Quick trip to the beach!

After a long and time consuming tax season, we took the first opportunity we could to go to the beach. Ryan went down on Thursday for Ty's bachelor party and then Ali and I rode down with Mimi and Big Papa on Sunday for a short little getaway. (Ryan had to be back at work on Wednesday) It was short and sweet but just so nice to get away! The whole way down Ali kept saying her ABCs (she can say them up to D and it is hilarious b/c she is so proud of herself and wants to say it all the time!). She pretty much talked and ate the whole way down until she dozed off for a nap. She's a little chatterbox! She kept us all entertained while down there - copying every bad thing Uncle Sig did. Ryan and I thought she was hilarious b/c one night at dinner she was clapping her hands and saying yay (and making sure everyone saw her!) and at the end, she was stuck with her hands together after clapping, so she bowed her head and said Amen! It was hilarious! Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures of us at the beach b/c we only made it to the actual beach one time - for about 30 minutes! Ali did NOT like the sand touching her bare feet. She seriously stepped off of the towel, felt the sand on her foot and held her foot as high as her shoulder to get me to wipe it off and to not have to touch it anymore. I was amazed she stayed balanced! I'm not much of a sand person myself so I understand! We're heading back to the beach at the beginning of June for much longer, so hopefully we will get more pictures then. We did go for lots of walks, though and it felt so good down there and Ali loved looking at all of the birds (except for black birds that terrified her!), trees, cars, dogs, etc. Here is a shot of Ali after one of our walks - she was pooped!