The First Vacation!

We just got back from Cape Cod, which was a very enjoyable, relaxing family vacation. We went with my in-laws, Papa and Nana, uncle Mikey and his girlfriend, Sadie’s cousin from home and her cousins from CT who have a two year old daughter. Believe it or not, it was a great way to travel. Having them there was not only fun but it was easy, if Sadie wasn’t with my wife or myself she was always being looked after by someone who knows her very well, cares about her greatly and that we trust wholeheartedly. Sadie’s interaction with her two year old cousin was really something, They played and exchanged toys with each other, ate sand together, floated in the ocean on inner-tubes together and totally enjoyed each others company. We hit a few benchmarks on this trip as well. It was the first time Tater flew in a plane and she did pretty well. Initially she was extremely curious of all the people on the plane and looked around for quite some time when we boarded each way. On our way there we were stagnant on the plane in the boarding area for about an hour and a half. (that’s the amount of time the flight takes to get there) Sadie did great through out that time but got antsy around hour number two on the plane so we had to pop in a nursery rhymes DVD so we could keep her occupied. She did throw up when we were getting ready to land, it didn’t phase her one bit but the majority of the vomit landed in my wife’s lap and it looked like she peed herself.

Another benchmark we hit was Sadie’s first time in the ocean. She loved playing in the sand and swimming in the ocean. The sand got EVERYWHERE. When we cleaned her off after the beach it was like she took a gigantic poop made of sand, her diaper was full of it and it stuck to her like a poop she squashed by repeatedly sitting on it. The ocean was pretty cold but she enjoyed floating around on her tube and would constantly lick her lips because of the salt water. The beach that we went to the majority of the time was perfect for toddlers and little kids. The tide would go out about 200+ feet and would leave behind and number of little wadding pools that warmed up nicely in the sun. These pools were ideal for crawling around in, building sand castles, or just chilling and people watching, they were also great to learn how to skim board on, which I tried and concurred with uncle Mikey. his girlfriend and Sadie’s cousin. My wife tried it once and it almost put her out of commission, thankfully it didn’t, she just walked funny for a few days.