Pensacola bound!

October 21st through 25th Gabriel and I got to meet my mom in Pensacola, FL. This summer when Keven and I went I remembered how much I love those sugary white beaches and could not wait to come back. I would have loved to have Keven with me again but was so excited to introduce Gabriel to some of my family in Pensacola and the beautiful beaches that I grew up going to. He had been to San Diego in June so he had touched sand but nothing like this. The sand in Pensacola, and the Gulf of Mexico, is some of the softest I have ever experienced. It took him a little while to get his footing and gain the confidence to walk around in it. Grandma was happy to lend a helping hand ;-) I think it is safe to say he is a beach lover! He loved it. I think an annual October trip (when no tourists are around) is going to become an Acosta tradition!



You can almost see him thinking.


"what am I standing on? Can I walk?"






"Okay, we can stay!"


The cure for any bad day...






What is funny about this picture is that Gabriel squatted and played for quite sometime and then realized that sand mounds make nice seats. He had and ah ha" moment.








The water was a little too chilly for a swim (for Gabriel) but still fun to chase the tide.




Day two...."Let me at that white stuff!"


Being forced to sit in the shade and have some lunch.






Grandma buried his legs, which he loved!








"ah, what a great day! We definitely need to come back to this playground."