Holden Beach

After our week in Hilton Head, we traveled about 5 hours up the coast to Holden Beach to spend time with Ryan's family.

Hailey didn't like the ocean as much at Holden Beach. The water temperature was a lot colder there, so maybe that was some of it. She still loved playing in the sand and she got to pick up TONS of sea shells.

 Hailey loved standing in all of the beach chairs. I guess it made her feel taller?! Who knows, but she could climb in then and just laugh and laugh.

Here was our beach set-up most days. (Excuse the unflatteringness of this picture, I was eating a snack and so was Hailey, oblivious to the picture taking.)

in her own little chair

with Mimi

One day Ryan and his mom took Hailey on a walk down the beach and came back like this...

I guess the walking wore her out. She slept like that for a good hour.

The house we stay in at Holden Beach is right on the Intercoastal Waterway and Hailey LOVED to go look at the "shish" (fish). She would ask about 20 times a day, no exaggeration, to go outside and look for fish. She loved it when they jumped.

Rebecca (Ryan's sister) tried to paint Hailey's toenails this year, but she would have none of it. This is as far as she got; one toe. Hailey screamed and pulled her feet back. I guess she didn't like that they had to be still.

Rebecca also got Hailey her first pair of rainbow flipflops while we were there. Doesn't she look adorable?

One more picture of my stinker for this post. Hailey was playing with some keys and tried to put them in the door to unlock it...she watches everything!

This was only half...I know, I take a lot of pictures. I promise, only one more beach vacation post...