Monday, January 21, 2013

Lucas's Day at the Beach

Yesterday, we, along with my parents, took Lucas to the beach for the first time. The weather in San Diego has been gorgeous this past week, definitely worth the sunshine tax we pay. It was about 75 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.

Preparing for a beach day with your eight-month-old seems like preparing for a land invasion of some kind. We are all quite pale and need to be protected from the sun, so even more is required than usual. We had a tent for the baby, an umbrella for the adults, beach chairs, snacks, diaper bag, towels and quilts, a blender, and some power tools. Okay, I'm kidding on the last two, but it was a formidable pile and it took all four of us using all eight of our arms to transport everything and the baby in one trip.

We had originally wanted to go out to Coronado, my favorite San Diego beach, but settled for Ocean Beach because it's right by our church and easier to access. After church, we grabbed sandwiches at Chris's Liquor, the best sandwich place in San Diego, and enjoyed a nice picnic after we set up our home base on the beach. Lucas snacked on some sweet potatoes and puffs, although he threw most of the latter into the sand. Hopefully the gulls enjoyed them later.

Lucas LOVED the beach, it was so fun to see. He giggled at the ocean when he saw it for the first time, and we set him down to put his toes in the sand because he loves standing up so much lately. He "found" a mussel shell that he loved and tried his hardest to eat, and kept stopping to examine the sand coating his hands with absolute fascination. He visited the shoreline a few times, and played "crawl on the Mama and Dada jungle gym" in the shade of his tent for a long time too. The only part he didn't like was when Gramps insisted that he put his toes in the mid-50-degree ocean, but he bounced back quickly.

He was utterly exhausted afterward, and fell asleep so hard that I was able to take him out of his car seat and carry him to his crib without even opening an eye, even though he was past due for a feeding. Very unlike him!

We'll definitely be taking him to the ocean again. It was worth the prep!

Lucas had a great time checking out the waves!

Speaking of waves, they were pretty big!

Gram and Mama had a wonderful time too.

Whoa, Mom! This is awesome!

Happy mama.

Sandy toesies.

Thanks for bringing me, Dad!

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