First Vacation - On the Beach

Sorry for not writing for so long. We went for 2 weeks to Florida for our first vacation with Isabella. We rented a nice beachfront house on Anna Maria Island. My sister Maria came from Germany to join us. We had a great time and the weather was really nice. We made our first attempts for Isabella to go in the water. She did not care too much for that. I think she was scared of the waves and for her taste the water was a little chilly.

Isabella had again the opportunity to see many of her relatives again.

Tante Maria & Isabella on the beach.

Grandma, Grandpa and Isabella - This was the first time for Isabella to meet her Grandpa. When he held her she went immediately for the beard. What a wonderful toy! This is lots more fun than Daddy's goatee.

Cousins Hunter & Ryan in the back, Aunt Ann, Isabella & Mommy in the front. Ann was trying to keep up with Isabella's exercises. She was doing push ups and swimming exercises continuously. I think we did not have any idea how many muscles such a little baby uses and how little we do!

Isabella & Tante Sherri. Sherri came to visit us for a couple days. We had a great time at the beach. Sherri watched Isabella for one night, while Maria, Gary, and I went to Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa for an absolute incredible dinner. We enjoyed ourselves even though this was our first time going out without Isabella. Sherri did not know that she was our first babysitter and we did not leave Isabella with anybody else yet. Everything went well.

Here are some more pictures from our vacation.




We had a great vacation but as usual it ended too quick. I could have stayed for a while. It was so nice.


On the last day of our vacation Isabella cut her first tooth. The way back was not too bad, but we noticed that she was a little bit more sensitive to hunger and sleep. Today we noticed that the second tooth is coming through!