Monday, August 23, 2010

Myrtle Beach Vacation Part 1 of 2

We had such a wonderful vacation last week in Myrtle Beach. Myrtle Beach was not our first choice for vacation. It just so happened that we had planned and made reservations to go to Gulf Shores. Unfortunately, with the oil spill in the gulf we were worried so we changed to Myrtle Beach, SC. I knew it wouldn't be the same as the gulf but all I wanted was a nice condo, a beach, a pool and good places to eat. MB took care of all of those amenities.
We headed out Friday afternoon around 4:30 when Matt got home from work. We planned to drive about 4 hours and stay the night in Knox/Sevierville. We stopped at Cracker Barrel for dinner and to stretch our legs. I LOVE Cracker Barrel!!!! Ryan was good and he even ate some carrots for dinner. I snuck little pieces of carrots into his applesauce and he actually ate it. I was one proud momma!
Ryan's first stay in a hotel room. He did awesome! He was fast asleep in the car when we got to the hotel. We got to our room and he was WIDE awake. We got ready for bed and he fell right to sleep. Praise the Lord this kid sleeps so well!!!
On the way to MB. He took a great nap in the car pretty early. He's such a good traveler.
Our friends from Florida Adam, Katie and Lillian Grace vacationed with us in MB. Lillian Grace is two months younger than Ryan. She is so tiny. Ryan towered over her, ha! They shared a bath together but Lillian Grace hates the bath so it was very short lived.
Lillian Grace is just so sweet. She is so calm and just a doll. Ryan on the other hand is all boy and always getting into something. Matt says when you look at him and he just looks like trouble, ha!
These two love to suck their thumbs, ha!!! Ryan learning to play the piano! Hope he takes after his momma and love piano playing.
Lillian Grace ready for the beach. You might think since she's from Florida that she would be used to and like the beach but not so much. She didn't like it much the first day but she warmed up to it by the end of the week! Isn't she so cute?
Ryan wasn't so sure about the beach either but he warmed up to it very quickly. Here he is trying some sand, gross. Nope, tastes yucky. He never tried to eat it again, ha! I knew that would happen, ha!
The first day we didn't last long at the beach so we moved on to the pool.
They had a one foot baby pool that was perfect for the kiddos. They loved it and had a blast!
They had so much fun and were exhausted by the end of the day and just crashed.

During naptime Katie and I would go down to the pool to lay out and relax. It was soooo nice! We did that many days!
Ryan is completely fearless when it comes to water. He is such a water baby. We tried the beach again on Monday morning. Ryan had a much better time the second go around.
He loved playing with his bucket and shovel!
It was a totally different beach vacation for us. There was no sitting down and relaxing and reading a book. Ryan is so quick, all our focus was completely on him. We wouldn't have it any other way! I'm so glad that he loves the beach just like his momma and daddy.

2 comments:

kimmie said...

Your little man is too cute!!! I have a son who was born 3 days after him!

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