Beach Photos

Back in "1 Year 100 Posts" I was growing sad of running out of firsts. We've since experienced first steps, first birthday and lots more. Today Cade has his first trip to the beach. He was attached to Joe's ankle and calf for the first five minutes, but I got his clothes changed and the story changed. I rubbed his sunscreen in and off he went. I put away a few things, snapped a few photos of the scenery and turned to get one of Cade and Daddy and he was across the beach. He was in his own little world, where he could just keep going and going. We let him. He's had a rough couple of days. We steered him toward the gulf to get into the water. That lasted all of twenty seconds. The waves were a little loud and he had places to go...far away. He continued to walk and walk. Sometimes he stop for a shell, sometimes he'd sit to play and feel the sand, but mostly he walked. It was wonderful. We watched the sun disappear, packed up and watched Cade's eyes disappear. His day had been long and no where near nappy enough.
We started the day with a send off to Great Grandma and ended a day with a send off to the sun. We have plenty more to say and plenty more photos to share, but for now we'll leave you with these.