Thursday, April 16th:

We went out to lunch for seafood again today. Then on the way back we stopped to see where the Wright Brothers had flown for the first time. It was Wilbur's birthday so we got in for free - thank you Wilbur! It was very interesting and very windy so I kept Ella in the museum with Rosemary while Mark and his Dad climbed to the top of the hill where they had taken off and there is a monument. She ran us to death all over that museum.


Afterward headed back to the house to relax and got a family photo in front of the house after dinner.



Friday, April 17th:

This was our last full day before we had to start our drive back. This was also the nicest day all week to be outside. Not bathing suit weather but the sun definitely felt warmer. We went out for our last lunch and drove 30 minutes to Currituck Lighthouse. This lighthouse was open and we climbed to the top except for Ella & her Grandma. They watched from below. I can honestly say that I beat everyone to the top. Chrissy & Cory were hilarious glued to the sides of the lighthouse at the top because they were scared of heights. I can't even imagine taking a 15 month old to the top of something like that - would make me way to nervous.




When we got back to the house we took some family photos of the 3 of us on the beach and then Ella played in the sand for a while. I don't think she really liked it. She kept grabbing it making funny faces I'm sure because of the texture and of course she tried eating it. Afterward the sun must have worn her out because she took a really long nap.




Saturday, April 18th:

We left around 9:30 am. The ride really did not seem as bad or as long as it did on the way there. Ella slept for the first 2 hours and then we all ate lunch in the car and she played for a while in the back seat. We didn't make our first stop until 2:30 for gas and potty breaks. Ella screams bloody murder when you try and put her on a changing table in a public restroom. Don't blame her at all though would you want to lay on one? I cover it of course but it is definitely a struggle. Later we stopped in Beckley, WV for dinner and she did it again. She did really well until after dinner when she decided to poop every hour for the next 3 hours. Thought she would have fallen asleep when it got dark out but no - miss thing wanted the light on so she could read books and fell asleep when we got about 30 minutes away from our house.