1st Trip to the Beach

I know Im a bit bias, but aren't these two just so handsome? Seriously though. They are my favorite.

Ace's Grandma passed away on the 2nd of February, and Ace's brother Mars and his wife Kaitlin had a baby on the 3rd. We were able to go to Florida for a week and enjoy a bitter sweet visit with lots of wonderful family.

My camera spent the entire week in Albuquerque in the trunk of our car. But my mother-in-law, Christine, sent me some wonderful pictures of Garret's first trip to the beach. These are the only pictures I have of our trip and I really love them so I thought I'd share.

Garret was a little unsure about the waves coming into the beach. Before they reached him, he would run back to Ace and throw himself on his legs. But Ace finally took his hand and they walked out until the waves came flowing over their feet. After that Garret wasn't afraid of anything, and he didn't stay dry either.

As far as parenting goes, I think Ace and I are a pretty good mix.
I don't like when Garret's clothes get wet or dirty. I only have enough energy to get him dressed once a day so if he gets dirty, the clothes just come off and stay off. That's probably why we have so many pictures of Garret just in his diaper. However, Ace does not care one bit if Garret's clothes get messy, and honestly he could careless about his own clothes too.

So Garret was wet.

On the other hand Ace doesn't like when Garret has food or dirt all over his face and hands. He is much better at keeping Garret's face, hands and body clean. Since Im home all day with Garret I find the battle of keeping his little face clean a lost cause. He is always sticking something in his mouth and often times it ends up all over his face. So on my watch Garret has dirt, chocolate, food, marker/pen/crayon, and other various things all over his face and body.

There is no exception for sand.

(although after he tasted it once, the sand and shells stayed out of his mouth)

He was wet and sandy but I think Garret's first trip to the beach was a great experience.

BUT SERIOUSLY, handsome boys huh?