Corpus Christi Trip

When Sam was on Paternity leave, we couldn't resist doing something together as a family, so we decided to finally make the trek down to our nearest beach two hours away in Corpus Christi. Eden was only a week and a half old, and I couldn't get in water just yet, but we thought it would still be fun with precautions.

We chose the South Padre Island and got to park for free due to Sam being Active Duty in the military. After getting everyone dressed and ready at the visitor center, we found a little spot for ourselves and set up camp. Eli immediately headed to the water and got bowled over a few times before he had enough, and Joey is our scaredy cat and seemed done with the beach two minutes after getting there (sigh).

The rest of the time we both took turns taking Joey to the gift shop, then to get lunch, then to get a snow cone (he was the hardest to take care of!). Eli was sooo content digging in the sand, then building a sand castle. I hung out with Eden most of the time and took pictures of our adventures. Sam tried to go snorkeling but the water was extra murky that time so it was short lived.

I think it would be fun to go camping on the beach one of these days, but for now, it was a quaint two and a half-hour beach time that took four hours to drive to get, haha. We'll have to go and do it again for boogie boarding, better snorkeling and beach-walking.

Good weather: hot but cloudy.

Sand Castle city

Managed to add a moat! 

Always chasing Eli.

And our cute beach babe.