outer banks, anyone?

I've talked to a few of you about this already, but for everyone else, have you ever been to the Outer Banks? We think we're headed here in June for vacation (with our little one this year!) and I'm in information overload as I research options online. So I've been turning to those I know to give me more specific advice, rather than trying to weed through it all myself, though I've already done a fair amount of that! I think we've narrowed it down to a couple of oceanfront condos in Duck, but I'm up for advice from anyone with experience--restaurants, the best beaches, things to do, etc. So if you have some experience to share, write me a comment (in case you don't know how to do that....click under my post where it says "O Comments" or "1 Comment" or whatever it happens to say at the moment).

On the home front, I'm finally starting to recover from the never ending party going on in my sinuses--it started way back in mid December, and hasn't stopped. Ever see the Mucinex commercial with those germs who don't want to leave? Well, that's what they're doing inside of my sinus cavities. I don't just get colds, normally. I get full blown sinus infections of epic proportions. I haven't tried Mucinex, actually, and maybe I should've to see if their commercial really does what they say it does! But it's finally starting to clear up and I've probably only used about 20 tissues today as opposed to the usual 47 or so! I've gone through two of those huge boxes of Puffs since this all started. And today at dinner my husband informed me that he's felt a cold coming on all afternoon. Wonderful! More germs to pass around our little family.

Mama continues to be a favorite phrase for our little one, which is such a wonderful thing to hear! Tonight in the car on the way home from dinner (we went out, which was a nice treat), she was saying it over and over (mamamamamamamamamamamamama.....like that). Daddy says she's making up for lost time! This morning he got up (very early) with her while I got a little extra sleep, since he got to sleep in yesterday. After an hour or so I woke up to get ready for church and heard "mama" coming from outside my closed bedroom door. Usually we don't close our bedroom door because then I couldn't hear her if she wakes up in the middle of the night, but it was closed after he got up with her so I could continue sleeping. So anyway, I open my door and there she is at the top of the stairs saying "Mama," all by herself--Daddy was still downstairs and didn't know she had climbed upstairs by herself to find me, the sneaky little stinker! Sweet.....but dangerous. She's not allowed to crawl up the stairs by herself, because I'm terrified of her tumbling down again.