vacation tidbits

What a nice drive it was, so much shorter than going to Daytona. Kaitlyn did great, she only started to get a little bored when we had about an hour to go, but the Elmo dvd saved us there. At each rest stop, she was so excited to walk everywhere to point out each flower to us.
She loves water, we were at the pool every single day- there was no rain until the night before we were leaving, so we had the most perfect weather for her to have the most fun. When we weren't at the pool she was busy standing at the balcony sliding glass door, keeping an eye on the water, letting us know it was still there.
The beach was okay, I've always heard such great things about Destin's beaches, so I guess when I got there I was a bit disappointed. It seems the created a sand wall to stop the waves from coming up, leaving no place for Kaitlyn or any other toddlers to sit in the sand and have the water come up to them. I'm not sure why they did that, but she was content with her bucket of sand, bucket of water, and shovels. There was also lots of traffic, and not many traffic lights, which made it a pain to get around places when you have to do u-turns and wait forever to be able to go. We did have a fun time at the Gulfarium though. Kaitlyn loved it, clapping and laughing. She was intrigued by the dolphins, just like Mommy. Seeing that brought tears to my eyes.
Now we're back home, somewhat settled in, all unpacked, and I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. Kaitlyn has I think 3 molars coming and her gums are swollen, making her miserable. Poor baby, I hope they cut through soon!