We had an excellent time in the Outer Banks! We stayed at Waves Village in Rodanthe. Eric's mom came along with us this year, so we got to soak up some relaxation, too! We may never vacation without family again! :o) Let's face it... vacationing with a baby is never truly a vacation unless you can escape from them for a little while. ;o) Know what I mean? I can honestly say, though, that our date night was kinda lonely without her. On our date night we ate at a seafood calabash kind of place, hit up Wings for some cheap souvenirs, stopped at the Food Lion for breakfast items for the next morning, and took a short walk on the beach. Relatively uneventful... but still wonderful! What else did we do on vacation? Well, we lounged on the beach, by the pool, on the couch, received massages & pedicures, and pretty much vegged for the week. :) It was amazing... I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking... Enjoy!
So, I start with this picture because this was our welcome gift when we got to the condo... one absolutely unbelievably gorgeous sunset. Eric mentioned a little something about me taking 800 pictures (not quite...but almost) of the sunset the first night we were there, but it was so breath taking I couldn't stop. Nature's beauty... how can you even take scenes like this for granted? You can't... you gotta take 800 pictures and capture every minute of a beautiful thing....
Man, I love this...
It was one of the simplest and most amazing things I've ever observed... I know, it's just a sunset, Liz.... but really it was amazing to watch the colors in the sky change from red, to orange, to blue, to purple, and eventually to black. I guess the simplest things just do it for me....
Ava enjoyed it as much as momma... :o)
Our view from inside the condo... it was gorgeous once the sun got low enough that it wasn't blinding us anymore...
Basically had the beach to ourselves!
Love these guys!
Ava absolutely loooooved the water & beach!!
Took me a little while to get in completely... kinda chilly at first!...but trust me, I was boogie boardin' by Thursday!! Eric didn't get any pictures to prove it though...
My little fish... I will be putting her in swim classes this winter!! She loves swimming... absolutely loves it.
In the pool... her 2nd favorite place to be! Beach was #1!
We've tried using this floatie with her for two years now and she hates the thing!! She can't stand it... I guess she'd just rather be free to swim, swim, swim!
I had to capture the baby footprints...
Would have been cute to get one with all our feet... oh well, next year!
Using her bucket as a purse... everything is a purse to her!
Those sweet blonde curls... man, we are blessed...
Just diggin their way to China... no biggie ;o)
Grammy says, "Yaaay Vacation!"
Before our date night... yes, our clothing coordinates... you gotta have some cheesiness in your life! ha!
Our little family.
Dad and his girl.
See, we don't always match... ;o)
Family pic!
We stayed at a kiteboarding resort. This day was very windy and there were lots of kiteboarders out to watch! It was neat watching them do flips and stunts on the boards... and yes, that is a doggie in the water...see it? :)
Breakfast at Grammy's diner. She made us some delicious sourdough french toast!
Packing up to go home... she is such a lil stinker! ;o)
I have so much more to tell about our vacation, but time is of the essence and I've got lots more posts coming up! Hope you're all enjoying the start of fall weather and football season! It's my FAVORITE time of year... and not just because my birthday is in October. ;o)
