Hello! We just got back from the beach last week and Naomi had a great time. We left on a Friday headed for Richmond and then to the Outer Banks. We brought along Anne's Aunt Jerry Jo to help with the kids. To accommodate everyone as well all the stuff we needed to bring we rented a Ford Econoline van and took the back two seats out.
We took a ton of stuff including a laundry basket full of toys, and one full of books.
We left at around three and inexplicably, Naomi fell asleep in the driveway and slept for 3 hours. Lydia napped too, and the first part of the drive was great. Then we hit Fredericksburg, VA and sat for an hour. We pulled into the hotel in Richmond frazzled. The next morning after her long nap, Naomi got up at 4:15 am. She watched shows with Aunt Jerry (thank God for Aunt Jerry!) and then I took the monsters for a walk around the hotel.
They were a little cranky.
We left at 9:00 and hit an accident on I-64 and sat in traffic to get on the Outer Banks for 2 hours. We got to the house at 3:30. It was miserable, but the girls we pretty good. Lots of shows.
We were staying in Nags Head in a big house with Rob's high school friends Bill and Sarah, Joe and Chris with their 15 month old Karl, Phil and Missy with their two girls Katie and Anna, and Dan and his wife Jennifer. We got settled and had burgers for dinner. The house was right on the beach and had three floors. Naomi got her own room.
Every day was mostly the same. Naomi the rooster would get up early, usually before 6:00 am. Daddy and Naomi would listen to music and then Aunt Jerry would take over at 6:00 am (Thank God for Aunt Jerry!) and take Naomi for a long walk which Naomi loved. Daddy would go back to sleep. Lydia would get up and we would go up to the common room/kitchen for play time. Lydz enjoyed motoring around the coffee table and playing with toys. Naomi would watch some shows (Lydia would too)
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| Naomi relaxing in the morning on the couch |
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| Lydz in her cage |
We would then spend time at the beach. Naomi really enjoyed laying on her blanket under the tent.
The best part of the beach was taking the girls down by the water. We called it being sea lions in the surf. Naomi loved it and so did Lydz.
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| Two sea lions heading for the water |
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| Having a conversation |
Here is video of the two sea lions
All that playing was tough on Naomi
So sometimes she would take a nap
We also got in the hot tub some
And one night we flew kites
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| Phil, Missy, Bill, Katie and Anna |
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| Naomi flew her kite with her leg |
And then just as it seemed we got down there, the vacation was over. We packed up and went home. The girls had a great time, and we couldn't have had such a good time with out Aunt Jerry. Embarrassingly, we did not have a good photo of Aunt Jerry, but make no mistake, she was the vacation MVP.
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| Chris, Karl, and Joe |
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| Jennifer and Dan |
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| Katie, Anna, and Lydz |
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| Bill, Dan, Rob, and Phil |
