12 July 2009

Beach 2009- day 2

Our first day in Corolla had concluded with taking in a fireworks display from the deck of our rented house, the Second Wind.
After a good night's sleep and a pancake breakfast it was time to build some sandcastles and catch some waves.

The weather was pleasant - mid 80's and overcast, which was a good thing, as our sun tent didn't stand up to the winds of the Outer Banks and I was paranoid about Andrew getting too much sun.






















a week at the beach

Saturday July 4th we scooped the kids out of their beds before dawn and hit the road. Destination: Corolla, NC - a week at the beach, M4 and the C. family.

We'd anticipated holiday traffic and frequent nursing stops to make for a long drive, but were pleasantly surprised to be wrong. Traffic wasn't bad (leaving at 3:53 am helped), and Andrew slept most of the way, so we made great time- 7 1/2 hours from our house to the Second Wind- including half an hour of pit stops. Evyn, meanwhile, only slept for about 20 minutes of the trip. I expected her to crash mid-day but she managed to chug through until bedtime!

We came home with 350+ digital pictures, so I'll post them as I sort through them. Here are photos from our first day - July 4th:

driving through Virginia




lunch at Bad Beans in Corolla while we waited for the C's to arrive




playground at Timbuck II made our wait a pleasant one




our bedroom - I was glad I brought our cosleeper bed for Andrew
instead of using the Pack n Play that was supplied with the house


Evyn's bedroom


living room/dining room/kitchen on the upper level, beside our bedroom

sunroom beside the dining area served as Larry's away-from-home office


the pool! Andrew's first swim



Elisabeth checking out the outdoor shower. It had warm water!

The house also had a game room, spare bedroom, and full bath on the lower level but apparently I neglected to take photos of it.

05 July 2009

it's been a year. amazing!

july 5th 2008, i got a positive result on a home pregnancy test. our surprise baby has been in our lives for more than one year. what a fast, exciting, nerve-wracking, eventful year it has been!