pictures after all!

I said there wouldn't be pictures...I was wrong! My husband brought a USB cord so we can download them afterall.

This morning we drove over the Blue Ridge Mountains. We would've really liked to have driven through The Shenandoah Valley and on the Skyline Parkway, but we didn't want to have any extra time than necessary in the car with our little one. She did great again today, but we don't want to push it! There was a pull off on the highway, though, so we were able to see a little bit. It was hazy, but really pretty.

We arrived at our hotel at 2:00 and our room wasn't ready yet. They said we were welcome to use the pool or the beach. We opted for the beach because our suits and everything were packed away and too hard to find, so we just went out to the beach, took off our shoes, and waded. It was around 100 degrees again today and sweat was just dripping off of us, so the cold ocean waves felt great! Our little one was pretty scared of her first ocean experience. Here she is getting her feet wet with Daddy.

She alternated between wanting us to hold her(during which time she was pretty happy to watch the waves and play with shells she was holding) and wanting us to put her down (so she could run away from the water and sit in the sand--but the sand was hot!)

It was finally time to check in and we gladly explored our nice, cool, air conditioned room. Our hotel is right on the ocean and we have a side ocean view room. We have a balcony that looks over the pool and down the ocean. Here's our view!

We chose a room with a loft so our daughter would have a separate place to sleep, so we could put her to bed early and still be able to move around ourselves downstairs. It's nice and convienient, but we didn't know that there's a sky light.

So we had the same problem we had last night about no way to darken the room! The light shines right down onto her. Thankfully she was so worn out that she went right to sleep despite it being so bright.

From our balcony my husband took some pictures of guys surfing. It's fun to watch them. The waves are much higher than I ever remember seeing them in Florida, the other times I've seen the Atlantic. When we get home we can edit this picture to just show the surfer...we have no idea who those other people are!

So that's day two in a nutshell. Oh, our little girl has a nice black eye in formation--she fell in our room and hit her cheek on the couch really hard. I'm sure you'll see plenty of pictures of it to come. Poor little thing. I feel like a horrible parent.