Toes in the Sand

It took yours truly 21 years to see the ocean for the first time but it only took Gavin Cox 7 1/2 months!  This week finds the Gav on the beaches of sunny Mexico surrounded by his mama, daddy, Gigi and Papa Bear.  The beaches of Cancun have never been graced by such cute feet!

This is a fantastic week of firsts for our little traveler!  Yesterday we introduced him to his first plane ride, his first tram ride, his first car ride with no car seat and his first time out of the country.  Our Saturday was filled with four airports, three airplanes, two layovers, one trip through security, one trip through customs and only one trip past a fellow passenger who had tossed her cookies as a result of the plane ride- to clarify this passenger was no one that was traveling with the Cox group.  Gavin was a trooper!  He did great!!  I'm sure it helped to have these two along for the ride to keep him company.

This morning we awoke to sand, palm trees and the sound of the tide on the beach.  It was so exciting to introduce our little man to the ocean!  I think it was a hit!  

I love that the same God who created the ocean and all its beauty is the same God that created the little boy that I get to watch see it for the first time.   

I know people say that it's a waste to take a baby on a vacation- that it's a lot of hastle for something that they won't even remember.  And you know what?  He won't.  He won't remember his first sight of the ocean or dipping his toes into a (real) swimming pool for the first time or any of the other things that this week is bound to bring...but his mommy will and and his daddy will and so will his grandparents.  And you know what folks...that's good enough for me!