Crystal Coast Vacation 2011

This year we spent a week on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina in Salter's Path and we had an amazing time. The beach was beautiful, the ocean was warm and the condo complex that we stayed in had so many extras like indoor & outdoor pools, a gameroom, a fitness center, and raquetball, basketball and tennis courts.

Alex really did great at the beach. I am thrilled that he is a beach baby and he looks super cute in his beach attire too...

We had a great set up on the beach with a pop-up sunshade for Alex to play in the sand under. He figured out that he could slip under the back door so we had to make sure he didn't sneak away with some cute little beach baby girl : )

He loved playing in the sand and collecting shells in his bucket. Daddy found a really nice Great White shark's tooth in the edge of the water that really was the best item in our shell collection. Alex was a bit cautious around the water but it didn't take long before he was out enjoying it with dad (while mom was a nervous wreck watching).

We also brought one of Travis' friends with us so he would have someone to hang out with all week and wouldn't be tied down to little brother's nap schedule. Meet Travis and Travis also known as The Travi, Noob 1 and Noob 2, Travis the Original and Travis Squared and I'm sure we called them many more names during the week together...

We all enjoyed the ocean quite a bit. We spent a few hours every morning down on the beach before lunch.

The Travi were in the ocean every chance they had either swimming or boogie boarding.

We came up from the beach at lunch time and Alex fell asleep every day in the middle of his lunch he would be so tired from playing on the beach. In the afternoons while Alex slept the Travi would hang out at the pool.

In the afternoons we also did some fun things away from the condo. We went to a fabulous aquarium at Pine Knolls. Alex loved watching all the fish and turtles swimming around.

We also found some really cute hermit crabs....

We also went bowling one day, we went to surf shops another day and we dropped the Travi off at a go-cart and putt-putt place for an afternoon of fun one of the days. In the evenings we would take a walk down the beach after dinner if it wasn't too close to Alex's bedtime. Alex loved watching the waves crash on the beach.

We really had an amazing vacation and can't wait to return to this wonderful, relaxing place.