The Woods: Labor Day

When Labor Day rolls around every year Josh and I pack up and head down to Panama City for one last weekend at the beach. This year was Charlies first Labor Day trip and he had a blast spending time with Thomas and Gina and Tyler and Alisha as well as playing on the beach.

On Thursday we packed up the car and headed down after Josh got off work, which meant we didn't get to the beach until late but that was okay since Charlie was able to sleep on the way down. On Friday we played on the beach all day but only put our toes in the water since there was a lot of seaweed and we didn't want to walk through it. Charlie watched his daddy play paddle ball and took a few naps on the beach under his tent. To end the day we grilled out at the house and played games, Charlie was so tired he went to bed early and slept good all night.

On Saturday we headed down to the beach for the day and Charlie started his time down there by taking a nap. After his nap Josh and I decided that we would brave the seaweed and take Charlie out in the water. Charlie had a float to play in that Thomas and Gina bought him, there are no pictures since our camera isn't water proof we didn't bring it in the water. After playing in the water Charlie got changed into some comfy clothes and took yet another nap on the beach, while Josh and I soaked up some of the wonderful sun. That night we grilled again, watched some football, played a game and put Charlie down early as he was tired from his busy day.

Sunday came and Gustav begin to make his presence known, it was cloudy and the water was fairly rough. Charlie still got to go down to the beach for a while but he didn't get to go in the water. As soon as we got down to the beach Charlie fell asleep in my arms and took a nice nap while his daddy and Thomas played in the water. After his nap Josh, Charlie and I took a walk on the beach, while on our walk Charlie decided it was time for another nap and was comfortably asleep in his baby Bjorn. After our walk it was clear Charlie was ready to go up so we headed back to the house where Charlie played and Josh and I relaxed. Later that afternoon we went to the shops at Pier Park to walk around and play tourist. After the shopping we went back to the house and got ready to go out to dinner. Charlie fell asleep at dinner around 7:00, I got him up around 11:00 to eat and changed for bed, he barley woke up and didn't wake up again until 6:30. I will have to say that going to the beach definitely tuckered our little boy out.

On Monday when we woke up we decided to check out the waves on the beach. They were the biggest waves I have ever seen down in Panama City and we all thought they were awesome. After our trip down to the beach we had to clean up and pack so we could head home. We left around 9:30 and headed back to Birmingham so we could rest up for the rest of the week. I will have to say that Charlie first Labor Day trip went well and now our little boy is still resting up from his big weekend. Hopefully by Wednesday we will be back on schedule!

Daddy and Charlie