Beach Days 4-6

Day 5/Wednesday: Micah's Birthday

Micah turned 35 today. I asked him if he felt any older and he said he feels old every morning when he tries to get out of bed. I love making fun of the fact that he is an "old man" and I am not. We took Emma Kathryn to the beach. She had a great time for a while but it didn't take long for her to get tired and fussy.

I brought her inside she fell asleep. We both took a really long nap. I think we slept about 3 hours. At home she usually takes a long nap each afternoon but she hasn't had one since we were here. I think it was just much overdue. After our nap we ate birthday cake that Mom and Coach got for Micah. It was really good. Then it was time to go to supper. I called on Monday and got me and Micah reservations at the Greg Norman Australian Grill. It was excellent. We went at 8:30 for supper and then shopped at Barefoot Landing before coming back home. I missed Emma Kathryn terribly but it was nice to have a little time alone as well.

Day 5/Thursday: Shopping

Mom, Coach, Granny and Papa left today going home.

We stayed inside and helped them get packed up and then we got ready and went to the outlets shopping. Emma Kathryn enjoyed riding in the stroller (as long as we kept moving). We found her some cute sandals and some cute boots for winter. We also got her a Halloween Costume. After shopping we came back to the condo. It started storming as soon as we got back so we stayed inside a while and watched peoples tents blow down the beach, thankful we didn't have ours out there. Once the storm passed we put EK in the stroller and went walking down the beach. Not far from our condo is a peer and we had planned to stop there but on the other side of the peer is a part of undeveloped beach. It was so pretty. We kept walking and found a bunch of pretty shells. There were no condos there and the water was very calm. Instead of waves crashing in in was almost like a lake. The water was very shallow so Micah just pushed her around in the stroller through the water. She loved it. We found some very interesting shells. When we got back to the condo Micah went and picked up some steamed shrimp and Me and Lindsey took Emma Kathryn to the pool. She enjoyed it for a while. She splashed, laughed and played.

After a while we took her inside, gave her a bath and she was out for the night.


Day 6/Friday: Lazy Day
It's our last day on the beach. Emma Kathryn and I got up early and went to the beach. Micah was still in the bed so I just put her hat on and went out. We didn't stay out long due the the sun because I didn't have the tent to put her under. After we came back inside we had breakfast and then she went back to sleep. Micah stayed inside with her and Lindsey and I went out to get some sun. We decided not to drag out the tent because it was really hot and Micah stayed inside with EK. While we were laying on the beach we had a shark encounter. There was a shark that came swimming down the beach. It was about 3 1/2 feet long and it was so close to the shore that when the waves went out it would get stuck in the sand. It swam down the beach to the left for a while and then turned and came back our direction. I had seen people catch sharks while fishing from the beach but had never seen one swimming this close. Later in the afternoon Lindsey went back to the room and kept Emma Kathryn and Micah came to the beach with me. We stayed about an hour and then went up to get ready for dinner. We went back to Barefoot Landing and ate at Joe's Crab Shack.

(this is the size bib Emma Kathryn always needs,haha)

Lindsey and I shared a steamed bucket. It was really good. They gave us a bib that I didn't intend on wearing but it wasn't but a few minutes and I had it on. Crab Legs are so messy but delicious. When we got back to the beach we took family pics. Emma Kathryn did pretty good. It is very hard to get a 4 month old to look at the camera. She was to busy taking in her surroundings to bother with pictures.

Unfortunately all good things must end and we had to go in to pack.

Day 7/Saturday: Going Home

We got up early to get everything packed up. I just thought we were packed to the gills on the way to the beach. I should of taken a pic of the car. It was unreal. We left with 5 people and a baby and came back with 3 people and a baby. You would think this would mean more room. WRONG. Since Granny and Papa went home with mom we had to bring home mom's towels, beach bag and the tent we bought. Mark and Kristi are lifesavers for letting us use the Suburban. Emma Kathryn did great on the way home. She slept most of the way. The few times she got fussy we were able to calm her down pretty quickly. It took us about 9 1/2 hours to get home. There was a ton of traffic leaving the beach and the we got stuck in construction in Atlanta. Thankfully we made it home safely, got everything unpacked and are now ready for bed. Our vacation was wonderful and I can't wait until our next adventure.