vacation

We took our first vacation of the summer at the end of June. We went to my sister and brother in law's house in Traverse City. We stayed for 5 days, it was a really nice break. We had my mom and the dogs with us, plus our son and all of his gear. So, when we got there, he spent the first evening being very uneasy around my sister and my brother in law. I think it is amazing how kids are so cautious about people at this age, but are fearless in every other aspect of their lives. I have seen my son climb up on a table that is 3 feet off the ground with glee and sit on top of it with a smirk that says, hey- see I told you I would be fiiiine. But when it comes to new people, forget it! He is a total clingy velcro strip. Well the visit went really well, we went to the beach, he loved the water and the sand and the potato chips. We went to a dairy farm when he saw his first live cow, and he exclaimed! COW!
it was really cool. We als had an afternoon to ourselves as my sister and mom watched for us so we could have grown up time, which was like a drink of ice cold water on a hot summer's day. We really need to make more time for ourselves as grown ups and begin to let others watch him more often.
Overall it was a lovely vacation, a little bit of rain, a little bit of fudge, lots of watermelon and a few priceless pictures on the beach. I find myself appreciating the smallest things these days.