He started wailing the minute we put him into the sand, and then we tried putting his feet in the water and that was no good either. The mere mention of the word "sand" or "ocean" made him start crying. But, he was totally satisfied sitting on a towel or sitting in a beach chair. He just didn't want any part of the sand touching him and the few pieces that did get on him, he would freak out (it must be a stage because he hates anything on his hands these days!). He loved looking at all the people, and there were tons and tons of birds and planes for him to point at. He just chilled out! It was great. Joel and I were not expecting to be able to sit and enjoy the beach. We thought we would be chasing him around everywhere, but instead, he was completely immobile and it was awesome!
Oh yeah, and I had this cute little floppy hat that covered his ears, but he was obsessed with his Auburn hat and would not take it off! He does look pretty cute in it though!
Everything was good in Daddy's arms!
He LOVED the pool. He was a little fish and threw fits when we made him get out. It was so much fun.
Friday, we spent the morning at the beach and the pool and then Hudson took a 3 hour nap so I took full advantage and got some time to lay out and read my book too! It was fabulous! We then headed to the outlets to get a few things and had dinner at one of our favorites, the Red Bar! Child friendly and the food never disappoints!
Saturday was GAME DAY!!! War Eagle!!! We're working on teaching Hudson to say War Eagle, Hey. He has the "Hey" part down, and thinks the rest of it is so funny, but he won't say it yet. He'll have it in a few weeks. It's pretty much said once an hour around here and I'm pretty sure that's how we got him to smile in the picture below!
Hudson sporting his new Auburn t-shirt from Big Daddy. The landscaping in the courtyard around the pool wasn't finished yet, so it looks a little bad, but we still spent a lot of time out here throwing the football and chasing Hudson up to the gate to the pool and back!
This picture below just makes me laugh. I think Hudson is thinking, "Daddy, why are you wearing that crazy shirt? You look ridiculous!" Or, maybe that's what I was thinking. I swear he got a million looks at our walk that morning to Alys Beach and Rosemary!
We had another awesome day at the beach and the pool on Saturday. Hudson took a really long nap again and Joel was more than willing to stay inside and watch football while he napped so I could lay out again! The weather all weekend was incredible. We couldn't have asked for better weather at all!
Here we are blowing bubbles on the bluff waiting on game time. Hudson is sporting his jersey, which he looked so cute in!
Unfortunately, right before game time, Hudson started acting a little bit pitiful and fussy. We felt his head and of course, he was burning up. We didn't have our thermometer, but it was clear that he had a fever so I gave him some tylenol and we put him to bed early. I was so sad because we were having the best time at the beach and I didn't want him to be sick!
Joel and I cooked out steaks and enjoyed watching our Auburn Tigers! It was a little bittersweet not being there (we didn't get tickets this year for the first time), but at least we were at the beach! The game was great and we can't wait to see more of our new quarterback!
He looks like he doesn't feel good! You can see in the picture above though what his fever was all about. MOLARS. I hate those things and they have really caused havoc for Hudson. Thankfully, that appears to be all it was because the fever was gone the next day and he was good as new!
The water on Sunday was absolutely gorgeous so I thought Hudson might like to sit near the water in the hard sand. Wrong!!!
Joel took him out into the water, but it still was not fun for Hudson. Maybe next year!
He was really doing good with his swimming! He was kicking and using his arms. I was very impressed because at Waterbabies at the beginning of the summer, he had no interest in doing either.
He loved jumping off the side of the pool. We would say "1, 2, 3, jump" and he would do it. Most times, he would say "2" and then "jump." He thought it was so fun jumping and splashing!
We just love this boy so much!
He loved being thrown in the air too! He smiled every second that he was in that pool. 
This was the sunset on Sunday night. It was beautiful!
Hudson in his pjs messing with his new teeth...poor buddy!
Bedtime at this point...
Bedtime at this point...
I promise I was there too, but pictures of me with no makeup and in a bathing suit will NEVER be on the blog! Ha!
We really had the absolute best time this weekend and were all pretty depressed to have to leave the beach today. The weekend went by way too fast. I hate that we only got one beach trip this summer, but we'll make up for it next summer! Hopefully, Hudson won't be so scared of the sand and the ocean. We can't wait to build sandcastles and dig holes to China!
looks like ya'll had a blast! Wish we would have known you guys were down there (sounds like you were in the 30A area) we could have gone out to Bud & Alleys for drinks one night :-)
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