Beach Weekend

We decided to have our last 'before baby' trip, so we escaped to Wrightsville beach and Wilmington. I was told by the doctor not to travel since my due date is so close but I did... and I didn't go into labor so already the trip was a success. When we first got in we went straight to the beach. Ryan got to swim in the ocean for the first time, he actually really enjoyed it until the water splashed in his face... then he tightly mouthed let us know that it was time to go back to the beach.

In this picture he was trying to collect water without getting his feet wet... it wasn't working very well.

Ryan, who gags at everything, was willing to play with seaweed on the beach. This kid literally gags when stepping on cracker crumbs or at the sight of chedder cheese. I am now completely baffled at what his standard is for gaggability.

I must warn you that at the beach my camera ran out of batteries, so between the beach pictures and the museum pictures we had lunch on the waterfront, checked into our hotel, walked around the harbor in Wilmington and then went out to dinner at a cool pub with great outdoor seating. The next morning, we went out to breakfast, walked through a farmers market and then finally ended up at the museum where these pictures start again.

In the play kitchen/ restaurant Ryan cooked up a pancake meal and made Don sit at the table. It was super cute, he even pretended to wash the dishes when the meal was done.

They were having some sort of water day at the museum, we didn't know that so Ryan got to play in the water in his clothes. His favorite parts were giving the baby dolls baths (hopefully this is a good sign), and driving the school bus that was in the background of this picture.

Overall the trip was great, everyone had a super time, when we got home Ryan fell asleep for the night at 5:30! I'm glad we were able to go and I didn't go into labor 2 1/2 hours away from the hospital. Now it's time to rest, relax and wait for little Ms. Audrey to arrive.