We made it to the beach! First let me tell you about the rest of the weekend. Saturday we headed to Fayetteville. Jeff, Matt and I drove to Dad's house where we were crashing for the night. We decided to make a special trip to Elizabethtown for the best hamburger in the world!! I had taken Jeff there before, but Matt had never experienced this treat. Melvins' hamburgers!! My family would stop there on the way to Wilmington when I was a kid. They invented - as far as I'm concerned - the Carolina burger. It's a hamburger - no cheese - with chili, slaw, mustard, and onions. It was amazing. The boys each ate 3 "all the way" and I had 2. No fries. No chips. Don't bother. It's all about the burger. Dad, Brenda, Dean, Kriste and Mackenzie all made the trip too.

After lunch it was back to Dad's place to relax. We weren't hungry for quite some time. We just chatted and tried to let George sleep a bit. He would have a very busy day on Sunday. Around 7:30 pm we left for dinner. We went to Cape Fear BBQ - for Carolina style barbeque and fried chicken. Hushpuppies, candied yams, brunswick stew, chopped cole slaw - the works! After dinner, Dad, Brenda, George and I stopped at the grocery and headed home. Jeff and Matt went to 316 Oyster Bar & Grill for . . . THE ROOSTER! It's a saltine with a HUGE raw oyster, horseradish, jalapeno, hot sauce. If you eat three you get a free t-shirt that says you survived the Rooster. Jeff has done it a few times. This was Matt's second successful attempt.

Back at home base, we all went to sleep and tried to get ready for a very busy Sunday. George slept great - he was so tired from lack of a decent nap. And he needed all the sleep he could get. Sunday was George's baptism. We packed up all our stuff, got everyone dressed and headed to the church. George met the Kegg cousins for the first time. All the new people swarmed all over him. He loved being the center of attention. He loves looking around and meeting all the new people. It was fun.

We were told not to take pictures but my uncle clearly missed that instruction. While at the time I think we were surprised to see him take pictures, I know we'll be very glad to have them. After the service we had cake and sandwiches. The Nunnally grandkids had a photo shoot.

After church a group of us went to the Airborne musuem and then to Huske Hardware Brewery. George had started to get fussy from his busy day. He napped a smidge in the museum, but not nearly enough. I knew he would sleep the whole way to the beach. And sure enough he did! We left Fayetteville around 5 pm and pulled into the driveway at the beach house right at 8 pm. George slept the entire way!

He was again the star of the show. Everyone was very excited to see him. He stayed up until about 8:30 pm and then he was just done again. We fed him and put him to bed. He slept until 8 am this morning and then woke me up chatting in his pack-n-play. Sooooo sweet!

Today - our first day of actual vacation - it's going to rain all day. Oh well. I'm excited for a day of lounging - rain or not.

XOX

Mom