Life's a Beach!

At the end of October, we went on a family vacation to Florida. All of Sam's grandparents joined us, too. It was really nice spending easy time together, enjoying the sun and sand and, of course, Sam. He got a lot of practice walking on the beach. He would walk and walk without ever looking back to see if someone was with him. He is so fearless!

I didn't take that many pictures since we had the Papparazzi with us (i.e. Karen and Steve), but here's a sampling:

I enjoyed getting to savor my coffee at the grandparent condo while Sam got his fix of lovin'

The sand felt like flour!

One of two cloudy days all week:

Ahoy, I spy a ship over yonder!

 Sam loves pretending that anything is a phone. He'll hold it up to his ear and imitate us. But of course, he prefers the real deal. Here, looking slightly sinister, he's got my droid in hand:

The Siesta Key beach was beautiful:

My mom role-models, Karen and Beth:

We celebrated Sam's 1st birthday together and played with the decorations:

Stackin buckets: