Vacation - Day 1 - Topsail Beach

We left home at midnight Friday night/Saturday morning. Justin drove after drinking a 19.2 oz. Red Bull (Thanks Brad!). Hailey slept most of the way until the breakfast stop (around 6:30). Kaelin on the other hand was SO excited, she only got about 2 hours of sleep. We ate at Cracker Barrel where the hostess thought Jecca was my daughter!!! Apparently I had her when I was 7 :)!

We let the girls play in a grassy area and got them dressed. We ended up getting to our destination a little before 1 - but we couldn't get into the house until 4. So we had some BBQ for lunch, bought a boogie board, and gave the girls their first hour at the beach.

Hailey hated the sand, water and anything to do with the beach for the first 5 minutes. It didn't take long though and she warmed up! Kaelin liked it right away - however a bit of salt water got into a scrape and she decided it was time to come in. I told her that Jesus put salt in the water to help our booboo's heal. Then I told her to taste the water on her fingers (trying to prepare her for the taste if she got some in her mouth). She thought it was funny and recovered quickly. It was an afternoon of play and fun and we are looking forward to the rest of the week.

Here are some pictures (Jecca has already taken about a 100!)

Both girls did better than expected the first night! Hailey slept in a pack n play in a room with Jecca and Kaelin in bunk beds. Kaelin did wake up twice - once crying and once just fussing, but I was able to calm her down once and Jecca checked on her the second time. I think she was just over tired! She LOVES that she gets to sleep on a top bunk.

Here is the view from our bedroom balcony:

We spent some more time on the beach this morning after breakfast. It got a bit chilly after being wet. Kaelin said that Daddy could bury her to keep her warm! She honestly could do without the water most of the time, she loves the sand. Digging, building castles, finding shells and twigs - she is having so much fun!

Hailey likes to find rocks and shells and toss them. She also likes to dig and bury my toes, and then find them again! She likes the waves - for short amounts of time.

We also played with mini mussels and sand fleas. There a several holes along the beach, which we learned house 'ghost' or white crabs. The girls actually already got to see one!

Nap time is ending, time for more fun! I will post more soon!