a beach getaway

for our last "hoorah" before brendan's arrival, we decided to get out of town for a few days and just relax together. lee knew my most favorite place to relax is the beach and chose corpus christi as our destination locale (since destin, fl is just a little too far away for just a few days).

he chose the perfect place and time of the week to go because our quiet condo was just outside of the main part of the city and the beach was never packed. i loved it! the jellyfish were slightly overwhelming the first day and covering much of the beach, but we found some space away from them to soak in the sun.we found several local restaurants to try for dinner and a local cupcake shop...that we frequented more than once :).by the second full day, the jellyfish had mostly subsided to the point where we could put our chairs close enough to the water for the waves to hit our feet. lee even braved the waters for a while...until he found out that some jellyfish were still around after all and very quickly swam back to shore.i do not often post pictures of just me but i knew lee would not be ok with me just posting one of him. so, for all of you who enjoy baby bump pictures, i guess this one is for you.we also discovered a couple of interesting elements to corpus christi while in town. whataburger was founded in corpus which makes it home to the only two-story whataburger...supposedly if you dine on the second floor, waiters bring you your food and serve you at your table instead of at the counter. also, a methodist church that looks out onto the bay is known for their statue of jesus calming the seas. lastly, corpus christi bay is home to the uss lexington which apparently had quite the lengthy career before retiring here. what you cannot see in this shot is all of the pretty amazing jets on the top deck, but the only way i could have gotten a shot of those was while driving on the bridge that overlooks the ship...and that just was not going to happen.our last night, we took in a corpus christi hooks baseball game. the hooks are one of the astros' minor league teams, and they were playing the tulsa drillers who had a former aggie as their left-fielder. following the game, we were surprised by one of the best fireworks shows we have ever seen off of the uss lexington from the luxury of our balcony.beach, baseball, food, and even a little golf for lee made our beach trip a wonderful and relaxing finish to our summer travels. feel free to come see us anytime...before or after august 18...because this is where we will be for a while :)