Weekend at POC

This weekend we went to the beach house in Port O'Connor.  Papa had invited us down to spend some time relaxing and eating good food.  I had hoped that Andrew would be able to join us, but I wasn't holding my breath.  He's been super busy lately at work.  Most nights he hasn't been home until well after midnight.  Anyways, Friday night after a lovely dinner (Morton's Mac n Cheese, Meatloaf and Sauteed Spinach), Andrew surprised me by saying he could join us for the weekend. 

We ended up heading down around 10PM on Friday night.  Autumn slept the whole way.  I always try to plan travel around her sleep.  She woke up a little when we got there, but eventually went back to sleep. 

Saturday we played with the toys at the beach house, watched The Little Mermaid (while Autumn rearranged the DVDs and magazines), took a stroll on the beach and took a nap with Daddy.  We didn't spend too much time outside on Saturday because it was very very windy.  In the afternoon we played with the toys outside on the deck, went to the park and pier with our POC neighbor Vera and did some more DVD and magazine rearranging.  For some reason Autumn loves to rearrange things.  She took all of the DVDs out of the cabinet and moved them to the other side.  She also took all of the magazines out of the magazine holder and put them on two ottomans.  Saturday evening we enjoyed a lovely dinner of pea soup, spinach salad, sauteed veggies, rice and fish. The guys smoked cigars late into the evening and then Andrew and I stayed up all night tending to a very fussy baby.  Autumn was just not herself Saturday night.  She cried almost all night long. 

Sunday morning Tia took Autumn off our hands for an hour or two so we could catch a few zzz's.  Thanks Tia!  Sunday was a beautiful day outside.  Low winds, blue skies and blue waters.  Sunday morning Daddy and Tio played with their Christmas presents (remote control helicopters). Sadly, Andrew's died a horrible death after flying too high and then crashing into the beach.  Late Sunday morning we took Autumn's very first boat ride.  She did well for about 5 minutes before the huge life vest that made her look like a giant marshmallow and the cold wind became too much for her to handle.  We turned the boat around and she cried the whole way back to the marina.  After the devastating boat ride we had a quesadilla and pea soup lunch and then headed home. 

Sunday night Autumn and I went to Babies R Us with Grandma Clarke and then ate Mexican food with Grandma and Grandpa while Daddy caught up on some work that he missed while we were playing this weekend.  All in all it was a great weekend.  Sorry, no pics.  I always forget to take pictures when we're having a good time.