Ruch Family Vaca

We just got back from an amazing vacation in Richmond and North Carolina. We flew to Richmond to be with Jon's parents, and from there we road tripped about 5 hours to Baldhead Island, which is near Wilmington I think. :) All 13 of us: Mama and Papa Ruch, Jeremy and Lindsay, Billy, Jennifer, Carrington, Ellie, Finn and Deacon, and me, Jon and Sawyer ferried over to the island to a beach house. This place was amazing. There are no cars on the island. Everyone uses golf carts as transportation. Our beach house had 2 golf carts for us to use. We would drive over to the beach and to the pool which only took about 5 minutes. The ride over there was so nice and pleasant. It was like we were in a jungle, and then you would emerge from the trees to the beach. And can I just say that the beaches out that way are like as warm as my bath water. It's just craziness.

Sawyer did so well in the water. He really loved to eat fist fulls of sand :). He did well in both the beach and the pool. He even got himself a little tan. I must say though, he has been a lot more fussy than normal since he is teething. He has one sharp tooth coming in. He just looks really uncomfortable some days. Not to mention, he is really moving around by his little military crawl so when he is confined anywhere, like the airplane or being held, he fusses because he just wants to be moving around. But all in all, he did wonderfully on the trip. He had so much fun with his cousins, and Papa Ruch really got him laughing. You never would have known that this trip was his first time meeting most of the Ruch family. Sawyer loved them all instantly. Nana was so wonderful with Sawyer. She gave Jon and I lots of breaks to go to the water by ourselves, and anytime Sawyer was fussy, without even a hesitation, she just put him in the stroller and walked him around. Sawyer loves his walks.

It was really nice to just spend a week with Jon's family and get to know them all a little bit better. It was a true vacation in the sense that there was no itinerary or anywhere to go visit. It was just a full week of going back and forth to the water, naps, and playing games. (I still of course had to squeeze in a bit of school in there).

So now we are back home in Puyallup, and luckily we came home to some really nice weather. Summer is officially here in washington now. Lets hope it lasts a bit for us. Love you all

I promise I will do my best to keep this thing updated better. You can know for sure, Sawyer will have his 9 month update. I at least get his monthly updates in. :)