Easter at the Beach

Jacob and I were lucky enough to go to Holden Beach for Easter with my family.

Jacob had his first dip in the pool, and he really did like it.

 Even though it doesn't really look that way from the pictures . . .

The weather was great and Jacob loved playing in
the sand with his aunts and uncles. He was quite the beach babe.

The water was still pretty cold, so I thought 

he wouldn't be very interested in the actual ocean. . .

But he was! He really liked the little waves.

JoAnna got Jacob this adorable Hawaiian outfit, so we had to try it out on his first "tropical" adventure. 

 And then it was Easter Sunday! 

You know how I love to buy baby clothes and treat my child like a live doll -

So I was pretty excited about his cute Easter outfit, complete with bow tie.

Before church:

And I think we have all felt like this after 3 hours of church:

Little Easter Baby:

My family always does an Easter Egg hunt, and Jacob got to help of course.

He was quite the egg hunter. You can see him providing lots of help to Eleanor here.

(He actually kept knocking the eggs off the porch as he was trying to grab them. He got a few, though.)

And then he proceeded to eat the plastic eggs. Typical.  

But Jacob really did come in handy when it came to getting the eggs my six foot brother hid in the rafters of the deck. He really saved the day.

All in all, it was a fun time with the family. 

I mean, come on, don't you want to spend Easter with these gals?

 Jacob: sporting the new Easter outfit Nana got him. 

Happy First Easter, Jacob. You rocked it.