Fernandina Beach: Monday

Our first full day!

Rhyan and Mack both did great sleeping in their new places! Rhyan really did well in her closet bed :-)

However, she does tend to wake early. Normally, at home, she just lays in her bed until we come get her up. But this morning, we woke to a little voice saying "its still dark outside. we need a close our eyes and go back to sleep. right daddy?" (her daddy is asleep).

She kept on until, for the first time EVER, her daddy invited her to get up in bed with us, hoping for another 30-45 min of quiet.

Bad move.

We ended up getting petted by her, inspected by her, kissed, hugged, told to hold her monkey, covered up, uncovered.... well, you get the point. She was awake and ready to go for the day. haha.

Mack slept in till almost 8am. I should have known that wasnt a good sign.

He woke up feeling HOT. His temp was 101.5 :-( And he looked pitiful. But he was acting ok. Not great. Kind of whiny. But then, he's always kind of whiny! So, i put in a call to PAL and the nurse said that if he wasnt showing symptoms of an ear ache or throat hurting, etc, to assume its a virus and try to just keep him cool. So, even though she said we didnt need to treat a fever unless it was above 102, we went ahead and gave him some motrin in case his teeth were hurting (his molars are on their way). She also said, btw, that fevers UP TO but not above 100.5 are associated with teething, but anything past that is usually a virus. So we went with it.

We had a yummy breakfast and he ate great. Then, we loaded up and headed to the BEACH!

Jeff and I bought a 10x10 tent before the trip and were excited to use it.... we loaded up all our stuff and headed out. Its just a short walk across the street to the beach. We got all set up and headed out to enjoy the ocean!

Rhyan loved it! She was definitely feeling dramatic and had her moments but for the most part, she just loved being in the ocean, being held by her daddy or myself and jumping waves. Of course, you would have thought that we were trying to kill her when we'd ask her to stand up on her own (girlfriend wore us out!). "noooo! i skaaaareeeeed!" she'd scream. Nice.

Mack was unsure. But then, he kind of was hating life a little at that point (getting grumpy). He kind of liked it?! But then would also cry a little at times. We just tried to make it fun for him and he seemed ok.

I was thinking before our trip that he was ready to drop his morning nap.... so my plan was to avoid morning naps. Not smart considering the fact that the sun and water wears you OUT! So, Ronni held him for a few minutes while Jeff, Rhyan and I played in the water a few more minutes and in no time Mack was out like a light :-)

And when he woke up, omg. He was miserable. At that point, i felt sure he had an ear infection. He wouldnt eat anything i had to offer him or drink anything. I told everyone else I was going to take Mack back to the room and find an urgent care place. By the time we got back to the room, though, he was acting much better. So i decided to keep an eye on him and just wait. The urgent care place was open till 8pm so i felt ok about that.

We ate some lunch and put the kids down for a nap. We just let Rhyan sleep on our bed... i was feeling badly about her closet bed :-) While they napped, Jeff and I hit up the local OLD SCHOOL Wal-Mart. Youknow, the old kind that doesnt  say "Super" in front of the name!? It was awesome.

They both slept hard and for a long time! And when Mack woke up, he was ok. Temp was around 100 but he was acting normally! When Rhyan woke up, she said "the bed is wet". Yeah. I forgot to have her go potty before her nap. Oops! And Eww.

We all got dressed and ended up dining seaside at Sandy Bottoms. There was a nice breeze and it was so nice to sit by the beach and listen to the waves crash in while we ate. Mack and Rhyan both did pretty well at dinner! I had grilled scollops. YUM.

 There was a playground area next door (there are a LOT of these on the island randomly! Which is GREAT!) that Jeff and the kids took advantage of while we waited and paid. OH, and side note: Rhyan told me she needed to go potty but i was wanting to take a few quick pics of Mack on the playground. Well, then she started tippy-toe jumping around.... so i ran her to the potty (which was NASTY!) and poor girl almost didnt make it! Whew. Lesson learned on my part. (I'm really an awesome mom in the potty department, huh?! lol)

 See if you catch a theme with Mack at the playground in these pics...

 We headed on back to the condo and put Mack to bed while the rest of us (minus rhyan) enjoyed a coke float. Man, that thing was GOOD! Rhyan said "i not like coke! i want chocolate". Girl knows what she likes :-) Then she headed to her new bed... a palate in Gran and Grandads closet. LOL. It had more space and a door so she could have some privacy. haha.

 We finished off the night by taking a few pictures out on the balcony. The sunset was so beautiful. You can see in these pics how far/close we were to the beach. It was literally across the street (past our entrance which is where that small pond is behind us). The homes there are so eclectic. Some are new. Some are old.

 OH. MY. PRECIOUS!

 Jeff and I took one last little trip to the pool and enjoyed the hot tub for a little bit before calling it a night.

2 days down, 5 to go. I dont want it to end!!!