Trip to the Jersey Shore

We had a fantastic time at the shore this week. It was so nice to take a real vacation. Because Andrew's family lives in New Jersey and my family lives in Houston, our travels always involve going to see family. That's not a bad thing, but it was nice to travel somewhere different, stay in a hotel, and just enjoy being away. We left Sunday morning from northern New Jersey and traveled about 3 hours to the very southern tip of New Jersey to Wildwood Crest.

Peter did a great job in the car. We arrived in time to eat lunch and put Peter down for a nap in the hotel room. We spent the evening on the boardwalk. It rained a little bit, but we found a restaurant right on the boardwalk. The food was excellent, and Peter loved the chocolate pudding that came at the end of my meal.

The next two mornings were beach time!!! Our hotel was right on the beach, so we just had to walk across a bike path and the sand, and we were at the ocean. Peter had a FABULOUS time playing in the water and the sand. He wasn't scared of the waves a bit - in fact, he wanted to go out further than we really preferred him to go. He really enjoyed jumping the waves. We took buckets, shovels, and other beach toys for him, so he also had a great time playing in the sand.

After a few hours on the beach, it was time for lunch and a nap. We were in two separate hotel rooms, and Andrew's parent's room had a little kitchen in it. It was great for eating breakfast and lunch in the room. Then we could put Peter down for a nap in our room and hang out in the other room while he slept. We just listened for him over the baby monitor. I was a bit worried about Peter sleeping in the hotel room, but he did really well. He also loved jumping all over our bed!

We spent the last night walking around the boardwalk. Peter really enjoyed all the sights and sounds. After he went to bed that night, Andrew and I walked back down to the boardwalk. We had Polish Water Ice and frozen custard (peanut butter and chocolate swirl - YUM!!), and we bought some fudge to take home. The weather was a bit cool, and it was perfect for walking around.

Once we checked out of the hotel Wednesday morning, we spent about an hour at the Cape May Zoo. It was a really nice little zoo, and Peter had a great time walking around and looking at the animals.

The ride home was a bit rough because of the rainy weather and stand-still traffic on the parkway, but Peter slept for the 2nd half of it. We had a great vacation, and I'm so glad we were able to go!!!