our blessed nest: Beach Trip

Today Sean and I took Jace to his first trip to the beach. After searching online for the best beach for a little one we picked Corona del Mar. I was so excited to take Jace, I had visions of us playing in the water, strolling along the tide, napping in the warm sun.... however our beach adventure wasn't quite that wonderful. I should have known by the night we had that it was going to be a rough morning (just so you're filled in Jace would NOT sleep last night, I eventually ended up holding him in my arms from 2-4:45, he slept in his swing from 5-6 and then back in our bed till 8) With all that being said I still jumped out of bed when the alarm went off. We surprisingly made it out of the house by 9:30 only 15 mins after I wanted to. We found really good parking, but had to walk down quite a hill, which of course meant having to walk up that hill. We found a good spot on the beach, not so close to others. The weather was still kinda chilly and overcast. Jace was in a pretty good mood for the first 15 minutes. We walked him down to the water, he put his toes in the water and sand and didnt mind it at all. We went back up to the towels and Jace's mood completely changed. He would not stop crying. We tried walking him, but that only seemed to make it worse. He must have cried for 75% of the time. On top of the crying I got pooped on by a dumb seagull on my leg. It was then that I figured our beach trip was going to be short lived. Luckily Sean was able to get Jace to fall asleep and we packed up and headed home. The beach was crowded, there was flies everywhere and the sun did not come out until about 25 minutes before we left. So its safe to say our trip definitely was not the trip I had visioned, but I figure we will try the beach again maybe when he is a little older. I am just thankful that we had the opportunity to take Jace to the beach together for the first time. And we did get some good pictures, somehow :]