As Gary mentioned in an earlier post, we took Nathan to Ocean City this past weekend. It was not only his first trip to the beach but his first overnight away from home. Since this was also OUR first time traveling with Nathan, its safe to say we overpacked just a little bit…did we really need the activity mat, the bumbo AND the bouncy seat for a 3 day trip? Probably not. The bathtub might have been overkill, but I did use it one night since we’d put sunblock on Nathan. And I’d love to say that we’ll know better next time, but I bet our car is just as overloaded for the next trip…which will be to Ithaca for a wedding and to see my mom…so mom, be warned!

Nathan was very smiley and chatty and had lots of fun talking to everyone most of the weekend.

Nathan and Oma

Nathan got to spend a little time with his cousins, Ben and Jacob. I think they are mildly amused by him but he’s not terribly interesting to them yet. Maybe when he’s older and they can all wreak havoc together. Nathan was a little fussy before the picture but Jacob had the magic touch and he was good to go as soon as Jacob was holding him.

We made a big family excursion with him to the beach one evening for family pictures. I don’t think he was particularly thrilled with the wind and cool humid air, but once we had him a little more bundled up and he’d expressed his frustration by spitting up on mom’s shirt, he did just fine.

It appears none of us were particularly thrilled with the sun in our eyes and the wind in our hair. Opa definitely had the right idea with the sunglasses.

Oma and Opa watched Nathan one night so Gary and I could have a nice dinner out. We had a great meal, and a little much needed time as a couple.

Here’s our little family right before we left for dinner

We even got Nathan dressed up for the occasion. It was a somewhat wasted effort since, unfortunately for Oma, Nathan was so pooped he fell asleep shortly after we left and didn’t make a peep the rest of the night!

We took Nathan mini-golfing with us one afternoon. We put him in the bjorn and I tried to keep him shaded most of the time. I somehow managed to have a pretty good one-handed golf game.

Our last morning there, Gary and I took Nathan back down to the beach for some family time in the sand. Nathan was so excited about it that he slept through the entire excursion.

So that about covers it. There are a lot more pictures from our trip in the photo albums link.

Next year- Outer Banks!

Nathan and his big sun hat thank you for reading about our first traveling adventure.