Ocean Isle Beach

This past weekend we spent a few days at the beach at Mary & Jimmy's parent's house along with Mary, Jimmy, their son Easton, Mary's parents, Kyle and his son Neely, Pete, Ashley, and their daughter Charlotte (Charlie) as well as PJ and Julie stopped by.  So a full house of fun for a few days.  I was a bit concerned how Avery would deal with that many people in addition to being at the beach after Laura's rough trip down to the beach with her family.  Luckily, Avery had an awesome time, eat really well, and slept great.  

As soon as we got to the beach the first day she walked straight down to the ocean by herself.

 Later on during the day, she would walk down to the ocean by herself.

Later on in the weekend she was walking into the water on her own without really turning around and looking to see if anyone was coming with her.

 Mary and Jimmy's house also had a pool in the back, which was great for everyone.  We would spend the mornings at the beach, come back feed the kids, put them down for a nap, and hang out by the pool for the rest of the day.  We got Avery a new lifejacket after trying one out at the family reunion.  Her old one allowed her to sink a little bit and she would not remain upright while using it.  Granted it was not a real life jacket, but it did require someone to hold on to her at all times.  With this new one she would float on her own.

She must have done 20 laps the first day kicking up and down the pool.  Anytime we would get near her, she would say "No....I do it by myself."  The downside of this self confidence is that one day after lunch, she wanted to get back in the pool despite us saying no.  She proceeded to walk down the stairs and sink straight to the bottom.  Granted I was right beside her and grabbed her, but she did not seem phased at all about it.

 Racing down the pool against Jimmy.

 Eating watermelon.

And pretzels.

She even let me bury her legs in the sand.

 Tuckered out after a hard morning at the beach.  She had gotten into Laura's makeup case that was right beside her bed and fell asleep with a brush that she was playing with.