Wrightsville Vacation -- Overview

For vacation this year, we headed back down to Wrightsville Beach and stayed at the same place we did last year (I don't like change!), but we had a very different little boy with us.  Just like last year, I'll make this post short (as short as I can handle) and then get into more details with longer posts and pictures over the next few days.

This time last year -- less hair, less teeth, more interested in eating sand than playing with it, and was content to sit still or hold my hand and walk around (since he couldn't walk solo yet)

This Year:

Monday:
Lots and lots of rain led to not much being accomplished on Monday other than checking in, buying groceries, and taking an evening walk on the beach.

settling in

Tuesday:
We went out to the beach pretty early in the morning, splashed around in the shallow water, and played in the sand.

After showers and lunch, we went to Fort Fisher Aquarium, then walked around the Carolina Beach boardwalk.  Tuesday evening, we got sushi, then walked around some more.

Wednesday:
More beach, then we went out to Blue Water seafood restaurant for lunch (highly recommend!) and downtown Wilmington for the afternoon.  That evening, we went out for a long beach walk as the sun set.

Eating lunch at Blue Water.  This was my vain attempt to get him to smile at the camera by saying "Where's Mama?"  His response was to point at me with a quizzical "don't you know where you are?!?" expression

walking along the beach during the "magic hour"

Thursday:
We went out for brunch at Causeway Cafe (yum yum and cheap!) and to the Battleship before heading back to Raleigh.