The last few days of my 20's

My 30th birthday is quickly approaching. I used to laugh at my "older" friends and think how silly they were being for dreading their 30th birthday. However I am realizing, as the day draws nearer, that I am in the same boat. It sounds so much better to say you are in your twenties, even if I do have two kids, an extra ten lbs, stretch marks, body parts sagging, a herinated disc, and many other glamourous things happening to me! :) The day Caroline was born, as I have told many people before, I believe I aged at least ten years. So really when she was born I felt at least 36, not 26, and now that the girls are getting a little older I am finding my "old" self again..isn't that an oxymoron...ha. Raising little ones is VERY exhausting and very rewarding...it is selfless and selfish (in how much joy I derive from them)...it has been the second part of my 20's. So as I dread 30, I also look forward to it. And my sweet hubby is taking me out for a big treat...shopping! I am throwing out my "old" clothes which consists of lots of maternity clothes and other clothes that fit me and were in style when I was 25 (before kids) and when I was working.
I'm going to enjoy and tell every stranger I meet for the next ten days that I am in my twenties...and then in my new updated (and mature wardrobe...ha) I will gracefully enter my 30's with a huge smile on my face holding a precious baby girl on one hip and holding the hand of my other little three year old! Happy life!

Ocean Isle Beach 2010

The View...so beautiful


Mrs. Lomax and Baby Reid Lomax


Sun bathing Sisters...ha, that lasted for about 3 seconds:)


Big girl shoes..had to slip this one in here... Mags is getting so BIG,15 months old



We always look forward to our favorite place, The Frink house at Ocean Isle beach, every July. We go every summer (ever since I was a baby) with a big group of friends (25 or more) whom are so close I consider them family (The Mitchells, Simpsons, Lomaxes, and my family). We always have more fun than we really should but this year with two kids...it was more of a trip than a vacation. Maggie does NOT sleep well in her pack n play so it was a tiring week for Tony and myself. However, we did manage to still enjoy everyones company and have good family time with our little ones and a little adult time with our friends. We are hoping for more of that next year though:)We know they are only little for a short time so we are savoring all of the "baby" time we can get...even if that means giving up some of our fun now and then. Here are a few pics from the week. Maggie started walking about a week before we left for the beach (beginning of July) and is growing so fast. I had to include oa pic of her in her big girl walking shoes...she looks so old. She is actually 15 months old today. Caroline is loving life and entertaining everyone around her. She will be 4 in October even though she thinks she is 14 :)


Yes, she is eating sand...and seemed to enjoy it


More sand eating...We joked that she was going to make a drip castle in her diaper....nice, huh?


Maggie Moo loving the beach. She really enjoyed it, last year she was only 7 weeks old


Surfer Chick Caroline

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Precious Maggie