12:37 pm
Well, our stay at the beach is over. I have to admit that I was a little sad this morning. We went to the beach this morning for a couple hours before checking out of the hotel, and the lighting and everything was just perfect – I was able to get some beautiful pictures of Melanie, and some fairly decent pictures of us as a family – well, as decent as a picture can be with me in a bathing suit! (No comments from the peanut gallery there, please!) We looked for shells for a while; Melanie wanted to bring home a bucket of wet sand also – but Brian won that argument. She said that Meredith would really like sand from Virginia Beach. Daddy said Meredith could come and get her own sand. But she could have some of our shells. It was a fairly comical conversation.
We walked down the beach a bit this morning; found an old pier that was kind of in pieces, but it was a great photo prop. We also found some rocks, some steps, ya know – great vacation backdrop kind of areas. Melanie was very patient with me as I took her picture; I didn’t make her pose for many – most were candid, so she hung with me when I did pose her for the two or three family shots. All I can say is, as anal as I am, it’s a good thing once in a while. I read my camera manual (yes, the whole thing) and I’m so glad I did. I figured out how to make it take continuous shots – so I could get the ones of Brian tossing Melanie up in the air, and how to do the timer, which is how I got the family photos. (Thank goodness for sand toys which make great shelves for the camera while the family gets into position!) Anyway – my camera isn’t the best on the market, but with a little know how, I got some very decent pictures with it. Now to just experiment with my photo software; I want to pick my favorites and print a row of black & whites to hang at the house.
So we’re on our way to Grammy & Poppy’s house. I’m sure they think I’ve totally lost my mind. We called them from the surrey yesterday, where Melanie told her Grammy that she went in the ocean, but she didn’t like it because she kept getting fish poop in her mouth. Even after I translated, I’m pretty sure my MIL didn’t know whether to laugh at me or not – she wasn’t sure how to take me. I have that affect on people, I think. Turns out I’m the official photographer for the wedding :-D I’ve got my camera face on…hehe. Gives me an excuse to do therapeutic blogging too, which is another story all together.
Well, I’m trying to get Melanie to relax in the car seat and take a little snooze. She’s pretty dang tired. And if she sleeps a bit tonight, she’ll be able to stay up a little while with Grammy & Poppy tonight. Hopefully tomorrow we’ll hit the zoo.
More tonight.
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