North Carolina

The girls and I got to take one little "last hurrah before baby" trip with my parents, sister and nieces to The Outer Banks in North Carolina in early March. Although the weather was not even much warmer than here in Chicago, it was still nice to take a road trip and see somewhere new. And I feel like I always say this but we never got a good picture of all of us! Oops!

On the way down, Gwen got to try out this old school horse outside a dollar store. Gwen actually snuck on it after a bunch of high school kids had put the change in, took a few pictures and left while it was still going :) Hadn't seen one of these in a while!

Gwen got a little carsick on the way down and so here she is goofing around with the bag that she was holding onto "just in case."

At the aquarium

Goofer, pretending that the alligator is biting her

Caroline and Addison!

At the beach...not exactly beach weather but the girls had a great time running away from the waves. And thank goodness for the indoor pool, that definitely made up for all the non-beach weather!

We went to a lighthouse way on the north end of the Outer Banks and it turned out to be a gorgeous spot to walk around. Another picture of Gwen being silly.

Some pictures I took messing around with the different settings on my camera.

Me and my girls!

33 weeks.

The best we could do :)

Our last day there was finally warm enough to spend a little more time at the beach. The girls had fun in the sand but the water was way too cold for going in. I don't think I've ever felt water that cold at the beach! It was actually nice that it was too cold because I could relax a little and not have to worry about either of the girls going in :)

Buried!

And here's what I see when I look down.

Thanks again Mom and Dad for a great trip!