Beach (Take 2)

AKA, Wyatt's First Road Trip....
Just a few weeks after our first big family trip, we were off on another one!  This time we headed to Outer Banks, North Carolina for my best friend from high school's wedding.  After weighing our travel options, we decided an overnight road trip was our best bet.  Luckily for us, it worked out pretty well.  Wyatt slept most of the 13+ hour drive both ways while Daddy (and sometimes Mommy) stayed up and drove :)  We spent a wonderful 3 days at a beach house with Kathy and Stephen and their family and friends.  Here are some pictures from the trip...

View from the top balcony of the beach house

View of the beach house across the street and several wild horses...if you aren't familiar with this area, the beach we stayed on (Carova Beach) is accessible by 4-wheel drive only by driving directly on the beach.  There are no roads, only sand paths and wild horses live in this area.  The drive can be a little scary, but the area is absolutely gorgeous, quiet, and perfect for a private beach wedding!

Wyatt playing on the beach.  He did so much better at the beach this trip.  As you can see, he actually played in the sand with his bucket and shovel.  He still didn't want to go in the water (it was very cold) but still an improvement that I will take :)

Playing in the water

More sand castle building (or destroying) and looking super cute in his hat :)

Is that a smile at the beach??  Mama loves it!

We call this "beach tailgaiting" and I think it is the best idea ever!

Wedding time!!!!!

The beautiful Bride makes her big entrance

The ceremony

Mr. and Mrs. Duvall :)

Family Pic (that Wyatt did not want any part of)

Me and the beautiful Bride

Love her!!

As you can see, the wedding was beyond gorgeous and I am so glad that we got to share Kathy and Stephen's special day with them!  Seeing her so happy just made me smile :)

Beach

Last week, we took our first official vacation as a family of 3.  We headed to Ft Lauderdale, Florida.  The trip started out a little rough with a 4 hour flight delay (resulting in 6 hours of quality time spent at the beautiful new airport...although after the few hours we spent in the terribly packed, small Ft Lauderdale airpot, I was very thankful that our delay was in Indy at least!).  Wyatt tolerated better than I expected, running without an afternoon nap.  There was a minor meltdown before boarding the plane (right around bedtime), but some jammies and a pacifier held us over until he finally fell asleep about an hour into the flight.  Luckily, that turned out to be the only major hitch in our vacation plans (unless you consider the boat ride that we tried to go on for 3 days before finally being successfull, but that's another story....). 
Wyatt did not really enjoy the beach :(  I think the loud waves crashing scared him a little and he didn't like the sand sticking to him.  He did play in the pool for short periods of time and loved running around the grounds of the resort checking out the fountains, waterfalls, and lizards!  Derek enjoyed a day of golfing with his friend and former roommate who lives nearby and I enjoyed some quiet alone time at the beach and pool during nap time most days.  Some other things we did:  went on a boat ride on the intracoastal waterways, walked the boardwalk at Hollywood,  had dinner on Las Olas boulevard beside the ocean, walked out onto a fishing pier, and visited a science museum.  Overall it was a fun trip but we were all glad to be back in our own beds after being gone for a week!  Here are some photos from the trip...I have more on the small camera and some video that I still need to upload so I will hopefully post those later :)      

Checking out the airplanes.  Wyatt loved watching them!

Wyatt's first time seeing the ocean!

He was not sure what to think...

Pick me back up!!!

Out on the fishing pier

With Daddy

There is something about this picture that I just love...

Is that a smile???  I guess swinging is always fun, even on the beach! :)

By the end of the week, he decided that walking in the sand was ok as long as there were birds to chase (and Mom was close by to pick him up if he fell in the stuff)!

This was pretty much the face we got whenever we went to the beach :)

The further from the water and waves we were, the happier he was

Baby toes in the sand...love it!

Big kisses for Mommy, so sweet!!