First Time at the Beach

Cheryl, Zoe and I spent this past weekend down in Sea Isle City, NJ with a few friends. We arrived during the day on Friday and, since I was anxious to introduce Zoe to the ocean, we went right to the beach after we unpacked. The water was nice for me, but it was too cold for Zoe. She stood in the sane with the water washing over her feet for a moment, but she didn't like it much. After that, Cheryl and I took turns holding her and letting her soak it all in.

We took a lot of nice walks on the beach and Zoe slept really well. She also seemed to enjoy the company of everyone who came down as she was very pleasant all weekend. There wasn't much else to do apart from going to the beach, but Zoe managed to watch a little bit of the Olympics and make her way into the arcade for a bit.

The only thing that was disappointing was that the store behind Zoe in this picture didn't sell the I heart boobies in a onesie.

I just want to make sure to say thank you again to Joe Pop and Uncle Mark for going down to the shore house on the Wednesday before we got there to fix the water. We would have stayed home again if it wasn't for you. And, as always, Zoe's set on Flickr has all of these pictures and more, so don't forget to check it out.

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