over Easter weekend we had a mini vacation at Uncle Paul & Aunt Tara's beach house! Clark had his very first dip in the ocean, walk on the beach, and sand in his diaper! :)
it's about a four hour drive to Rockport, much further the 30 minute commute to the beach we were used to in LA. Clark slept almost the entire way down and when he woke up, we stopped at Dairy Queen for lunch!
once we got to Rockport, we headed to the local HEB for all the ingredients for my dad's ceviche! Clark loves going to the store and we were all happy to just get out of the car. we were the first ones to arrive at the beach house (good thing my mom watched where they hid the key, haha) and I let Clark explore all over the house while my parents started dinner. it totally felt like vacation!
everyone arrived later that night and we ate ceviche, chips and guac, and yummy pineapple! after that the boys played this game they got addicted to all weekend. everything was going great until it was time for bed. Clark woke up while everyone was playing games and because the condo is pretty small, he couldn't go back to sleep since everyone was so loud. then when everyone else went to sleep, he still couldn't sleep! he's definitely a fan of routine and his crib so I think he was uncomfortable in the pack 'n play and knew we were somewhere else. we co-slept with him for I think the second time in his life and we all finally got some sleep! I think we all got only six hours of sleep but Mark took Clark when he woke up at 6:30 as usual and let me sleep in! he's the best :)
even though the nights were hard, the days were wonderful. on Friday we hit the beach!
I was so excited to see Clark's reaction to the ocean. he is such a water baby but unfortunately, it was too cold to swim. he loved watching the other kids play and eating snacks on the beach :)
when we weren't at the beach we were relaxing outside of the condo, watching all the boats go in and out. we loved taking Clark to the point, this big communal area with shady trees and grass for Clark to crawl around on while I tried to relax ;)
we only stayed for a few days and I think that's about the perfect amount of time when you have a baby. it's really not much of a vacation when no one gets any sleep! I need my sleep to function so I was happy to head home on Saturday and wake up on Easter Sunday morning in my own bed!
the next trip we take Clark on will be to Mark's family reunion in Colorado come July! he will be ONE.
