The Adventures of Barbie Dolls and Super Heroes: Va-cation!

We had the opportunity for Scott to work on his parent's condo in Panama City a few weekends ago and we jumped on the opportunity to make a vacation out of it. We desperately NEEDED this little getaway. Since the day we found out about Nolan, we haven't had one single weekend to do what we want to do. We've been here, there, over there, to and from, and Scott has been a working fool these days. We left our house on a Thursday night around Mackenzie's bedtime and headed south. We only stopped ONCE and that was because Scott and I were starving and even though Nolan was sound asleep, I knew it would be a smart idea to feed him then as opposed to somewhere in the middle of lower Alabama and Florida on the side of the dark, dark road in the middle of the night. Whoever invented the portable DVD player, I'm forever grateful! Scott won it years ago at a Lowe's contractor luncheon and he wanted to give it to Goodwill said years ago, but we inevitably held onto it and it has been the best. Mackenzie quietly watched Dora and Diego until she told me that she was ready for night, night and that was the last we heard of her. We got to the condo shortly after 1 a.m. and promptly crashed. The next morning was spent working on the condo for Scott while I wrangled Mack. She was so excited about the "ocean". She wouldn't call it the beach, it had to be the ocean. My girl is one smart cookie. We enjoyed 4 blissful days of romping around in the sand and somehow finding a way for Mack not to get sand on her hands...she hated it! Every morning, Scott would go down to the beach and set up our umbrella and chairs. Even without those two things, we still looked like the Clampett's walking down every day. I was in charge on Nolan in his carrier, the diaper bag, 1 cooler, and sand toys, while Scott had Mack often carrying her, a blanket, cooler #2, and towels. As funny as we looked, 2 songs kept popping in my head: Don't Blink by Kenny Chesney, It Won't be Like This for Long by Darrius Rucker. We managed to have BOTH of our children nap at the same time everyday on the beach where the temperatures were pleasant the whole time and a nice breeze to keep us cool. Mackenzie was very apprehensive of the ocean at first, but I think that had a lot to do with me. I was terrified that we were going to somehow lose our grip on her and she would disappear. Luckily, the water was extremely calm after the first day and the waves were minimal so we were all able to enjoy the water...even Nolan!

My baby girl checking out the sand.