bye bye to summer beach trip

The Herndons said goodbye to this crazy hot summer with one last trip to the beach. It was a little... interesting taking a 10 month old who doesn't sit still and puts everything in her mouth to the land of sand, but we managed. She stayed in the stroller during our walks on the beach and spent very little time actually on the beach blanket. She LOVED floating in the pool in her raft. So far she's a little swimmer- whenever she's in the water she kicks her legs and tries to put her face in the water!

We took advantage of the early evening hours (and the early morning hours as well) on the beach when Tucker could run and play with us.

We didn't see any dolphins in the water this trip - unfortunately. Thats my favorite part of southern beaches... but we did get to see lots of fish swimming in the surf while we swam. Maddie was VERY brave girl and let us take her out into the ocean with her swimmies on. She did great riding up over the waves and even floating for a bit by herself. Go Maddie!