Owen deciding whether or not to go in
Mom and the beach baby
Two pairs of troublemakers
Owen's introduction to slides
Peeking at mom
We got to have lunch with Melissa and Russ (North Carolina transplants), and their sons Chip and Ben at the end of our trip, giving us a look at how much busier a home with 2 kids can be than a 1 kid house. No pictures, but Ben and Chip were super well behaved and let Owen crash their party and play with their toys.
The story for most of the week, though, was me watching the little guy while Kristie was at the convention. And as much time as I normally spend with him, I feel like I got to know him a whole lot better after hanging out all day every day for a week. We stayed right in downtown Tampa just along the water and across the street from where the Lightning play. It was beautiful down there, and Owen and I started every day doing what became his favorite thing - walking along the water and pointing at all of the Pelicans, seagulls, etc.
It turns out that Tampa has a pretty awesome aquarium, and Owen loved it. He was completely enthralled being just a couple of inches from all of the animals. Kristie and I enjoyed it too, we even got to touch our first sting ray. Here are a few pictures:
Finally, while the water at the beach (which we visited again) was a little too cold for Owen, he did take a dip in the hotel pool, and he seemed to love it. He should be all set up for the lake at Grandma Carol's by the time summer rolls around in Chicago!
Owen splashing around
Searching for seashells
The jetsetter
1 comment:
we had so much fun! glad you were able to come down! jake is now pointing like crazy so thanks to owen for teaching him that!
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