Virginia Beach

Our footprints at Virginia Beach! Me on the left, Graham in the middle, and Brettski on the right. We started out our wedding week trip by driving to a halfway point Brett found which was Virginia Beach. We took back roads to get there, which felt like forever, but finally made it by 10:30 Monday night. On the way there, we went through the Chesapeake Bridge-Tunnel thingie. Super neat. Anyway, we get to the hotel and sure enough, our little man wakes up. We feed him and tried to get him back to sleep, but no way, this kid sees, smells and hears something that is new and needs to know all about it. Meanwhile, Brett and I are exhausted and take turns rocking him to sleep. It works at 1:30 am! Graham did get to see, hear and smell the ocean that first night there. It seemed to soothe him. I know it did for Brett and me!


First family photo with the water, made sometime in the early hours of Monday morning. Look how wide awake Graham looks!


Graham and mommy with the ocean. Doesn't he look huge in this photo? I look like a teenager!


I love this outfit. The hotel room was freezing and we put Graham in this outfit so he wouldn't get cold. This would turn out to be the outfit of choice for his first ocean visit.


Still not sleeping, but super cute with his daddy!


The one thing we can thank Graham for is sunrises. We didn't miss a single one while on this trip. And thank goodness, who would want to miss something so beautiful!


Parents look tired, Graham does not. Family photo with the ocean and a sunrise! Now he can see it!

Graham seems hungry....i heart them both!

First official picture with the sand and water! He LOVES the water...loved everything about it.

First wave coming in to get him....no tears, just excited legs!

I love this picture. I like to think Graham is looking at what is coming, and Brett is holding him saying he will be there to help keep him safe, no matter what. They make my heart happy. Brett did a great job with Graham in the ocean.

Virginia sand in his toes. Somehow this sand ended up in his mouth. Which freaked us out and then made us laugh. How did he get sand in his mouth? We still have no idea.

Walking in the sand with daddy. He is so cute!

A fun photo session after getting cleaned up. I totally miss being a kid; watching television while mom and dad run around packing, trying to get of the hotel on time!

Had to throw in a super Graham!

We finally left Virginia Beach and headed down to Charleston. We had an 8 hour drive ahead of us...and along the way we saw this. We thought it was a good sign!

I don't even know what state this was in, but it was cute. We got to Isle of Palms on Tuesday night; a day earlier than planned. Our hotel was cute and rustic and we had a great view. Mom, Dad, Angela and Craig all got there on Tuesday night as well. Mom and Dad stayed at our hotel and Angela and Craig had a super nice beach house they rented for the ceremony. Onto our next adventure!