The Thursday before Memorial weekend all three of us took off for vacation in Galveston, Texas! We left the house bright and early that day, and believe it or not Gwen made the trip to Houston in three stops! She did great! It helps to have a DVD player with Barney on repeat. Thursday night and Friday were spent in Houston with Tamie's sister, Dallas, and her husband Gary. Saturday morning, Dallas and Gary paved the way through some wild traffic in Houston, and made it to our beach house!
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| Our vacation house! |
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| The view from our back deck. |
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| The back side of the house. |
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| The neighborhood. |
We didn't waste any time going straight to the beach. It was Gwen's first time in the ocean! She took right to the water and loved playing in the sand. Tamie and I couldn't stop smiling watching our little girl play.
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| REAL sand!! |
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| Dad, introducing Gwen to the ocean. |
Our house was actually not in Galveston, technically the house was in Jamaica Beach, about 18 miles south of Galveston. It was quiet and comfortable for our little girl to play outside, away from a very busy Galveston beach.
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| I want to play in the water! |
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| Staying up late can result in some goofy faces! |
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| Staying up late also results in some pretty pictures! |
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| Gwen climbing all over dad! |
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| Saying CHEESE with mommy! |
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| And here's the results of staying up late! |
Along with our beach house rental, came access to a pool and lazy river. We tried the pool and river, but our little one preferred the real thing, the ocean! Gwen loved playing in the seaweed and gloppy sand.
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| Finding gloppy sand. |
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| Future Baywatch beach babe! Running on the beach. |
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| Trying out the lazy river. |
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| Drawing in the wet sand. |
Tuesday, we had to leave and make the 12 hour drive back home. Gwen didn't fair so well on the ride home. Lets just say it was a long ride for all three of us. Barney on DVD got yet another workout... Tamie and I lost count, but we're pretty sure we watched Barney six or seven times. Barney is taking a vacation for a while!
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| Watching Barney. |
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| One last pic of the ocean. |
