Little Bug At The Beach

Since we only have 2 weeks left here in Monterey (it hurts my heart to say that) I decided to take full advantage of my Saturday. Hercules and a couple of his friends wanted to go run on the beach so I decided to tag along and invite one of my friends and her adorable kids. We got all packed up and headed to our favorite beach spot and set up our blanket. 

I was worried about taking Lila since we haven't taken her since she started crawling. I thought for sure it would be a nightmare... and sure enough I set her on the blanket and she headed straight for the sand. I held her up so she could put her feet in and tried my darndest to keep her hands and the rest of her body sand free. After 20 or so minutes of my best efforts I just gave up.. I decided to let her win and have her fun so I plopped her down right in the sand, she didn't move from that spot for over an hour. She just kicked her feet and picked up sand and played with it. She was so happy and perfectly content. I was completely shocked that she didn't try to eat the sand (we have been at the "put everything I see in my mouth" stage for a couple months now). Lila even talked to the sand.. that's how you know she's the happiest, she talks to things..it's strange, but incredibly endearing.

After all this time of enjoyable beach time curiosity finally got the best of our little bug and she decided to lay flat on her stomach, mouth wide open and tongue all the way out and she came up with a mouth and face full of sand.... I was worried she was disgusted but she just laughed and licked my hand to get the sand out of her mouth. We washed it down with a bit of water and I decided it wouldn't kill her and would probably just help out her digestive tract.. I mean I have heard animals eat rocks and stuff for that right? Well either way that's my story and I am sticking to it :).

After about an hour and a half Lila ventured from her spot and crawled all over the beach. She loves the sand and it showed. She had sand everywhere, no doubt I will be finding it all over for the next week. Needless to say, we had a great time and didn't want to come home but we all needed some food and a nap!

These are the days I can't imagine my life without my little wing lady. Things like going to the beach make me feel like a kid again, I really think having children is the best way to "relive" those childhood years. I'm sure it will only get better with time. I am so grateful and so blessed to be Lila's mommy even when I have to clean sand from her ears, mouth, hair, diaper and everything else!



Photo: Courtesy of Morgan Slade :) Thanks Lady!