Kure in Spring '14

Robert and his dad had an opportunity to take a trip to Utah to visit canyon country and do some backpacking this spring, but since I'm a million months pregnant and I really prefer vacations with beds and running water, Sweet Mama, Clara and I took the chance to go spend a week at the beach while he was away.  I think we both had a great time in our last getaways before baby sister arrives (even if we weren't together!)  His pictures are pretty stunning in terms of the landscape, but these are hard to beat.  I'm a beach girl at heart and I think the expressions on Clara's face show that she is too.  Doesn't get a lot cuter than this!

The first few days were a little chilly, but that doesn't keep people like us off of the beach.

 So happy to have beach on her hands again...

A rainy day sent us to the aquarium...

Still chasing those seagulls.  Some day she'll catch them.  Some day.

Even though that water was WAY too cold to be in, she just couldn't stay away...

And for the last few days, the sun came out and warmed us up!

 She spent at least an hour, just LAYING in the sand like this.  I've never seen her be so still while awake!  Beach bummin' it right!

See you again in September, Kure Beach!  And this time, we'll be bringing our newest little beach bug!

March Odds and Ends

There are twelve days until baby sister arrives and about as many blog posts to do to be totally caught up in time for me to overload you all with teeny tiny baby pics.  So, prepare yourself for a barrage of April and May, coming in the next week.  I'm going to try really hard to get it all done!

This one should wrap up March, with a few odds and ends of cell phone pictures grabbed here there and everywhere.  This is day to day life though and it's so good.  Can't overlook the "normal" moments.

I hate that this is the only picture I got of it, but Clara took swim lessons in March/April and did a fantastic job.  Here she is with her teacher Miss Jessica!  We're ready for the pool this summer!

Again, not an awesome picture, but here is is all decked out in her Demon Deacon gear for School Spirit Day at school.

We made another trip to SciWorks with Chloe before both these girls become big sisters in May!  They treat each other like sisters, so I think they'll slip into their new roles just fine.  They're hibernating like bears in the top photo.

And as warmer weather FINALLY arrived, we spent a lot of afternoons like this, tromping around in the woods in the backyard.

 And kicking the soccer ball... (wearing a too big hat, per Clara's insistence.)

We also made Clara's first trip to the Winston-Salem Children's Museum.  What an awesome place, right here in town!

Celebrating Chloe's third birthday with her and other friends.  Wish the weather had been this gorgeous a week before!

And with that... March is a wrap!