We've had a ton of visitors at the Lucky Leaf the past few weeks... My cousin and her fam, my parents, sister, and Sis. Alba. The day Sis. Alba left- the waves were HUGE again and goooorgeous. Once I take my camera out there, I can't stop taking pics of them. Here are some good ones:
(Pretty sky..)
Watching the show from the deck!
The sun came out that afternoon which made them even prettier-
The mist coming off of them would fly up like 6-8 feet. It's hard to really tell how big they were from a pic...
As I was taking pics- a bunch of birds decided they were hungry and started diving into the ocean to catch fish-
Some dude tried to go kayaking and kept getting WIPED out- zoom in and look at his arm grasping the paddle!
These are from yesterday- it was so pretty outside so Rome was out on the deck most of the day.
He's hit or miss with the whole climbing off of furniture thing. Sometimes he gets it right and goes backwards-putting his feet down first. Other times (mooost of the time)... he's diving for the ground head first.
Such a happy baby!
Saying "please" to Holly. He does this a lot when he wants the ball from her mouth.
Cute haircut!
Nice tan-lines where his little neck-rolls are :)
Discovering HE can go in the dog crate, not just Holly. He likes to open/shut the door over and over.
Check out those balancing skillZ! He's getting good at practicing walking, but still prefers crawling.
Climing on this couch is probably his fave thing right now. He'll throw something up there (ball, sock...) and then go after it.
This past weekend we went to the North Caroline State Fair in Raleigh! We drove down to Em & Jake's for the wkend- it was SOO much fun! It was BY FAR the BIGGEST fair I've EVER been to!
All bundled up! It was very chilly- I got some $1 mittens at Target, guessing Rome would just tear them (and his hat) off in 2 seconds. He actually kept them both on the entire day/night! I think since both the mittens were on, he didn't think he could get them off. Or maybe he just knew they were keeping him warm? I was surprised.
CUZ Amaryllis-
Okay, you know how the best part of a cruise is the food? Welp- we learned that's true for the Fair, too! But in a greasy, oh-my-gosh-I-can't-believe-I'm-eating-this kind of way...
That day we had: john-deere tractor-churned Strawberry Ice Cream, a SCRUMTIOUS Caramel Apple, mmm, a giant dog bowl of Cheesey Cheese Fries, a deep-battered and Fried Snickers, (with powdered sugar on top, of COURSE) Cotton Candy, and Homemade Caramel Corn (from Schramma :). OH, almost forgot- tons of Candy from the "Candy Castle" there. It. Was. AWESOME! We did so much walking around, but were still surprised our tummies were growling by the time we got home! FATTIES!
(PS. Jake got the Giant Turkey Leg and Chocolate-Dipped Cheesecake (from the Cheesecake Factory, of course! Only the best!) I would have gotten that if I'd seen it.)
Love that sign below.
Rome liked staring at (not feeding fingers to) all the animals in the petting zoo.
After getting stuck in a "traffic jam" (of people) for about 20 minutes, we thought we were too late to meet up w/ the fam at the Ferris Wheel. We made it JUST in time! And my dad gave up his seat for me. Aw, how sweeeeeet! It was so fun! I couldn't remember the last time I'd been on one...
View from the Ferris Wheel above.
Where's Waldo? Can you find Dad, Dean, Rome, and AV's stroller?
I paid 3 bucks to go into this "FREAK SHOW," take pictures, and show them to my fam so we ALL didn't have to pay. HAHA! Some of them were good/gross/freaky, some were lame...
That sheep up above with the leg coming out of it's chest- was disgusting. I should post a clip... it was all dangling around and GROSS!
On my way out of the "Crazy House" I wasted our last 2 tickets on:
Man, I had ALL the fun!
Chick-fil-a was even at the fair! Wish I'd known before I ate all that junk! Chick-fil-a's my FAVORITE!
Walking back to the car- Rome FINALLY had had eNOUGH of his stroller. I tried to hold him, but believe it or not, he didn't want me and threw a fit. Of course he went to Schrammpa just fiiiine. He's extra tall, so maybe Rome thought it was a funnner ride :) He was back to squealing and smiling and growling at people.
(Love how he was sticking his foot in my dad's pocket :)
So as you can see, we've had a very fun past few weeks! I think the NC State Fair should become an annual tradition for us :)