Destin- Part 1

Austin & I were lucky enough to spend last week in Destin, FL with my parents! They bought our tickets to come visit while Shane was in San Francisco doing some training! We flew out on Saturday afternoon & got settled at the house...before embarking on a very long night. Once again Austin was terrified of sleeping in a crib/in a room alone that is not his own. So he ended up sleeping in my bed every night & for naps everyday. That sounds simple enough, right? It wasn't- I had to lay next to him until he fell asleep whether that took 10 minutes or an hour. My mom also started rocking him to sleep and that helped too (he won't do that for me.) But then again, there is a lot he will do for Gigi and not for mommy- like talk. Oh yes, he's now said:

Mama
Dada
Papa
Gigi
Beach
Mo (his stuffed moose)
Fish
Thank you

Since I'm posting a lot of pics, I'm breaking the posts down into 4 separate ones... so here goes

Sunday
After church we ate lunch at The Crab Trap! Austin was acting somewhat afraid of the beach/water, but we thought maybe it was just because he hadn't slept much the night before. We relaxed after lunch & then ate dinner with friends from church that evening!

Eating lunch- he thought it was neat that his lunch was served in a bucket!


Checking out the beach


Smiling at Nana (my mom's friend, Linda) at dinner


Monday
Austin woke up between 5:45-6:30 every morning we were there.. not fun since he usually sleeps until 8:30 at home. My mom was sweet enough to watch Austin while I went walking around the neighborhood or the beach for some exercise in the mornings. We headed to the beach & discovered that Austin was TERRIFIED of the water & the sand. Hopefully this phase will pass, as he loved it just a few months ago when we visited. We ate lunch at our favorite beach place, Pompano Joe's & then ran errands. My mom also fixed dinner almost every night- which I REALLY enjoyed!

His "safe place"- sitting with mommy on the beach towel


He would not let us put his feet in the water either- very scared of the waves


Proof


The beach


He looks so grown up in this pic


Mommy & Austin at lunch


Love that smile


Our view at Pompano Joe's


Tuesday
The highlight of Tuesday was riding the carousel 4 times! He was a little scared on the first ride, but was mad when we had to leave after the 2nd-4th rides!

1st ride- holding onto Gigi


A bit more confident (he was smiling- I just never got a good picture of that because he usually turns his head away when he sees the camera)


Gigi scratching his back when we got home- he went into a trance... loved it!