Our Growing Family: First Beach Trip

This past weekend we loaded up the car and headed to Gulf Shores for a few days for some much needed relaxation.
Addison did fantastic! I was worried about traveling 5 hours with a 6 week old, but she slept 4 out of the 5 hours! Not a whimper the whole trip! I know.. I know.. sounds unbelievable even to me, but it's true. We had a traumatic experience on I 65 headed to the beach. We (everyone but me and April- we were tending to our little ones) saw a truck flip right in front of us on the interstate. We were the first people on the scene. Luckily everyone in the truck was okay. But it shook us all up. We could have easily been in the wreck if we had left our gas station 1 min. earlier. (Thanks Addison :) she wasn't in her carseat yet due to the fact she was still eating when everyone was ready to pull out.) The good Lord was watching out for our family and we are so thankful we made it to the beach safely and that those people were alright as well. Other than that event it was a very relaxing and enjoyable vacation. For the record, my child was NOT tortured by being dragged out in the hot sun to burn and sweat miserably. She only got on the beach when the sun was about down. Next year we will be doing some serious playing in the water ;)

All SMILES! On our way to the beach!