Charleigh's First Beach Trip

We travelled to the Outer Banks of North Carolina the week of July 4 for my cousin's wedding in Kitty Hawk. Charleigh was a part of the wedding, riding in a wagon down the aisle on the beach. She was amazingly well-behaved, playing with baby Luke in the wagon the whole time. She even danced during one of the solo's sung during the wedding, to which everyone found very humorous. She was a beautiful little flower girl, and we were so proud of her good behavior...not that we have much control over her behavior at this point! :)

We spent the remainder of the week in a little beach town further south called Salvo with my parents, sister, brother in-law, and nephew, Kohen. There's not a whole lot to do there (we had to drive 20 minutes for the nearest grocery store and seafood market), so we spent most of our time around the pool at the house or on the beach. We couldn't have asked for a more relaxing vacation (well, as relaxing as it gets with a 13 month old)!

Charleigh loved the ocean! She's spent enough time at the lake on the shoreline with waves crashing up around her and playing in the sand that she was prepared for the ocean...but not the saltwater taste! It was so cute how she learned to "spit" it out. She enjoyed the pool time, as well, splashing her hands and throwing balls in the water. We enjoyed watching her have so much fun on vacation!

Family picture before the wedding ceremony

Charleigh and Daddy watching tons of pelicans fly by...

she's fascinated by birds, so these were pretty cool ones!

In the wagon during the ceremony

Hanging with Daddy after the ceremony...by this time it was 7:45, about an hour after bedtime for Charleigh. Notice the thumb in her mouth! :)

Charleigh enjoyed some time with Uncle Mark and Aunt Laurie this trip (they had to hold her hand down so she wasn't sucking her thumb in the picture)! They spoiled her with lots of attention, walking the pier, and yummy snacks.

Charleigh and Daddy in the pool at our rental house

Chillin'

Bubbles don't taste very good!

Playing in the sand

Charleigh loved jumping the waves with daddy!

She also enjoyed the freedom to crawl in the waves!

The cutest sandy toes ever!

My sister, Meghan, took some pictures of us out on the beach one late afternoon. After some work on them, she sure made us look better.  She needs to start charging a fee! :)

Probably my favorite...

Before we left the Outer Banks on Saturday morning, we stopped at the Wright Brothers Memorial. They had a great museum with replicas of the gliders they tested between 1901-1904. Charleigh and I are at the end of the field where they landed the first successful flight from the top of the hill behind us, Kill Devil Hill. 

Brian and Edith at the top of the hill by the monument.