Bye Bye Water

In the words of Emily, we had to say "bye bye water." The week long beach trip to Emerald Isle, NC went very well. Emily traveled well (even slept in the pack and play well) and she loves water. Water in the ocean, water in the pool, water in the lake, water in the bath,water in a bowl etc. It doesn't matter where it is, water is tops with her. When we approached the edge of the ocean Emily looked amazed at the vast body of water in front of her. Her first instinct was to run into it. Not to worry, she didn't get very far before we held her hand. Eventually she plopped down on her butt in the surf and was delighted when the water washed over her legs. Bigger waves though, that's a different story. When taking her further out she seemed nervous and had a concerned look on her face. The last day we went to the beach, we took her into the smaller waves in an inflatable boat. She wasn't a fan and so we decided she likes the ocean as long as the waves don't toss her around. When taking her into the pool she tried to swim away from her cousin Haley who was holding her. She didn't want anything or anybody holding her back. Aside from all the playing in the water she had fun playing with her cousins,running on the beach, playing with seashells, and watching the fish swimming at the aquarium. Josh and I had fun too. We played in the ocean, had some good seafood, touched some stingrays at the aquarium,and finally got to see the newest Harry Potter movie. Josh also got to get in some fishing (he almost caught a small sand bar shark). Speaking of sharks, I got bit by something in the ocean on the last day. I have no clue what it was but with all the talk of sharks my heart did race a little and I just kept moving. Whatever it was it wasn't very big and it only drew a little bit of blood. My sisters and I joked that it was a shark. Just for a good story. If it was, it was the smallest shark out there. It was a good trip overall but by the last day I think we were all ready to be home.