Here are some photos from our first full day at Gulf Shores, AL. Look how excited Gabe was to go to the beach that first morning! I was too. I had gotten up early, before Chris and even before Gabe (very rare), to eat my breakfast on the balcony at sunrise. I enjoyed looking through my binoculars at the boats passing by and the birds hopping along the beach.

Before the trip, I was a bit worried about how Gabe would like the beach. He has a sandbox at home, but prefers to play with the sand from outside the box because he doesn’t like to get too sandy. Sure enough, the first few steps on the beach seemed to annoy him – he kept trying to shake the sand off of his feet! But I kept encouraging him, and soon enough he began to really enjoy the feeling of the soft sand between his toes. The beach outside our condo had the most beautiful, soft, white sand. It was so fine that you could actually hear it squeaking as you walked :).

For more of my photos from Gulf Shores, see these posts:

A Trip to the Beach

Out and About in Gulf Shores

One Last Look at Gulf Shores