Daytrip to Wrightsville Beach, NC

Here's a few pics from our daytrip to Wrightsville Beach, NC....we hadn't intended to go there because of Hurricane Bill but on our way to visit the Aquarium in Wilmington, we saw that there were tons of cars that were headed to the beach even though the news was trying to deter people from going because of possibly dangerous riptides. All we had were our suits and a couple of towels but we had an amazing time!

The highlight for me was finding out that you could order freshly steamed crablegs from the pier for $10! (I felt like a wierdo taking a picture of myself eating one but I couldn't resist). There's nothing quite like sitting on the beach on a beautifully breezy day watching your family frolic in the waves and enjoying the beach with a fresh and very yummy crableg in your hand :)

We've been here in NC for a little over 6 years now and we are just now learning what NC has to offer by venturing out and exploring. This is all thanks to Jay being in school and me quitting my 2nd job...we have much more freedom and lots more time to spend together as a family. I feel blessed and it gives me emotional armor to deal with my busy season coming up at work.

The only downside is that me (and only me) got sunburned. Winds that made the 95 degree day feel like it was only in the 80s coupled with lots of time in the water (the strong currents were so much fun!) = me getting a sunburn all over my face and back. ugh. My first bad sunburn. :P Oh yeah,....and because we hadn't originally planned on going to the beach, we left our boogie boards at home so we didn't get to really enjoy the surf like we had wanted.

All in all it was a beautiful day.

"Orange" cheese!

Just goofing around with some orange slices :) Having the weeknights free is amazingly comforting to the soul.

Library

We went to the Cameron Village library yesterday and they had this display and Caleb wanted a picture taken of himself in front of this 'door'....

Final Shift

So just this past Saturday, I had my last and final shift at Bath&Bodyworks. Can't say that I'm going to miss going to work "after work" and not having any of the weekends to myself. I am going to miss the people that I've met during those 8 months (even though it was a revolving door). Bottom line is that I decided to quit because the extra money wasn't worth time away from Caleb. I didn't know that Caleb really understood what was going on until yesterday....when I announced to him that I quit my second job and that from now on I'll be home every night and weekends. He kept asking me "no more work Mommy?"....and for pretty much the entire day, he was stuck to me like glue. It made me feel sad that I had done it for so long. I had assumed (incorrectly) that he wouldn't notice.

So yesterday was the first day of my new plan to have more time for Caleb and Jay...and it was WONDERFUL. We spent a few hours cleaning and organizing the house and then sat down to watch "The Soloist". We cooked and ate and then cooked and ate some more. This pic is of Caleb eating his standard breakfast fare (minus the waffle he usually requests but for some reason he wanted us to make him toast and then didn't eat it).

So now we'll try to eke out the next month and enjoy all the time we'll have together.

And b/c I'm a nerd like that, here's a pic of me at B&BW for old times sake...

Flash in Training

So...we took Caleb to the Durham Bulls game yesterday (thanks to Xiaoxia & her extra PwC tickets) and while he had fun watching the game and watching all the people, he had a LOT of fun playing in the kiddie zone where they had a maze ($3/15 min!) and the playground....he wouldn't stand still enough for a picture so I thought that I would post them anyways b/c it's funny how he's a blur in every single one. My son....flash in training. :)

Caleb at the Office

Here's a pic of Caleb sitting at my desk....:)

A day of cooking and fun

Look I am cooking

"Cookies"

Here's a pic of Caleb helping me make 'cookies'....(in truth it's a low sugar, oatmeal "cookie" sweetened with natural peanut butter)....it's a trick cookie.....but Caleb seems to love them. He puts the finishing touches on the cookie by placing one chocolate chip per cookie which is really only for decoration. He'll eat around the chocolate chip....but he loves to put them on there anyways. :)

Cooking

Mosquito Bite

Found out caleb is allergic to mosquito bites.

He was bitten on the head close to his eye. And you can see the after effects.
Just two weeks after the ear thing. We as parents felt so bad, but the eye went down quick. Bug spray and allergy medication on hand at all times.

Caleb being Caleb

Wet n Wild 2

Wet n Wild

The 4th of July

ACK!

Sorry we haven't posted in awhile.....we 'upgraded' the blog and now the picture function seems to be missing. hmm....anybody have any ideas?

Swimming!

We went swimming at the Wallace pool this past weekend and Caleb (with his life vest and water wings) actually pushed off from the edge and was 'swimming' for the first time! Big step considering Caleb doesn't like water anywhere near his face. I was so proud!

Infected Ear

We took Caleb into the Urgent Care on Wednesday night...turns out he had cellulitis (infection in his ear cartilage) resulting from a bug bite over the weekend. They gave him 750milligrams of Rosephrin and was prescribed Keflex that night. We went to our Primary Care doctor and they gave him ANOTHER 500 milligrams of Rosephrin.

Poor Caleb. Apparently this shot burns on it's way in...and this needle was HUGE. He was such a brave boy...he kept saying "This is for my big ear??....is it still big??" The primary care DR took him off Keflex and onto another antiobiotic with a $50 topical treatment cream for the rest of his bug bites.

Caleb was SOOO brave and good. He even learned how to wiggle the big infected ear for the nurses and had them all oohhing and ahhing over him.