California Trip: Newport Beach

After we got home from Disneyland on Thursday at around 11 we packed up some lunches and all of our beach stuff and headed to Newport. We originally were supposed to head up the Santa Monica Pier (after the fact we wish we had) and also meet some friends of ours but it didn't work out for several reasons. The one nice thing was that Newport Beach was only about 25 minutes away. So we got there and got all settled. It was actually pretty cold (even though we went on the warmest day that we were there) and windy but the kids certainly didn't mind.

Hadley was a little unsure of the sand at first...

But got really into it really quickly!

We had some AMAZING sea food for lunch and then Jesse, Steve and the kids headed into the water. Yes, Steve took Hadley in the freezing water and she still LOVED it!!
Don't you just love the chub on those legs :)

This picture would have been so cute if Hadley would look up and if she hadn't messed up my 'H'.

I wasn't about to go out in the cold water!

And then Steve and Jesse played Baywatch lifeguards...

Cute Livi was a little timid in the water.

And Hadley had absolutely no fear!

And if you can't tell she really enjoyed eating the sand!

Then she tripped and fell face first into the dry sand...

... and sadly the only way to clean her was to dump cold water from our water bottles all over her body. After that she was little miserable because it was cold and SUPER windy!

We got her dried off and in clean clothes and walked along the pier. We wanted to see some of the sites where 'The O.C.' was filmed and come to find that actually very very little of the show was actually even filmed in Newport (although somehow I knew that before and just totally forgot!!). All in all a great beach day though- despite the fact that I feel like I am still washing sand out of all sorts of places!

Thursday was our last full day and it was great! That night Becca, Livi, and I went back to Downtown Disney and did some shopping. It was nice to be there without having to push a stroller everywhere! Then we left Friday around 10 and got home around 8:30 that night! What a fabulous trip!