Beach part 1

We made it to the beach Saturday afternoon. C slept a whole 30 minute in the car ;) but we survived and were excited to get out of the car. I must have had car legs because 5 steps out of the truck, I fell in the Publix parking lot. 36 weeks pregnant... I'm sure it was a site ;) I recovered fast though and only scraped up my left knee and elbow. Mama instinct made me super athletic and protect my big ole belly, haha. After getting some groceries, we checked in the room and just spent the evening eating pizza and hanging with family. Sunday AM Colin woke up with a fever and in an awful mood. W knew immediately it was his ear again. We just finished his antibiotic earlier this week and thought we were all in the clear. But just like last time, it wore off and came on back. Thankfully Derek ran out to CVS and got him some stronger antibiotics while C and I walked to the beach for a bit.
 

Sleepy boys lounging :)

We came up to relax with a movie and thankfully got Colin to eat some lunch. His reward was a cookie- can you tell he's my child? ha

Monday morning we woke up a little better and ready to play outside!

Water baby

My 2 twin loves ready for Desotos! One of our favorite places down here!

 

Little man has been a bit more difficult than our normal day to day. He's usually pretty well behaved with Derek and I, but once he's around a group he shows off...and not in a good way, ha. It can be tiring watching all your hard work with discipline fly out the window when people come around, no matter who is around. A few good time outs and I think he is getting that good behavior is important on vacations too :) I wish everyone could just see and know the sweet, smart boy that lives at our house :) One of my favorite books talks a lot on how this age pushes/tests parents so much because they know parents is their source of unconditional love. Sure hope he does know that :)
Thankfully this phase won't last long and we'll all survive to the next one. Of course, having an ear infection, diarrhea, and not being at home definitely hasn't helped the tantrums. We'll cut him some slack ;)

We did a low key dinner tonight and went to one of our favorites close by- Cottons. C was rather peaceful, thank goodness. It's really not fun for any toddler to sit at a restaurant for hours 5+ nights in a row, but we love seafood too much to give up just yet! Although he seemed much better yesterday, today fever came back. Go away germs!

We had homemade ice cream with brownies tonight at Doozie and Nana's condo next door. Nana's ice cream bucket was a winner in Colin's eyes! After bed we had adult game night and that was fun and pretty hilarious. I'm lucky to have married into a sweet, fun family.