Sanibel, Finally!

As promised, I am finally blogging about our trip to Sanibel.  We had a fantastic time with John's family.  There was only one small hiccup that I will get to shortly, but first our trip in pictures.

Here Rebecca is getting ready for the beach.  I put on her top, but she insisted on putting on her bottoms.  Yep, they are inside-out.  

Playing with Papa in the ocean.  This girl LOVES the water.  She would run straight for the water and not stop.  Even when she would go under the water, she would get up and keep going.  She could not get enough!

Rebecca started running a fever (103.3) the third day we were there.  This shouldn't be a suprise.  The same thing happened last year we were in Sanibel and in Jamaica.  So far we are 3 for 4 on out beach trips.  

At any rate, we went to the walk-in clinic on the island.  The doctor, who wore a surgical mask while he examined my baby, said her throat was infected after only looking at it for 2.2 seconds.  That made sense since Rebecca was not eating, and would hold her throat and cry when she did eat.  We got some medicine, and were sent on our way.  Within 36 hours, Rebecca was back to normal.  

Here she is chillin' with her aunt and cousins.  

poor sick baby

Eating breakfast overlooking the bay.

Rebecca fell in love with taking showers while we were in Sanibel.  There were times I would find Rebecca playing in the shower without the water.  

Rebecca didn't hoard all her love for the beach and ocean, she loved the swimming pool as well.  This is one of the few times we could get her in some type of floatation device.  She wanted to be free, and she wanted to dive right in.  

Once she wanted to keep walking down the stairs into the pool without anyone holding onto her.  After several attempts to distract her from this, we just let her go.  Of course she went right under.  I scooped her up, expecting her to scream and cry.  Did she?  No.  She laughed.  

Pigging out poolside.  

One night we drove to Captiva to one of my favorite places, The Mucky Duck.  I love this place.  It is a restaurant that is right on the beach.  The food is okay, but the ambiance and view are fantastic.  

Here Rebecca is coloring with Mimi.

Here she is jamming out to the one man band.  She was the only one dancing.  She's not scared. 

Here she is playing the ring game with Daddy.  She is trying to throw the the ring, which is attached to a string, onto a hook that is attached to the tree.  

After dinner at The Mucky Duck, we drove through The Ding Darling Bird Sanctuary, or as we called it when we were young, The Ding Dong Darling Bird Sanctuary.  It is a great place to see all kinds of birds and even alligators.  We did not see many birds, but we did see one alligator on the side of the road.  

Since we were not on an official road and since we were only going 5 miles an hour, we took Rebecca out of her car seat so she could see out the window better.  John sat in the back seat with her while I drove.  

We should have known better.  She did not want to sit in John's lap in the back seat and look out the window.  She wanted in the front seat so she could push all of the buttons or she wanted to crawl out the window.  Here she is pitching a fit because we would not let her have her way.  

Swimming with Papa.

Playing on the beach.

When we were little and would go to Sanibel, we loved going to Jerry's (the grocery store on the island) to see the birds.  Rebecca loved it, too.   This bird, Jerry Jr., talks.  He said "Hello!"  Rebecca wasn't too sure what to think about him. 

Deciding what to eat at the Island Cow.  

Cheese!