No Camera Needed

July 11, 2011

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I stared at it for a good two minutes on my rush out the door. To bring my camera or not bring my camera, that is the question. We had an 8:30am sharp beach departure time that was not to be messed with. When it comes to spending a day at the beach, promptness is of utmost importance. I was sleepy from a late night up with my girlfriend Elaine and an unwelcomed, extremely early awakening from Addisyn. My heart and soul were already at the beach taking in the rejuvenating sea salt air, but my body was still in bed dreaming of what it felt like to sleep in past 6:30am. Needless to say, I was looking forward to the moment when my legs would be stretched out on the towel with the sand tickling my toes, but I was equally dreading the lugging of beach necessities such as a small cooler, huge beach bag, beach chair, sunblocker tent for Addisyn, and my camera bag. If I take my camera with me, then I have one more thing to carry, I have to worry about constantly making sure it is sand free (an almost impossible task when at the beach), and I can’t just relax with Addisyn and Elaine. However, I know if I leave it here I won’t be able to photograph Addisyn when she is being cute in her beach baby, heart stopping, camera worthy sort of way. It was inevitable.

In a rare move, I left my camera behind. I was doing well up until the time I brought the beach chair down to where the waves were breaking, rolling onto the shore and washing onto our feet. Addisyn, a little unsure of how she felt about the waves, sat in my lap and took in everything about that day just like me; the people watching, the sound of the waves crashing, the occasional feet washing by the ocean waves, the warmth of the sun, and the moment of just me and her holding each other. It was here that I felt a brief moment of regret. It was certainly something that I would never want to forget and I didn’t have my camera with me to snap away at our special moment. As I began to sink into a pitty party, Addisyn hugged onto me a little tighter and screamed “Weeee!” with delight as a big wave broke in front of us and washed all the way up on our laps. As quickly as the wave came to us, the regret left me. This moment was engraved in my memory forever and when it comes to Addisyn, I discovered that I don’t need a camera to make an everlasting memory.

I hope you enjoy some pics from our icecream trip today.

With Love,

Stacy