San Diego, Day 2 - The Beach

La Jolla Shores

Emily found a rock in the sand!

By the water

Daddy and Emily after de-sanding

We took Emily to the beach on Sunday. She was excited about going and kept talking about the beach until I took her shoes off and set her down in the sand. And then she didn't like it. We sat her on my lap and tried to show her how cool sand was and she wasn't interested. She cried and screamed about it for about 10 minutes before warming up to the idea. I was finally able to set her down and she helped us dig for rocks and make sand piles. When we took her down to show her the water, she freaked out about having her feet in the sand. So, we made progress on the beach thing, but she isn't super in to it quite yet.

The outfit that she has on was sent to her by Grandma and Grandpa for Easter. It is adorable. The back is a little wide for our petite girl, so I used Grandma's suggestion from last summer about using a ribbon to tie through the straps. It worked perfectly on this and kept the straps on her shoulders.

We only stayed at the beach for an hour or so and then got lunch (La Salsa) and gave Emily a nap. We met Ben and family, who Greg used to work for, for dinner and then went with them to Extraordinary Desserts for dessert. Yum. We even got Emily a scoop of vanilla ice cream which is a pretty big event for her!