The Beach - Part 3 of 3

I got sunburned.  Badly.  I cannot remember when I have been that badly burned.  I'm pale and know it, so I am okay with single-handedly funding the sunscreen industry.  When I got burned on Tuesday, I was very uncomfortable and tried very hard to not complain and wear a sad face.  I'm sure I failed a lot, but thankfully it got a little better with each day.

This back story is why I'm wearing this many clothes (including a make-shift scarf from a bathing suit cover-up).  You don't need to tell me.  I know I looked amazing. ;)


I think it was Thursday or Friday morning when Steve, Noah, Drew, Karina, and I went on our shell hunt.




Drew was a little sleepy, so he snuggled his daddy a little.


Drew woke up some when he saw some dogs on the beach.





We kept on walking and found some shells.

 

 

 

 

 

 


By the time we decided to turn around to go back to the house, Drew had fallen asleep in Steve's arms.


Overall, it was a great beach trip and was especially sweet to spend time with our families since we moved to TN.

The Beach - Part 2 of 3

On Monday (I think!), we went fishing.  I didn't actually fish since I didn't have a fishing license, but Noah did (kids under a certain age don't need one).  Steve, Katie, and her boyfriend Kyle all bought licenses.  Honestly, I'm glad I didn't this trip because I enjoyed just taking pictures and talking with Noah.

Kyle was patient in showing Noah some things about fishing.


Here was some bait.


I loved watching Steve and Noah bonding over this fishing trip.
 


We had some interesting weather. Here it was nice and sunny with a little breeze.


Noah seemed a little more grown up holding a fishing rod and spinning the reel.
 

 

 
 
 
Steve enjoyed fishing, too.


It was nice to just sit and look around and watch the water.

 

 

 


We didn't see a lot of commotion, so I took pictures. This is a wristband to get on a public pier. We had to pay for it. I didn't really understand. :)


A momma and her not-so-little baby boy.

Suddenly, there was noise and shuffling feet and a whirring sound. Someone near us caught something!


It was a stingray that they released back in the water.


After checking out our neighboring fisherman's catch, Noah lasted about five minutes without making a catch of his own. So, we went for a walk to the end of the pier.

We went up onto the second level to get a good view of everything.

I didn't realize until we were up there just how many people were fishing.

Noah saw this little bird and started laughing.

He finally caught his breath and exclaimed, "Mommy! He's not obeying the rules!" (Do you get it?)


I took some pictures of the bait after we came back to try some fishing again.

Bloodworms! Yuck.
 

After seeing the bait, I decided to talk to Katie. As we started chatting, her line went taut. She caught something!


Can you see it?


Yep. It was an eel.


Katie caught not just one but two eels. Although, Kyle was thinking it was the same eel.


It was very moody looking in the sky.






Yet, you could see our beach house if I zoomed in from the pier. It's the salmon-colored one to the left of the taller green one to the right in the picture.


In the last post of the beach pictures, I'll show you pictures of the beach and searching for shells.

The Beach - Part 1 of 3

I'm sorry for the gap in posts.  After we got home from the beach, Steve went to California.  I was busy with the boys and hanging out with a few new friends.  Then, my mom's furniture and belongings came in a moving truck on my birthday (August 18th), and that's when my laptop cord went missing.  So, I finally have a cord and can blog again!

So, the BEACH!  We went to Myrtle Beach with Steve's family, and my mom came, too.  However, I didn't end up getting very many pictures because Drew wouldn't be with anyone other than Steve or me.  He's still struggling with some separation anxiety, but it's not as bad as it was in early August.

After arriving at the house on Saturday, we woke up at 6:30 AM on Sunday morning when the boys woke up.  Since we didn't want to wake anyone else, we thought we'd go to the beach and see what Drew thought of it.




Drew wasn't bothered by the sand at all, and then he surprised us.  
 

He walked right toward the ocean!


I couldn't believe his willingness, so I just kept snapping pictures.  It's almost a movie! 

It was a beautiful morning.


And Noah enjoyed being at the beach again.
 

I love this picture ... mainly I think it's hysterical.  Drew is screaming because I just took him away from the water, and he was not pleased with me.
 

See?  He really, really loved the water.


 

 

I tried to get a shot of the boys together, but Drew was not interested in looking at me.


I got a picture with my big boy and then walked around for a little longer.








And then, after a little while, we headed back toward the house.


We could see Karina from the top deck outside of her room.  

It was the best first trip for Drew I could have hoped to have.  In the next post, I have pictures of when we went fishing.