Justin and I realized the last time we were on vacation for a whole week was our honeymoon! And the last time we were all off together for an entire week was after Rose's birth! It is A LOT of work to take a whole week off and get away from home. Lucky for us we have terrific neighbors who agreed to feed Tahnee (they also had to deal with a possom in the yard, I will spare you the details). They surprised us with also mowing our grass, so that was one less thing we had to catch up on upon our return. We were really glad to have today to clean and get groceries before heading back to work Monday.
Anyway here are the pictures :)
This is the home we rented with my sister and her family of 7! Rose was never at a loss for playmates this week and she loved all the attention.
My parents came down fo\
r a few days and I really enjoyed getting to spend this time with them. They also babysat one night, so the adults could go out for dinner (it was the BEST seafood I have ever eaten!).
Monday everyone went to the Virginia Beach Aquarium. Rose was fearless is touching slimy creatures :)
We went to the beach EVERY day. Rose loved the sandbox and feels that we should upgrade at home.
So Rose was just fascinated by the birds. I swear I heard her say "I Love Birds", haha
We cooked seafood at the house one evening including live crabs...
Girls in our hats :)
Ok these bikes were a lot of work to peddle and Rose lost a shoe :( On a happy note, she got a new pair :)
On Thursday we decided to have family afternoon and so went out for lunch at Flip Flops (it was on Dinners, Drive-Ins, and Dives) and then went to a petting zoo.
More beach...it was really nice most days, but also windy. I was glad to have long sleeve swim shirts and some pants for Rose.
Aunt Laura got to paint Rose's nails for the first time.
We gave Rose stickers for the first time on the car ride down and she loved placing them on EVERYTHING!
Rose did very well in the car on the ride down and back and while traveling around. She loved the picture book I made her, but her favorite activity was stickers :) She especially liked when we placed them on the ceiling of the Jeep.
We used the Ergo more than the stroller just for ease and quickness, here we are shopping.
Ah, sandcastles with daddy and just lots of time in the sand.
Is there anything cuter then *little* footprints in the sand :) We also took a jar along and filled it with sand from the beach, so Rose always some of her first beach sand!
We all thought Justin would avoid the ocean, but he turned out to be in it just as much as the little kids! He often took them out to jump waves (can you spot them?).
I don't think we'll do a whole week again next year, but I definitely see at least a long weekend at a beach in our future next summer :)
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