We're back!

Back from the beach & recovering from a week away from the cats, mainly, as they get so very needy when we are gone for longer than 12 hours! Not much free from cat time lately!

I've got all the pictures rotated and such, just need to go through & edit them down and all that fun stuff before posting them.

Needless to say we had a great time regardless of the wind, sandblasting & Nor'Easter that came at us on Wednesday! We were able to actually get to Hatteras Island before the road was closed from flooding but did not get up the lighthouse due to gale force winds at the top but Liam discovered his love for all things Lighthouses. We didn't get to play in the ocean as much as one would wish but enough birds got fed (bird bread! says Liam) and sand was played with so the beach scene was a success! Dinners were eaten out (Pepper! says Liam) & not much bad behavior from our Little Fellow just lots of fast eating on Mama's part to ensure we got out before Meltdown arrived & that Liam at least attempted his Eat Out Food (not much of a fan of eating out, this little one). Naps were tackled when they presented themselves & bedtimes came about on time due to the Nap on the Go routine we adjusted to.

LOTS of quality family bonding time for Liam through it all though. Hand holding with Auntie, reading & coloring at home before dinner time & playing on the beach. Nana's "beach home" was a big hit, of course, with our little traveler - even requesting that Mama get herself a "beach home" on numerous occassions on the drive home yesterday. Grandpa is definetly being called "Earl" in Liamese although we are attempting to change that!

Liam learned a LOT of new words this week & it was so much fun to tell him about places & things and have him pick it up immeadiately and understand what we were talking/telling him about it. Lighthouses, Wright Brothers Memorial First in Flight, Beach homes, Beach Bum, Beach, Pepper...and quite a few more were all added right into his little dictionary in a matter of hours.

I will write more, with pictures, when I get the time & energy to do it all justice. It was such a treat to take our little Liam Fellow to the beach for the FIRST time with his Nana (sometimes just Nan), Grandpa & Auntie. Cannot wait to do it again :)