The Beach

Last year when we went to the beach, Rayna was barely sitting. It's amazing the difference just a year makes. We weren't sure how she was going to react to the sand, the ocean and just the overall excitement of the beach, but she LOVED it! It was a tough call on what her favorite thing was, but I'd have to say it was splashing in the ocean waves. She had no fear...although I had enough for her! She wanted to just run right into the ocean without holding our hands. She would get knocked down and just get right back up. Rolling in the sand was probably her second favorite. Each morning we would go through the routine of getting sunblock on and then her bathing suit. As soon as the suit was on she was at the door saying "side" (outside) or "wawa" (water). She wouldn't rest until someone would take her to the ocean. I was a bit worried that she would go through withdraw after we got back, but she actually seemed happy to be back home with Sugar, Fred and Bam Bam.