A Little Bit Blessed: Destin

Summer vacation! We went to Destin this year again and it was wonderful! Lilly did great in the car. We broke up the drive into a two day event. She enjoyed having me sit in the back seat with her and we caved in and bought a DVD player so she could watch Sesame Street.

Our condo looked over the bay and the beach was just a short walk over the sky-bridge. Such an excellent place to go as a family if you're interested - Destin West Beach and Bay Resort. Lilly's favorite part was the lazy river. She liked sitting in Matt's lap in the tube and floating around chewing on her sunglasses.

Lilly woke up around 5:30 every morning so we would get dressed and sneak out so we wouldn't wake anyone up. We went to the Donut Hole a couple of times to indulge in some breakfast. At one point Matt and I were eating our donuts - a chocolate iced devils food and a powdered sugar apple filled - and we were like "Hey, we're totally eating chocolate cake and apple pie for breakfast! How cool is this?!" It's allowed on vacation :)

We took Lilly to the beach only once. This face pretty much sums up how she felt about the sand:

Matt and I had several opportunities to go bask in the sun alone since Grandpa and GG were there to baby sit. We saw dolphins, sailboats, and lots of birds. Does anyone know why there are ugly pigeons on the beach? What's up with that?

There was a guy fishing on the beach one morning and this stupid bird swooped down and bit the hook! So the guy reeled him in and a swarm of birds watched as he freed him.

One of my favorite parts was going to the pool/lazy river area during Lilly's first nap, which was around 8:30 since she woke up so early in the morning! There was no one there and Matt and I splashed and played like kids. It was awesome!!

Date night!! We had gelato after our meal and walked around and watched an intense game of beach volleyball. It was a highlight of the trip.