Slacking

I have been a slacker with the blogging lately. We've just been busy and not home. Okay, excuses aside, we went on our first even family vacation a few weeks back. It was fun, but no one told me that vacation with a baby was so tiring! :) We rented a cottage near (across the street) from Lake Michigan in a town called Leland, MI. We had been there before, visiting friends, and decided that it would make a good place to go with Parker on her first vacation. The first few days were really nice, so we spent a lot of time at the beach. Parker was very unsure about sand in the beginning. The first night we were there, we took her to a small beach (not really suitable for swimming or lounging in the sand, but perfect for sitting and watching the water). She despised the sand. She would fuss or cry every time her little feet touched it. We were a little worried and thought we might be in for a long week!

However, we tried the real beach the next afternoon and apparently all a baby needs to get over her fear of sand is a few toys and a bathing suit. She loved it. She was not so sure about the actual water however. She kept pointing at it, and liked to be held while one of us was standing in it, but didn't really want to get in herself. One day, she got distracted by some rocks and sat in it a little, but we mostly played in the sand.

We spent the evenings lounging in the yard. We found a supercute, tiny chair for Parker and she thought it was hilarious to sit with her Moms.

A week or so before vacation, Parker had started saying "whoa" when something interested her. I finally was able to catch that face on film...errrr....pixels?

The last couple of days were a little chilly, so we made a trip to visit the Grand Traverse lighthouse (I think that's what it was called.......) Anyway, here's Alicia and Parker by the Lake at the lighthouse.

Overally, a successful first vacation. We had fun. It was nice to be away from reality for a little bit. I will try to get a couple more posts up in the next few days. Summer is almost over. :(