Sunday, July 12, 2009

Connor's 1st vacation!

Well--as Connor's favorite, Dora, would say, "We Did it!" We survived our first vacation! We had our highs and lows, but way more highs than lows so it was successful! For a recap:

We got in Thursday around 4ish, the rooms were BEAUTIFUL (mom and I both agree we loved the Tommy Bahama decor and wanted to steal many decorative objects for our own homes), said hello to the fam, got settled in while Connor played on the floor, fed Connor dinner, ate our own dinner (hamburgers) around 8:00pm due to rainy grills that took a little while to get 'fired up', put Connor to bed for what I thought would be a long night (loud outside/new bed/new place/etc)...but he SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! It was miraculous and sooooo not expected!



















Day 2: Connor woke up to see his Auntie Katie, took Connor down to the beach, ate lunch under his wonderful SPF beach tent (tried mac & cheese, mangos, & drank through straw of juice box for 1st time), tried the water on the beach (but was not excited about it...too cold and kinda rough), packed up and went to the pool instead (which he, of course, LOVED), tried out a new floatie, played with Auntie Nicole and Craig that evening, went for family walk, went out on a pier for the 1st time, enjoyed his bottle outside, had yummy pulled pork for dinner (big people, not Connor), then went to bed with Connor.
























Day 3: Connor slept great again that night, lots up pulling up practice in his pack n play, Connor modeled his lobster swim suit from Auntie Nicole, played with Uncle Craig a little, went in the pool with the girls, played in the fun turtle fountain in the pool, went down to the beach with Papa and went into the water (this time enjoyed it!), went in the pool again with Grandma and Papa, tried his 1st real popsicle (orange)...was messy so we swimming afterwards again, watched "Dora" and was soo glued to the TV (must have missed her, since he hadn't watched her for a few days!), went for a family walk, took family pictures, enjoyed yummy cheesy potatoes for dinner, and then settled into bed (slept good again!)




























Day 4: Lots of packing, walked down and met family at breakfast at Cafe on the beach, watched some more "Dora" while we loaded up the car, had fun airplane rides with Auntie Katie in the parking lot, got info on rooms for next year (with private pool, spa, and pier overlooking the bay...very exciting!), napped in the car on the way home (shortly), then Grandma entertained/fed Connor snacks the rest of the way, got unpacked, picked up Coopy from Rach's, and now...should be sleeping but I'm posting pictures.



It was so much work (trying to keep Connor on his schedule/packing/unpacking/finding everything once we got there/trying to see everyone while working around Connor's moods & schedule/packing to leave/ unpacking at home...), but we had a good time! Lots of pictures so enjoy!

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