Jaime's job took us to Deerfield beach this time for 3 days, which meant a road trip for us. Cristiana did pretty good for the trip down, even though she only took a power nap in the car (about 10min). We stayed at a HoJo across the street from the beach, which made for a really nice view from the balcony. Unfortunately the weather was not in our favor and it rained most of the time we were there but I did take Cristiana to the beach and the pool as much as the weather allowed. Cristiana really enjoyed chasing the birds as usual, walking the pier, digging in the sand, and she even discovered shelling at this beach. She really enjoyed picking up shells and even decided to keep a few which we later gave to dad since he never got to enjoy the beach during our trip. Her sleeping was actually better this trip than in Chicago and she even slept in a Peapod travel bed (Thanks Monica and Amelia for lending it to us) which was very different from a crib (inflatable mattress in a small tent-like structure). Because we did not zip up the "tent", we had to angle it towards our bed so she would not run a muck on her own while we were sleeping. Our trip back home was a bit rough for all of us, especially Cristiana (i.e. having to pull-over on the turnpike to clean a blow-out diaper.) None the less, we had a great time, even though daddy didn't get to use his swim trunks at all while we were there due to work and weather. Hopefully the weather will be on our side the next time we head to the beach.

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