VA Beach trip

Napping in the car on the way to VA Beach...
While I got to hang out in traffic. Congestion Ahead, that is an understatement!
Friday...
Sassy Pants at the beach on Friday morning.
There she is... Its Ellis!!
She is off and running towards the surf. Luckily Hurricane Danny didn't dampen this trip!
Playing in the surf.
Even Princess Aurora got to play in the ocean!
See, she is playing in the surf too!
Playing in the sand.
Digging holes. When I woke up the next morning my body was reminding me that I am not used to this kind of hard labor! Ouch! 2 Advil please!
Watching the waves.
Ellie and I in the surf.
Ellie on the jungle gym on the beach before we headed back to see everyone!
Ellie meeting her cousin, Nora, for the first time!
Ellie, Nana, Nora, and Grandma exploring in Nana's beautiful backyard!
Grandma and her two grand-baby-girls sitting by the beautiful begonias!
Even Sassy had to get in on the action!
Ellie helping Nora walk on Friday afternoon.
Ellie is so strong she could pick Nora up... It must be all of those veggies and milk!!
Cheese!!!
Sipping on a Slurpee and hanging out in Nora's high chair. What a silly goose!
Practicing her name! So smart!
Dinner time!
Saturday...
On our way to Nana and Pop-pop's house for breakfast we got to see a beautiful rainbow! It was the first real rainbow Ellie had ever seen!
Nora tries her hand at feeding Baby Ellie F.
After breakfast we went shopping downtown with Grandma and Grandpa. Ellie had to take some dresses into the try-on room!
Then Daddy took her up to the play area while Grandma and I finished some fall shopping for Ellie.
Posing with the dolphin.
Riding on the motorcycle after eating some lunch.
Pool time in the afternoon with the guys.
Uncle Mike, Ellie, and Daddy... Ellie can stand in the shallow end of the pool all by herself. She is getting so big!
Rachel, Nora, and I chair-dancing poolside.
I spy with my little eye... An alligator? A frog? A mermaid? No, its Ellie!!
Sunday...
All grins with her goggles!
Someone is ready for some fwimmin'!
Ellie is taking some pool maintenance tips from Rachel.
Lesson #1: How to get the buggies and spiders out of the pool!
Just chillin' in the pool.
Ellie, Aunt Jess, and Rachel playing Barbies with Nora.
Looks like someone finally got in the pool!
Looks like Nora is ready for a swim!
Ellie helping Uncle Bob and Grandpa work on the plumbing.
Nora is sooo excited about noodles!! Yay!!
It is a double dip!
I don't know what Ellie liked more... getting dipped into the pool or the fact that her suit wouldn't stay up to cover her crack!?!
The girls (before Nana came over)... Jenna, Ellie, Julie, Jessica, Nora, MB, Deb, and Rachel
Ellie, Uncle Bob, and Baby Uncle Bob
Jessica, Michael, and Nora
Grandma and Ellie
Nora, Michael, and Grandpa
Bill, Ellie, Mike, and Jer
Deb and her grand-babies, Nora and Ellie
Nora playing with Ellie's babies.
Happy birthday (a few days early) Grandma and Grandpa!
Night swimming... Ellie and I on a noodle.
Uncle Bob getting ready for the mini-chair-flip. First, the chair.
Next, the set up.
Last, the splash!
That was a perfect 10, Bob!
Jenna, Ellie, and I
Monday...
Heading home in the rain...
... and traffic!
By the time we got home it had stopped raining and it was a cool and sunny 72 degrees back in Baltimore. Ellie was pretty cranky because she only napped for the last 20 minutes of our trip home. So when we got home, she settled into Papoo's chair for some cartoons and I began to unpack from a long weekend away.
It is off to Ellie's first day of Pre-K tomorrow!!