Not totally the beach post....

Sorry I did not post from the beach! I did not bring my computer and posting via mobile is not the easiest thing to do.

We honestly needed to get away. I saw a meme that said vacation to everyone who doesn't live in Florida means somewhere else...that is warmer, and most likely Disney- and that vacation when you live in Florida means -to travel somewhere nearer to a beach in a different part of Florida that is away from Disney. This was very true for us this weekend. Normally we are pretty partial to Disney and those that know us know that Disney is close to our hearts. We love the company and they are pretty important to us ;-) However, all of our vacations as a married couple have been to Disney and we had not gotten away since Bryce was 5 months old!

The house we stayed in was a friend's and it was awesome. Split level 3 bedroom fully stocked home. Probably could walk to the beach but it would be a bit far...but literally a 2 minute drive to the shore. You can hear the ocean waves from the driveway. Just what we needed.

When we arrived at the house we put Bryce down for a nap. Later that afternoon we went to the beach. Bryce was NOT having it. Something about the whole water rushing at you thing wasn't appealing to him. He played in the water with Keith for a bit but mostly played in the sand. Went 'home' (felt like home) and he went to bed. I was very surprised he was cooperative for sleeping in a new place. Maybe the appeal of a king-sized bed? I know it sure appealed to me! Keith and I spent the evening watching Once Upon a Time (I got him in to the show after YEARS of telling him he'd like it and he finally gave in and now he's HOOKed. <---get it? HA!) The next morning we just sort of lounged around and took our time. Went down to the beach and played for a few hours. This time Bryce gave in to his sea-side and happily splashed around in the deadly rip-currant (undertoe? same thing? I dunno) waves. We had to hold him the. entire. time. Any time we loosened our grip he got sucked down. I am not exaggerating. It was really bad. The BEST part of this event was seeing the dolphins. I know it's probably old news for some but it always seems magical to me to see these wild and amazing creatures swimming freely in the ocean. We came 'home' and showered and put Bryce down for nap again. When he got up we were really tempted to go to the beach again but seeing as how there was sand in places we didn't know we had, we decided to keep our clean showers in their rightful place and find something else to do. We decided to go to Cocoa Beach Pier and see the sights. It was already dark when we got there so we couldn't really see the ocean very well and the pier itself is moreso bars and restaurants. Had it not been our year anniversary of eating paleo- I might have splurged- but we stayed good. We went back to the house and that was that. Took Bryce back to the beach this morning but the rip currant was even stronger and the waves were pretty big so he was not so sure again. He kept saying 'bye beach see you later'. We had an amazing time. Here are some pictures marking the vacation...