For whatever reason, this thread has been locking up on me for the past couple days when I've tried opening it. Now it's fine -- go figure.
Quickie Outer Banks trip report, for those that asked...
It was pretty good. Tiring, but we had fun. The only big problem was that some sort of stomach bug went through the house and we all ended up having to deal with it at some point during the week. And, of course, we got blamed for it, because Ryan got the runs on the flight down (he was fine the next morning) and Cameron puked in the airport before we left (more due to being wound up from his pre-K graduation along with inhaling a bowl of pasta afterwards).
But nobody killed each other and by the end of the trip, we even figured out how to best do a trip with 13 people (e.g. do your own thing and people will catch up with you on their own schedule).
It looks like we'll do this again in two years (which was our plan from the beginning) -- but we'll be looking for a bigger house with more room (e.g. more places to get away from people
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The main problem was that we mistakenly thought that the ground floor would be the area we'd congregate at night once the kids were in bed, since the pool table was there. Problem was, aside from the pool table, there was nowhere for anything else (games, TV watching, etc.). We took that bedroom because we were the only one (out of my siblings and I) without a baby in our room. Ryan's crib was in with Cameron's bunkbed, my brother and sister had cribs in with them. So when we'd play games and stuff, it was right across from my brother's room where their DD was sleeping. We woke her up once or twice.
Plus, in two years, we'll need at minimum one more bedroom since Ryan, my nephew and most likely my niece will need beds of their owns, not cribs. Plus my SIL's due with another baby and my sister's in the process of trying, so we'll be adding one or two more people to our family.
We spent the day before we flew home (we left OBX on Saturday, but flew home on Sunday) outside Norfolk, VA, just the four of us. We went to a Children's Museum, walked around the port area and did some swimming at the hotel, then got an early dinner and rested in the hotel for the night before flying home (thankfully without incident) on Sunday.
Why are men always so scared of me
Norfolk is interesting, glad you enjoyed it. It has been a few years since were there, but I enjoyed touring the naval base there and going to the harbor or whatever its called.
I am glad...it is a lot of running around for me--it's worth it though.
GOOD FRIDAY MORNIG PEOPLE!! 
