Beach trip 2014

This year we were invited to spend a week at the beach with my uncle and his family. We stayed at a beach house at oak island, nc. It was a beautiful place and a great family beach. Sadly because Michael had just started a new job he had no vacation time which meant he could only stay for the weekend. 

To give Michael some extra time we left Friday as soon as he got off and stayed overnight in a hotel so we could hit the beach 1st thing Saturday. The ride up had us hit more traffic than I expected it took us 3 hours to get to Matthews. Thankfully we have friends there and stopped to have dinner with them which gave Addie a break and helped us keep our sanity! It made us get there late, but also let Addie just sleep the rest of the way which is much better than what she did on the way home... We got to the hotel around midnight and crashed. 

Next day we got up and hit the beach 

Addie didn't like the waves especially at first but she loved the sand!

We had a great morning on the beach just the three of us. We then headed to get some seafood for lunch (the hubby and mine favorite part of the beach) and headed to get settled at the beach house .

Addie really bonded with aunt Sarah. She as stuck to her hip all week. I think it had something to do with aunt Sarah being the one to go to for snacks :) Addie also got to play with her older cousin Lily. She wanted to do everything Lily did of course, and Lily should get a gold medal for putting up with and being so sweet to Addie all week.

The house we stayed in had a great private pool we loved. Addie didn't really like it at first but once we got her a float she really warmed up to it. Her favorite part was to just throw all the toys in the pool though. 

I even had her jumping in to me by the end of the week. 

The beach was a lot different this year. Addie was everywhere! It was a lot more fun but a lot more work for me ! She loved to play in the sand and run up and talk to strangers. (She is so social) by the end of the week she was even brave enough to run straight at the waves. By the end of the week I was exhausted and so glad to come home Michael . It's much easier with 2 parents. I won't even get into the worst car ride of my life driving back just the two of us... Let's just say never ever again will I drive that far without back up lol! Over all it was a great trip and I am so glad to have the opportunity. Thanks uncle Dan and aunt Sarah !