Destin Day 5 Continued

Here are the rest of the pictures from Day 5 (Thursday) as I promised the other day.  I had a hard time narrowing them down so I posted quite a few.  I only took over 150 pictures with my DSLR camera in the 2 hours we were at the beach on Thursday!  Eli was in a great mood that morning and posing like a little model for the camera (very rare these days).  I took advantage and took as many pictures as I could before my battery went dead.  I have some cute videos too I will work on posting later.

Destin Day 5

This morning was as perfect as a trip to the beach can get!  We got out to the beach before 9am and we practically had the beach to ourselves!  The water was a little choppy because we were supposed to have some storms this afternoon but we were still able to get in and enjoy our last day at the beach.  Eli actually wanted to get in the ocean and loved running in the waves!  And he actually stopped to smile and let me take pictures of him too!  I snapped away!  Of course when I have 100+ pictures of him at the beach on my camera the computer won't recognize my camera (this happens sometimes).  I uploaded the few pictures I have from my other camera but the good ones won't come until later.  Sorry!

We did get some thunderstorms this afternoon for about 3 hours.  It was kind of nice to have some rain since we haven't seen a cloud since getting here on Sunday!  It helped cool off the temperatures and gave us an excuse to do some more shopping :)

For dinner we went to eat at our favorite restaurant in town, McGuire's Irish Pub.  We had been looking forward to this all week.  I know it sounds weird for our favorite place to be an Irish pub in the heart of Florida where they are known for their seafood but let me tell you!  They have the BEST steaks EVER!  After eating seafood all week we are always ready for a good steak.  It's the perfect way to end the vacation.

Okay, here are the few pictures from my small point and shoot camera.

Chad and Eli at McGuire's

Inside McGuire's they have dollar bills ALL OVER the place!  Hanging from the ceiling, all over the walls, they are just everywhere.  Of course we had to leave our mark!

Chad was trying to tell Eli to give a "thumbs up" for the picture.  This is what Eli did instead.  So Chad followed Eli and did what he was doing.  Silly boys!

My sweet Eli.  He was really good at dinner tonight!  Actually he was pretty good most of the day!  Maybe he's getting out of his mood and back to my sweet boy!  Gotta love that ketchup face!

Playing at the beach

Action shot.  Caught mid-air!

Preparing to run in the waves

And I will leave you with a cute story from tonight that had us laughing so hard.

Chad was laying in bed with Eli before he fell asleep.

Eli says, "Daddy, what stinks?"

Chad replies, "I pooted".

Eli says, "Daddy, go potty"!

We both fell out laughing!  That boy is full of it!

Love him so much!

Destin Day 4

Today was another great day in Destin!  The weather has remained perfect and the ocean was the best it has been all week!  The waves were really low and the water the perfect temperature.  We definitely can't complain!  Even Eli was in a little better mood today!  We chose to take a beach/pool break this afternoon and try to do a little shopping.  After shopping we went to dinner and then to get ice cream.  More about our after-dinner adventures below...

Putting Daddy to work.

 Stopping for a picture

Washing his hands off in the ocean

Trying to ignore me while working hard

Trucking at the beach

I love this little face so much!

Taking a break from the beach and playing at the pool

Swimming with Daddy

"Hiding" from Mommy

Being silly at dinner

Sweet face :)

These next pictures were taken by Eli.  He loves to get my camera and take pictures!  Maybe he will be a photographer one day?!

Gotta love looking at the world through toddler eyes!

Finally a picture of Eli and me!  See I really am here on vacation with Chad and Eli!  I'm just always behind the camera!

After dinner we ran by the local promenade to stop at the book store and for ice cream.  While I was getting ice cream for us Eli was supposed to be playing on the playground with Chad.  Well there just happens to be a water spout area right beside the playground.  Chad said Eli went down the slide one time and then spotted the water.  As soon as he got off the slide he made a B-line for the water!  He was so fast Chad couldn't stop him before he was soaking wet.  Chad just took off his shirt and let him run wild.  Eli had the best time and we did too just watching him.  He laughed and giggled the entire time.  I think he had more fun tonight than he has the entire vacation.  We stayed there for at least an hour!  I know someone who will sleep good tonight  :) 

We plan to go back tomorrow!



His diaper was so swollen it was pushing his shorts down!  Crazy boy couldn't have cared less!

This is the end result.  A cold, wet little boy who played his heart out!

Tomorrow is our last full day here.  I'm sad our vacation is coming to an end but I'm looking forward to getting back in our routine.  I always love vacation but I also love going home when it's over.  I guess that's a good thing.  I love our simple life at home!