Visit to Virginia Beach

We headed out on Emily's first road trip last Friday to visit my family for the weekend. We haven't been to Virginia Beach since last fall, and the extended family hasn't seen Emily in person since she was a week old. It's also my aunt Jill's birthday, so we came down for the celebration. All 13 of us went to a restaurant at the oceanfront called Thirty-One (very classy and contemporary). The food was fantastic and we had high hopes of being able to run down to the boardwalk for a stroll after lunch, but Mother Nature was against those plans (high winds and rain, not to mention temps hovering just above the freezing mark). So what did we do instead? What we do best--shop! Jill, Steph, Kristen, and I ran over to the local Marshall's for some retail therapy while Tim, Camm, and little Kevin (who is 17 and about as tall as Tim) watched the kids: Alexandria (5), Gavin (2 1/2), Garrett, Caroline, and Emily.

Oh, and if you were wondering about how Emily did in the car for 3 hours each way, here's the breakdown: on the trip down Friday, she slept the entire 3 hours and still slept 11 hours when we got there, and on the trip home today, she slept for half of it and cooed for the rest. It was heaven! Steph and Emily Gavin and Garrett

Caroline and Alexandria

Kristen and the best birth control ever!

Cammy and Garrett

We got back to the house before Cammy and her keys, so the baby and I chilled in the car until she arrived.

Caroline, Cammy, and Emily

Jill is only 6 years old! She looks great for her age :)

Gavin figured out why there is an age limit on the Bumbo seat

Caroline ravaged the yard of all the camelias and tried to put them in people's hair. Since Emily is bald, Caroline just propped the flower next to her head.

Posing for the camera