First full day at the beach

These are a few pictures of the first day at the beach. Enjoy the brief video as well. We'll post more soon!

Our trek to the beach

After 7 long, hot hours in the car we finally made it to the beach. It was supposed to be a four hour trip, but we ran into a horrible accident- and it delayed us for a few hours. Taylor was such a trooper. He played with his cars, read books, took a brief 45 minute nap, and watched movies. What a lifesaver the dvd player was. We never could have made it here with our sanity in tact if we did not have movies to keep Taylor occupied. Thank you, Kevin and Sarah for loaning us your dvd player! I think that we definitely need to invest in one now!

My parents met us at the condo when we arrived on the island. We are staying at a great little condo that is not far at all from the beach. There is a golf cart in the garage that can get us to the beach or the pool in a flash. My dad took us on a tour last night in the golf cart. Taylor kept saying over and over, "I drive it! I drive it!" We headed down to the beach just to see Taylor's reaction to the sand and the water. He was very hesitant at first, but once he realized that the sand was like the sand in the sand box, he didn't want to quit playing.

Power Outage and a trip to the Zoo

It has definitely been an eventful couple of days around here!  We were without power from Thursday at around 4 pm until tonight at 7 pm.  A huge storm caused power lines and trees to fall all over our neighborhood.  I sure did my share of complaining about not having power, but I had absolutely nothing to complain about after seeing several neighbors with trees either on their roofs or in their house.  We were certainly blessed to have been spared that nightmare!  

Today, Taylor and I left the house and met Emily and Sarah at the Zoo.  I think that everyone else in Greenville had the same idea.  There were several daycares there and even one elderly home with about a dozen senior citizens.  We pressed on through the crowds though and had a fantastic time!  Emily and Taylor are so cute around each other.  They copy each other a lot and generally play really well together.  Sarah was so awesome- she even had us over for dinner tonight and allowed us to take showers and bring our remaining loads of laundry so that we could be all clean and packed for our beach trip tomorrow.  You guys are the best!  Thanks so much for being such amazing friends!!  

Fun in the sun

Yesterday was one of those days that I just didn't want to end.  Taylor was in the BEST mood.  He took a great nap, he hardly whined all day, and he managed to play by himself with his trains and cars for long periods of time.  He was completely content and hardly any t.v. was turned on. Hopefully that mood will continue today.  

Taylor and I visited with Kelly and AnnaKate yesterday.  Taylor went "fishing" in the water table and played in the sand box with AnnaKate.  We also ran a few errands and made a quick trip by Chick-fil-A for lunch.  What fun!  

First day of summer vacation

Yesterday was our first full day of summer vacation for Taylor and myself.  We played outside, took a walk on the nature trail, strolled along the bridge, dug in the dirt, watered the garden (and pulled up a chive plant for the fun of it- thanks, Taylor!), weeded the backyard, pruned a multitude of neglected bushes, took two baths, watched excerpts from the movie Cars, made homemade ice cream, ate ice cream with Papa, tried new recipes for salmon and crab cakes for dinner, and finally snuggled before heading off to bed.  Whew- I was definitely tired at the end of the day!  It sure was fun though!  I'll post about today's events later on (just a heads up though- it was much more laid back).

Check out this face - he had had enough of the camera by this point!