Orange Beach 2009

At the beginning of May we took a vacation to Orange Beach with our friends Brad and Angie and their little girl Emily. It was Tanner's first time in the sand and he LOVED it!!! Our resort, The Beach Club, also had a swimming pool which was another first for Tan Man and I must say, that was another big hit!!! You could even say he was a bit obsessed with the water!! I don't think you understand. When we got back home, we had to buy a blow up pool for him so he could swim in the back yard!! We've got TONS of pictures from these sandy shores so just get ready!!! Hope you enjoy!!

We were so excited to FINALLY be at the Beach!!
These are the Crosswhite's - our fellow beach bums!!
When we pulled up to The Beach Club "Aunt G" and Emily were outside waiting to welcome us!!

We took our stuff to the condo (on the 16th floor!!) and then headed out for some grub!! Here's Brad and Scotty indulging in some raw oysters at Sea and Suds!!

We ate right there on the beach and enjoyed a great view while we waited for our food!!

Tanner was so pumped up about being at the beach he didn't know what to do with himself!!

The next few days were filled with sand and sun!! We got there early and stayed late!! We just couldn't get enough!!

Each day we lugged our gear to the beach. It was quite a treck, but well worth it because.....
This is the spread we enjoyed each day!! I think me and Angie were the most prepared moms on those sandy shores!! What can you say when you pretty much share the same brain?


Me and Tan Man spent lots of time cuddling under our beach umbrella!!
Tanner is such a beach baby!! He absolutely loved every single thing about this vacation!!! We weren't really sure what he would do if we put him in the sand, but when we tried it out for the first time he took right to it!! He would get so excited and shake all over his entire body!!

Whoa! That sun is bright!!

Tanner wallowed a lot on this trip, but I couldn't get enough of it!!

Not even the waves could come between these babies and their food!!*-

From the second his feet touched the water, Tanner was obsessed with swimming!!

It was so funny because he would swim, swim, swim and then all of a sudden he would just lay his little head down because he had no energy left!!

Tanner and Emily were tuckered out by the time we would get out of the pool!!

They were so cute playing together on the beach!!

This smile pretty much never left Tanner's face the whole week!!

As you all know Tanner's not the best sleeper at night, but on this trip I vowed to move to the beach and live right on the sand!! This kid slept so hard every time we went down!! One day he missed his afternoon snack and the next day he missed out on the entire day at the beach!! However, he did wake up for swimming!!

Bath time was just as enjoyable as any other water activity!!

We were sad to leave the beach, but on the way out of town we ate lunch at Lambert's and got us some throwed rolls!! Yummy!! Tanner needed his picture taken on the wooden train outside the restaurant!! He's the cutest conductor I know!!

And you can't go to Orange Beach without getting in a little shopping!! So we hit up the Foley outlet mall!!

Tanner wanted to help Daddy drive back home, but we convinced him that, as cute as he was, he was not above the law and that sweet little boys ride home in their carseats!! He was agreeable!!

Can't wait for the next Cravis Family Vacation!!