I don't want to go on vacation ...
Well, maybe it'll be okay. How do I close this thing?
We didn't leave Knoxville until 7:45 pm Saturday evening because Brian was playing in a golf tournament that afternoon. Saturday was his birthday so at least he got to do something fun that day!
We fed Carter a bottle in the car and he fell asleep pretty easily. He did great until we stopped for gas around 11 pm. The bright lights at the station woke him up and I could not get him back to sleep. And he was not happy to be awake. He fussed for the next 2 hours. On the bright side, we were dead tired and he kept us awake!
Carter finally drifted off around 1 am and we got to Brian's parents' house in Cary, NC around 1:30 am. They had set up a playyard for Carter to sleep in and I was hoping to transfer him to it without waking him up but it didn't work. He was wide awake again (but happier this time). We visited with the grandparents for a few minutes and then I fed Carter and got him to bed.
Carter slept well in the playyard. This was the first time he's slept in something other than his crib at night since we moved him there at 3 months. He was still up early and got to hang out with Art and Cinda for a little bit.
Carter in his sunglasses that Cinda got for him:
When we left Art and Cinda's house on Sunday morning we drove the 2 hours down to Wilmington to visit with my mom and drop off Charlotte. She took care of Charlotte for the week while we were at the beach house (thanks, Mom!).
My sister, Karey, and her boyfriend, Mike, were in Wilmington for the weekend as well so we got to visit with them for a little while at my mom's house.
After breakfast we headed over to my dad's house for a few hours. My uncle (Jerry), aunt (Mary), and 2 of my 3 cousins (Amy & Mike) were staying in Wilmington the same week as our vacation so we got to visit with them for awhile. My other cousin (Jennifer) who didn't make the trip had a baby (Charlie) the day after Carter was born. Hopefully Carter and Charlie will get to meet sometime soon!
Carter and Aunt Mary:
Carter and Uncle Jerry:
Carter and Amy:
Carter and Mike:
Carter with my dad and Jan:
After lunch and cake (we celebrated Brian's and Jerry's birthdays), we drove up to Emerald Isle (which took another 2 hours). We had both sides of a duplex beach house that was right on the beach with a pool.
Back side of the house:
View from the house's beach access:
We were lucky enough to get two bedrooms in the house so Carter got his own room. This meant we didn't have to worry about waking Carter up when we went to bed! Brian's parents got to the house first and picked out a quiet room for Carter. It was really nice being able to spread all of his stuff out in his own room.
Brian's mom has 3 brothers and a sister and they all made it to the beach house this year. His grandmother also made the trip which we were super happy about. Including us, there were 15 people staying at the house:
Grandma Bonnie
Uncle Ken
Aunt Linda, her husband (Bob), and their daughter (Amy)
Uncle David, his wife (Jess), and their daughters (Darcy & Dana)
Uncle Dale
Art & Cinda
and Brian, me, & Carter
Carter got to go out to the beach for the first time ever when we got to the house.
After briefly meeting a bunch of aunts, uncles, cousins, and a great-grandmother, Carter went off to bed. Carter did really well and slept in his playyard as if it were his crib!
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