Florida Beaches are Wonderful

If you ever want to find out how many swimsuits a little girl has, just take her to the beach and you will most certainly find out.  If you ever wondered how many swimsuits a little girl needs, I recently discovered that it’s about two a day.  You will notice that the pictures don't show Addison wearing the same one twice...

I can hear the sound she's making when we took this picture, a sound that is inquisitive.  However, every time I see this picture, I fast forward about 12 years and imagine her saying, "Dad, what...are...you...doing!  Hello!"

We just returned from a week in Florida, and what a wonderful week it was.  We discovered that a week on the beach with an eighteen-month old isn’t as relaxing as we thought it would be, but it’s still more relaxing than a week in Tulsa.  

Addison was a little apprehensive about the ocean when she first dipped her little piggy toes in the water, but quickly warmed up to it once she had a solid death grip around one of our necks. 

By the end of the trip, we found out a couple of new things about Addison:  1)  She has an iron gut, because she can take down about a pound of beach sand and not get ill and 2) she has no problem jumping into a pool as long as someone is there to catch her.