A Bald Head New Years

I know what you're thinking...Bald Head?!?  Did someone shave their head or something?  Nope, that is the name of the island that we spent New Years this year.  Our friends asked a few months back if we wanted to join them and some friends at a house they were renting and we jumped at the idea, knowing it would possibly be our last "non-kid" vacation.

After dropping Polly off at Mike's parents and Blue off at camp for a few days, we hit the road once again to Southport, NC to the catch the passenger ferry over to Bald Head Island.  (Side note: the island does not allow cars, only golf carts and bikes.  So, you take a passenger ferry over and then get shuttled to your home which usually has a golf cart or you can rent one at a local shop.)  The ride over was a WINDY one but still a beautiful view of the water and other neighboring islands.

When we arrived on the island, our friends were waiting on us and took us to our home away from home.  We enjoyed hanging out with our friends, Kim and Dedrick, and meeting new friends, Adam and Aaron, taking golf cart rides around the island, visiting the local shops, playing a lot of games and watching a lot of games (football bowl games!!), eating, and enjoying the sounds from DJ Jazzy Adam and the lovely Kim.  It was such a relaxed few days away and much needed down-time after all of our travels.

Our golf cart was possibly the SLOWEST cart on the island.  We would get passed all the time, even by bikers...yeah, embarrassing!!  There is one particular hill that we all love to go to the top of and we couldn't make it up so Aaron and Adam helped us by pushing us the rest of the way.

Mike rented a bike one day and went out one afternoon to take a few pictures.  He got these amazing pictures of the sunset and a few "dream" houses!

We also got a few pictures of us together while there and also a couple to remember me at 31 weeks and closing out the year.

And, I remembered a ridiculous self-picture (I always make fun of them!!) that I had taken around 20 weeks and since I had on the same shirt, I decided to do a before/after picture to see how much we've grown.  And, boy, have we!!  Not much longer now...

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