a day at the beach

while we were in NC we took nic to the beach for the 1st time. it was cool to see his reactions to the new environment. he was a little leery at first, as he is with most new things : ) but after a little coaxing and him seeing his cousins having fun, he loosened up. the weather wasn't very cooperative, it was windy and a little bit rainy, but still a good time. we really only had intentions of getting our feet wet, but it turned into a lot more than that : )

there really wasn't a good beach day the whole time we were there. we went over there 2 times. the day we got to NC, joe and i took the boys over by ourselves. we weren't there long but got a couple good pics of the family(thank you to the nice couple who took the family pic, whoever you are):

the second day we went to the beach we went with the rest of the family. this is the day that nic played in the waves. it was so much fun to watch! wish we could have had a nicer day, and actually put on our suits. but it was still a good time: