Today we went to the beach.Even though we look close to the water on a map we are actually about an hour from the beach (the water around us is delta). So we drove over to Mississippi today close to Biloxi to check out the beach. This was Chance's first time really play and getting in the water at the beach. I am sure you guessed form the way I talk about him liking water but he loved the beach. There is a bit of a walk from the car to the water over very hot sand which burnt my feet but I was carr
ying Chance so his little toes were just fine. Then when we go to the water we let him go and he immediately started to play. He wasn't afraid of the waves or anything. There aren't too many waves to worry about in the Gulf but still. He picked up the sand and threw it in the water and then he sat down and let the water rush over him with the waves. That was not enough so eventually he just laid down and splashed water all over. We walked up and down the beach and Chance played the
whole way. At one point we had to walk down the beach a little farther because we saw some Jellyfish and did not want his first trip to the beach to turn into a memory of a Jellyfish sting. We were safe though, we also saw a bunch of little fish swimming around and an eel thing that had washed up on shore( see his pictures in our Flickr photos (new pictures link)). We played for about an hour and I think Chance could have played a lot longer but with the drive and since our trip was kind of impromptu anyway we headed back home. I think as the weather 
gets a little cooler in the fall we will plan a trip back to the beach and stay longer. Now Chance has been in the Pacific (though is was too cold to really go swimming) and the Gulf of Mexico now we just need to get him in the Atlantic and he will have hit all sides of the continent and to think he is only 18 months old ok 18 and a half. I think since Scott and I both love to travel Chance is going to be a well traveled little guy. On the way back to the car Scott carried Chance back to the car since he had shoes on and I needed to run so I did not burn my feet again. Note to self: 
take better beach shoes next time you go to the beach.
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What a big boy! Everytime we took the girls to the beach when they were little they didn't really like where the water hit the sand. I think it was too loud and too large and it scared them. Being older now they will probably enjoy it more. You would think with us living in FL we would go to the beach more but it's been over a year or so since our last trip.
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