For my 30th birthday, we went down to stay at my grandmother's beach condo in Navarre. I had a wonderful time just hanging out with friends and family and taking in that salty air. Jerry had to meet us the following day, so i flew alone with Seth for the first time. I was very nervous, but as always, my little man suprised me and was wonderful! He had his very own seat and stayed buckled in the entire time. Portable DVD players are a blessing, it's just when you are instructed to turn them off during descent when things can get a little tough, but that's where lollipops and gummy bears came in handy!
Right before our trip, Seth was taking antibiotics for his 4th round of Strep. Well as we landed in Florida i noticed that Seth had a fever, so instead of going directly to the condo, we went straight to urgent care. Turned out he had an ear infection, so the doc changed his antibiotics and all was good again.
The next day, i had a few friends and family over to celebrate me and my mom's bdays. My friend Jamie made a beautiful cake, and i got to hang out with some friends i haven't seen in quite a while. It was a great day!
Seth had a great time and to my suprise LOVED the pool and the beach right away. The pool water was a little chilly, but Seth didn't care and had the best time. He loved the sand and spent most of his time rolling around in it. Even though he had a great time, he was also not himself during this trip. Everything was a fight...he didn't want to wear shoes, or he didn't like the shirt you picked out...typical 2 year old, only very exaggerated! The minute we arrived back home in St. Louis, he was his little angel self again. I think it was just the change in environment and routine that threw him off.
During that week at the beach, i noticed Seth's vocabulary again had stepped up a notch. He will tell you exactly what he wants and what he doesn't want, and when you ask him what dvd he wants to watch, the response is usually..."ummmm, i want to watch...Tarzan!" Also, our condo was on the 8th floor and i already knew that Seth could count to 3, but what i didn't know is that he can actually count to 9!! We would always count when going up and down the elevator and he counted every time. I also realized that he knows the concept behind the number 2. While watching fraggle rock, he saw a monster with 2 heads and proudly exclaimed, "two monsters!".
It was a great trip and Seth had the best time with Kate, Nanny, Papa and Aunt Lauren. He asks about them almost every day since we returned to St. Louis. I sure do miss them. Anyways, here is a slideshow of some pictures from our trip.
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