beach day

matt and i got up early tuesday morning and took laney for a walk on the beach. okay, okay, laney woke us up for a long walk on the beach, whatever. it was gorgeous and, to make things even better, matt spotted two dolphins out frolicking and we were able to watch them our whole way back.

awesome!

(terrible picture, but a great walk)

we decided to make tuesday a stay-at-the-home-beach day.

all of our little girls were tired, so i volunteered to stay home with them while the others went to the beach. matt rented a surf board and everyone had fun trying it out.

meanwhile back at the ranch...

addie was the first to cash out.

i put her in the boys room and before she fell asleep, she unraveled some of christian's knitting yarn. oopsie.

after playing in sissy's makeup (oopsie again) and subsequent dirty diaper, franks finally joined her in napping.

but as these things usually go, once the 2 big little girls were down, laney was wide awake.

so we tested out the porch swing.

porch swing+cute baby+view of ocean=slice of heaven.

then we played and played.

then we cried and cried because we were so super tired.

finally, around 2 o'clock addie and frankie woke up, and, of course, laney went down. lucky for me, aloseph (alexis & joseph, who are sometimes so much alike that they've got their own super couple name) got tired and declared that they were done with the beach for the day, so i was able to leave laney to sleep and head to the beach, where i took 0 pictures but had a wonderful time.

half the crew on their lunch break. 

we finished the evening with we bought a zoo, hot dogs, brats, and smores. 

another great day in kitty hawk!

ps - this chic is getting way too big, way too quick. i know she's propped by the pillows, but look at her practically sitting up! slow down, laney-lanes, slow down!

pss - she looks disgruntled here because she is. she's not sleeping great and her mood is showing it. praying for better sleep tonight!!!