Ocean City Girls' Weekend - Day 1

Our Girls' Weekend began early - everyone arrived at my house by 6:30. The car got packed up, everyone got loaded in, and off we went! We hit rain by Baltimore, and we didn't see the sun at all during our drive. Still, we were determined to have sunny skies by the time we got to Ocean City. That didn't quite happen, and although we arrived by 12:30 (there was a breakfast stop along the way), we were kept inside by ugly weather. The sun finally came out just as Emily was beginning a late nap at 4:00, so Aunt Sharon, Megan, mom, Amber, and I had some pool time while Grandma napped with Emily. That night, we headed up to the boardwalk for some junk food, rides, and people-watching. Even the tornado warning couldn't stop us, and Dopplar Amber (as she was affectionately called all weekend) assured us we'd be safe. Here we are on the back deck before leaving:
Emily had never been on a ride before, so one of the things I really wanted to do was see if she'd get on some. We started with the carousel since it seemed pretty tame. Aunt Sharon and I got on with her, although only one of us stood with Emily...the other was having fun riding beside her :) At first, Emily seemed a little nervous, but as we spun around and around, she got more excited. By the end, she was loving it, and Aunt Sharon and I were dizzy and a bit sick to our stomachs (who knew those things turned so fast???)
Since I needed time to gather my senses after the crazy carousel, Megan volunteered to take Emily on her next ride, the balloons. Emily liked this one even more, and when we tried to get her off, she cried :(
So, Auntie Amber and Megan distracted Emily to get her to stop crying. Still, there was one more ride that looked fun. Again, Megan got volunteered to go along since the seating was a bit tight on this one.
I'm sure Megan's co-workers at Frontier will appreciate that she took her niece on a flight :)
After rides, we worked our way back up the boardwalk eating ice cream, chicken wraps, crab balls, toffee, and french fries for dinner. We felt sick, but that didn't stop us from eating even more while hanging out playing games later that night. I think I was up later than I've been for a very long time, but we all had fun.