my summer vacation...

well, hello again! sorry for my brief hiatus, but i've been a busy little guy! mommy and daddy and i were gone for 11 days - whew - but now we're back home again with stories to tell of my first summer vacation. :) we had such a great time and had many adventures along the way - here's what happened...

we started off our trip by flying to indiana on july 2. by now i had this airplane stuff down and was such a good boy. things were going great...

we spent a few days there and then drove to north carolina on july 4 to start our beach vacation. mommy and daddy were nervous about driving for 14 hours with a 5-month old, and i don't blame them. i wasn't so sure it was a good idea either! i can handle the car-seat for trips to the store and buzzing around town, but honestly, 14 hours? i thought they had lost their minds. but - life is an adventure and so we decided to head for the hills anyway. grampee said i would be a good boy, and so i didn't disappoint. :) we all piled into the truck and van (1 grampee, 1 beamee, 2 aunts, 1 uncle, 3 girl cousins, 1 mommy, 1 daddy, 1 me, 27 beach towels, and a partridge in a pear tree). the car trip started off well. aunt aimee and i really hit it off...

then around 10:30am, after 4 hours on the road, i decided to get an eye infection, just to mix things up a bit. you can see how worked up i was about it...

mommy caught it early, called the doctor, and we picked up some medicine at a kentucky walgreens to save the day. yahoo! by 2:10pm i was back to my usual self. on the road again...

by 5:00pm i was getting a little restless, as was the rest of the group. i was bummed that mommy wouldn't let me have taco bell, but aunt elaina and aimee cheered me up.

by this time i was over the car ride but tried to hang in there as best i could. we finally made it to raleigh to stay over for the night. yea!! the next day i met uncle greg for the first time. he helped me stretch and walk around, so i liked him a lot.

much to my dismay, i soon realized we still had a 3-hour drive to the beach, and back into the car-seat i went - augh! i handled it pretty well though, and i think mommy was actually the one that couldn't wait to get there...

of course it was all worth it, though! we were finally at the beach - - and i LOVED it!! we had a great week together and i really loved being with my relatives. the sand and ocean were really neat and i liked swimming in the pool too. here are some more pictures to tell the story...

at the end of our beach trip, mommy and daddy and i went to UNC and Duke because we had a few extra hours to spend before heading to the airport. that was a lot of fun too.

and then finally we flew home. i was ready to get back to austin, but i had a great time in NC and will definitely miss everyone.

now it's back to mommy and me. i'll be sure to update the blog again soon with some other fun things i've been up to lately, so check back again! bye!