Our New Usual: NC Road Trip: Durham and Atlantic Beach

We got to the Feix's house just in time for dinner.
After dinner we took a walk around their subdivision.
It was a very hot and humid night - lucky for the boys, they
were able to be shirtless.

There were lots of surprises to keep her entertained
(not to mention when Alex let their dog
Cooper chase the ducks along the pathway).

She wanted so badly to go up to
the outside cat (we know he was
friendly and where he lived due to a
sign the owners put up on their fence
to let walkers know about him, but still)

But the best part of the walk was finding
the park. Up she goes!

Ahh!

While we were there this growing boy took his first
steps! This was right after it happened.
He was so proud.

The next day was another hot one so
we walked to the pool.

My little man preferred to eat crackers
on the side. He wasn't fond of being
in the water.

Although he did get closer and enjoyed
playing with the water toys.

That night we went to a frozen yogurt shop and played
on the grassy hill. This was the only non-blurry
picture I could get of these two together. They move
too much!!

On Saturday, we drove a couple hours east

to Atlantic Beach. This was Myles'

first look at the ocean. It's one of my favorite

pictures from the entire trip.

While we got settled, Alex entertained the kids by
taking them for rides on the train.

Heading to the ocean for the first time.

Nora was a little scared.

As I said, Myles didn't really care for the pool and he
really didn't like the ocean. He started hanging on even
tighter to you and yummering before you even put your
toes on. Heaven forbid you try to put him down.
So he gladly stayed on the sand for a while.

And so did she.

Filling their buckets together.

And then it was nap time....
Time for parents to relax.

The beach was lovely. Great view
from our balcony.

Starting to collect shells with Alex. She referred to him as
"other Daddy" all weekend.

The closest he'd get to the ocean. And even
then, you can tell he's holding on tight.

Nolan, on the other hand, you
couldn't keep out of the water.

Allison had a try taking Myles in with similar results.

On a seashell hunt with Daddy.

The Feix's

Just trying to get him comfortable with
the water. I didn't even try to get him in.

Nolan and Nora watched Elmo while we got
breakfast ready.

Then Nora tried teaching Nolan how to play Peek-a-boo Barn.

Friends since grade school.

So glad we had the tripod along so we could get this
fantastic picture of the seven of us.

All the kiddos.

This was the first time he actually kept sunglasses
on! Nora kept saying, "cool dude!"

Love.

The Guenthers

Dan and I rarely take a picture of with
just the two of us. I really wanted this :)

Check out of the hotel was at 10am
which was too early to stick the kids in
the car for a two hour drive. So it was
perfect that there was an aquarium just
five minutes away.