Beach baby

Today was Riley's first trip to the beach. Of course it wasn't the ocean beach, instead it was a lake beach - so it was a little smaller and no waves. So how has it been that it is August 1st and this is only the first time we've been to the beach with Riley?? Well I blame the weather this summer. Most days it's been rainy or chillier than usual...I keep asking myself, "where was this weather last summer when I was 8 & 9 months pregnant with Riley???" But I digress, since this is all about Riley!

So off to Sylvan Beach we went on this beautiful 80 something degree day!! Here is Riley putting her feet in the sand for the very first time. At first she didn't like the feeling, but literally within seconds she was fine.


To get used to the sand we played in it first and made sand molds of butterflies and dinosaurs.


Riley LOVED the water! We couldn't keep her out of it. At one point she was shivering and her lips were slightly blue so we took her out of it and sat her on the towel. All of the sudden we look up and Riley is crawling towards the water - she moved so quickly we never got a chance to take a picture of her doing it for fear she would hit the water without us.


She played nicely on her blanket with her shovel and pail and sand molds.


Of course that wasn't as much fun as being in the water!!


It was a successful trip to the beach. Daddy is already making plans to hit up another beach in two weeks. We can't wait - let's hope for some nice weather!!