A week in North Carolina

The kids and I had the good fortune of spending a week at my parent's beach house in Emerald Isle, NC. I always love my visits there, even if they don't worked out quite as planned. 

Two days after we arrived, my mom and I took the kids to the sound so Elizabeth could do some swimming (the ocean was too rough). I was wading while holding Elizabeth when I tripped and fell on a huge oyster cluster (aka an oyster rock). Somehow I managed to keep Elizabeth from getting hurt, but as soon as I looked at my leg, I knew I needed to go to the ER. At the ER, I had my wounds (four significant ones) cleaned and bandaged (not stitched since the cuts needed to weep out the dirt in them), got a tetanus shot, and a course of antibiotics. I also had to spend the rest of the week out of the water, but my parents were happy to help out. 

Here are my wounds (minus one on my hip).

The oysters I fell on; it was high tide when I fell and they were fully submerged.

And some oysters up close; they are very sharp.

Besides that, we

read books from the local library, 

played in the kiddie pool,

washed GiGi and Grandpa,

 hung out on the beach,

 visited the aquarium (which was awesome),

 posed as hermit crabs,

 played at the house,

 posed on the roof (the first two shots were taken by Elizabeth),

 tried on bibs,

 loved on Pecos,

and flew back home (E took this shot at the airport).