It's hard to believe that summer is over, kids are back in school, and fall is around the corner. It just never seems to amaze me how quick time passes. August has been a busy month for us- Keith was away for 4 days at Band Camp with O'Hara High School and then that weekend he went to Ohio for 3 days to play some gigs. Aiden and I seem to manage pretty well just the two of us, but we both were happy to have him home.
Also the last Saturday of August, we left for a week long vacation to Outer Banks, NC. We went down with Keith's close friend Frank and his girlfriend Nicole. We had fabulous weather....that was until Thursday when Hurricane Earl hit. Don't get me wrong, Thursday was still a gorgeous day, but we found out at 10am the island declared an emergency evacuation for all visitors, but we'll get back to that later.
Everyday down there was pure sunshine (not a cloud in the sky) and around 90 degrees. The sun was pretty hot. We ventured to the beach almost everyday, but we also had a pool at the house. Aiden was fantastic from the drive down (we were a bit nervous as we've never gone more then 2 hrs with him) to being in a strange environment, to sleeping. We had brought a few options for the sleeping situation, in the end, we went with the pack n play (most like his crib) and the first night was tough- he cried going to sleep, but after that he napped and slept fine.
He really enjoyed himself there- he loved the sand (it took him about 10 mins to be okay with it), loved the ocean and was amazed to see people with their dogs in the water, and he was jumping in the pool.We had a deck, which Aiden loved being out side to eat an played up there after dinner.
All in all, it was a great week....till Thursday! We had heard Weds about the Hurricane and they were evacuating the lower parts of the island, but we stay in Corolla, which is about an hour to hr and half north (almost in VA). We even were told by the lifeguard and the pool guy that it was doubtful we would have to evacuate, but we would have some heavy rains, high winds, and some flooding. So we mentally prepared for the hurricane....then we find out Thurs all visitors had to leave- really puts a damper on your vacation. We had to pack up everything (in fact it felt like we were coming home with more then we went down with) and then sat on the island for 3 hrs!! It took us that long to go 17 miles, so that just really made the evacuation a bit more frustrating. All in all, once we got off the island, the ride home was great (no traffic, which might not have been the case if we left on Sat as scheduled) and Aiden again was awesome! I'm so grateful for having a husband who dealt with all the frustrations of driving AFTER packing the car quickly and a very resilient toddler.
In the ends, we have made the most of our extra two days at home and I love that I still have another day till the dreadful return to work from vacation :) Enjoy the pics!
Happy Labor Day!
Aiden's impression of Elvis
He's almost 2 and starting to think we're paparazzi
This is his no good face
Just a Happy kid
He loves the step
Looks like a professional shot, but Aiden did this on his own
A good old fashion black and white
This may seem cute to you out there, and yes we see this face a lot, but no he doesn't still get anything he wants when he does this
