Ocean City, New Jersey

The first week in August, we headed down to Ocean City, New Jersey for our first family vacation!  The week was perfect all around - great weather, lots of activities, and about as much relaxation as you can possibly get with an 8 1/2 month old!  Every day we walked to the bakery (I do believe I gained about 5 lbs!), went to the park so Richie could enjoy the swings (he always was a swing lover since infancy - ha!) and then most days headed to the beach for a bit.  We went to the boardwalk just about every night which is always fun!  The week went entirely too fast and we were sad to leave but have a lot of great memories from our trip :) 

Richie's 1st time on the beach!  Looks like he is already checking out some babes on the beach :)

 "Hmmm, this stuff sure looks interesting"

 "I think I'll just dive right in!"

 Daddy with Richie in the ocean

 "Take me to jump waves, Daddy!"

 Rich taking Richie on the monster truck on the boardwalk

 Richie with Mommy and Daddy at the sand castle contest!

 One team built a huge car! 

 Richie's 1st time on the carousel

 Mommy and Richie on the Dumbo ride

 Up we go!

 Daddy took Richie on his favorite ride - the jumping frogs!  Doesn't Rich look awfully comfy in that frog?!?! lol

 Granny and Pop with Richie on the boardwalk

 Our family on the boardwalk....Richie couldn't look at the camera cause he was too busy looking at the seagulls swarming us for Daddy's box of popcorn! 

 We got this tent for the beach but many days it was so darn windy on the beach that we left it at our house - Richie loved playing in it at the house though!

 One of the days was a bit windy and cold in the morning so we decided to go on the surreys - hopefully next year Richie can sit up front :) 

 The owners' of the condo even take little ones into consideration and had 2 of these little chairs set up in the family room!  Richie looked so cute in it.  Here's Richie all ready to head to the beach!  Thanks Pops for my cute "Little Shrimp" shirt from Sanibel :) 

 Steve and Heather came down to visit us for the day too!