We had our annual trip to Port
Aransas with James' family this past weekend. We left on Wednesday afternoon just in time for Jillian to take a nap in the car. Unfortunately she never did. By the time we arrived, stopped for groceries, got our keys, etc., it was late when we got to the house. Jillian was tuckered out but she refused to go to bed without the Dora fishing pole that we had just gotten her. I may be biased but I think this picture is so cute...she fell asleep with her fishing pole in her hands and everything.
Thursday morning Daddy was ready to show Jillian how the fishing pole worked
I don't really know who was having more fun - Jillian or Daddy?
Jillian fed birds with Papa
and explored the decks with Daddy
Then it was time to head to the beach. We walked from the house and were just going to stay a little while but Jillian was enjoying the water and having fun
she really enjoyed jumping the waves with Papa and Daddy
She even cooperated for a few pictures
Well it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt...I guess at least it was me and not Jillian. I was out in the water with James' dad when something wrapped around my ankle and then it burned and really started hurting. When we got to shore some nice people beside us helped and from what the men gathered from my description and what the wound looked like, they determined that I had been stung by a stingray! They think the tail wrapped around my leg which is why I thought it was a mouth and then got me with the one barb. I ended up with one puncture wound. Luckily the barb wasn't in me and there was some people with peroxide and bandages to help bandage me up. It bled for a while but it throbbed and stung off and on for about 8 hours and it took a while for the swelling to go down. By Sunday you could actually see the bone in my foot again.
After this we decided to head to safer ground and enjoyed some time in the pool. Jillian was pouring water on Daddy's head from the water bottle.
We went out to dinner on Thursday night and Jillian decided to be photogenic and we got some pictures with Mommy and Daddy
I'm not sure what this pose is but its a little scary... and cute
The next day we decided to head to the beach again since everyone was there. We loaded the car with chairs and 2 pop up
canopies and we were set. Jillian decided to help with the
sunscreen and I think she had plenty!
Jillian was a little more scared of the water this time, probably b/c she had seen me get hurt the previous day but she still played as long as someone was with her. We all stayed pretty close to shore and ankle deep was definitely good enough for me.
Jillian enjoyed playing in the sand
Chasing seagulls
and picking up shells
All in all we had a great trip and we enjoy spending time with family each year
Thursday morning Daddy was ready to show Jillian how the fishing pole worked
I don't really know who was having more fun - Jillian or Daddy?
Jillian fed birds with Papa
and explored the decks with Daddy
Then it was time to head to the beach. We walked from the house and were just going to stay a little while but Jillian was enjoying the water and having fun
she really enjoyed jumping the waves with Papa and Daddy
She even cooperated for a few pictures
Well it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt...I guess at least it was me and not Jillian. I was out in the water with James' dad when something wrapped around my ankle and then it burned and really started hurting. When we got to shore some nice people beside us helped and from what the men gathered from my description and what the wound looked like, they determined that I had been stung by a stingray! They think the tail wrapped around my leg which is why I thought it was a mouth and then got me with the one barb. I ended up with one puncture wound. Luckily the barb wasn't in me and there was some people with peroxide and bandages to help bandage me up. It bled for a while but it throbbed and stung off and on for about 8 hours and it took a while for the swelling to go down. By Sunday you could actually see the bone in my foot again. 
After this we decided to head to safer ground and enjoyed some time in the pool. Jillian was pouring water on Daddy's head from the water bottle.
We went out to dinner on Thursday night and Jillian decided to be photogenic and we got some pictures with Mommy and Daddy
I'm not sure what this pose is but its a little scary... and cute
The next day we decided to head to the beach again since everyone was there. We loaded the car with chairs and 2 pop up canopies and we were set. Jillian decided to help with the sunscreen and I think she had plenty!
Jillian was a little more scared of the water this time, probably b/c she had seen me get hurt the previous day but she still played as long as someone was with her. We all stayed pretty close to shore and ankle deep was definitely good enough for me.
Jillian enjoyed playing in the sand
Chasing seagulls
and picking up shells
All in all we had a great trip and we enjoy spending time with family each year
That stinks that you got stung! While we were there, there were some other people that told us they saw the sting rays in the water. We went to the pool after that too.
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