Beach Week: Friday & Saturday

Friday was our last full day at the beach. We really wanted to make the most of it! I had to work, but luckily we stayed pretty slow! William and Molly had a good time playing in the morning after their breakfast. Robbie and Willie did a quick trial of putting up the beach tent before getting out on the beach. That way, they looked like beach tent bosses on the beach actually setting it up! LOL. We loaded up William's wagon with the babies and headed over to the beach. The water was perfect. We got William and Molly settled then Robbie and I swam in the ocean for a while. The babies played in William's pool filled with ocean water. Molly got tired of it pretty quick, haha. After about an hour of being on the beach, William was exhausted. He fell asleep right in my arms, and even slept for a little while in the tent. The tent worked great! We didn't have to worry about them getting any sun. We came back to the cottage for a few minutes in the pool, then headed in to get ready. We went to dinner at Sugar Creek. It was delicious! I had the fried shrimp, my usual. They were wonderful!!! Friday night was a little rough. We had to quickly and quietly pack all of our stuff since we had to leave Saturday morning before 10. We got William down for bed, and about an hour and a half later, we heard him on the monitor. A little strange since all week he had been sleeping all night fine. He kept going back to sleep and then waking up like he was in terrible pain, just screaming. Finally, around 12:30, I told Robbie we had to do something. So, Tyler let us borrow his car to run to Harris Teeter (the only thing we could find open on the beach) and we got some saline spray. This seemed to calm him down. He woke up every hour and a half or so all night long. Bless his heart. His little nose was so stuffed. Needless to say, we were exhausted Saturday....and the rest of the week!!! Sunday was the WORST. Robbie and I both caught William's cold. His first sickness!! Luckily, he never ran a fever and was over it in about 4 days. We realize we are not quite ready for another newborn...having little sleep 4 nights in a row just about did us in!!! We are so happy that he is doing better, whew!! ;)

BFF's!

We were up early Saturday, making sure we had everything packed. We left the cottage by 10 and headed to Robbie's parents. On the way there, we were stuck on the bridge for over an hour because of a car accident. We got to their house finally and Robbie's mom went to lunch with us at the Mexican restaurant in Moyock. We came back to their house and hung out for a while and talked, then packed Riley up and hit the road!!! A stop in Elizabeth City was needed to see Shelley and Conner! She was nice enough to give us a TON of Conner's fall clothes and pajamas. We got home around 7:30 Saturday night and quickly unpacked the car and got William to bed. We had a GREAT time at the beach! Many visitors, many restaurants, and sooo much fun! We all wish we were still there!!!

Saying goodbye to Mrs. Allsbrook!

Sad to leave the beach :(

Waiting for Shelley and Conner