blow out the same candle that was used on Brody's first birthday cake.
It was a wonderful vacation and I can't wait till all the boys are old enough to hang at the beach all day. We really had so much fun again this year!!!
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