We met Eddie's sister, brother in-law and their 2 kids.
Friday: Long drive. Vallerie was excellent. While we were driving, this guy (we'll call him Richie Rich) sped past us. A minute later we see a cop pull him over. Haha take that Richie Rich!
We got there early. We didn't realize there was a time change (1hour behind) so we had to wait for our room to be ready. We waited for about an hour. When we finally checked in, we had to wait for what seemed like forever for the elevators. I'm not talking a couple minute wait either. It was probably 15-20 minutes. It was horrible. I would assume since it was the weekend, that's why it was so bad. Our room was really nice. It had a full kitchen (loved the dishwasher) and even a washer/dryer. The bad thing, was that they didn't mop the floor, so after a few minutes our feet (and Vallerie's legs/hands) were black. We called housekeeping and had them come up to mop the floors.
The hotel was non smoking, so I had a bit of a problem indulging in my bad habit. I learned to live with it though.
We went to the pool. Vallerie loved it. We bought her a little lady bug inter tube to sit in. She had a great time splashing around.
Vallerie riding in the car
Saturday: We went to the pool again. We also went to Sams Club and Walmart to buy dinner for the week. Since we had a full kitchen we decided to cook most nights instead of going out to eat. It took forever. None of the children were cooperating.
We took a short trip to the beach. Vallerie did not like the water. I don't know if she didn't like the salt water taste or what, but when Eddie took her in, she just screamed. She was fine sitting on the beach letting the waves hit her a little, but once she was out in it fully, she was a totally different baby.
I think this was the night we had spaghetti. Eddie totally screwed it up. He used 1/2 a bottle of Garlic Salt. He said that he was used to cooking with Garlic Powder, so that's why it was so bad. I couldn't even eat it, it was so salty. I don't even remember what we ate instead. All I know is Eddie and his Brother in law went out for replacement food, and they were gone for like 2 hours. The road the hotel was on was always packed, and by the time they went out a lot of places were closed.
Vallerie looking over the balcony
Sunday: The hotel kept calling wanting us to go to a timeshare presentation. They would call at the worst times... when Vallerie (and me) were napping. The phone was loud too. I decided that I was sick of it, and unplugged the phone in the bedroom. I actually was a little irritated when I unplugged it, so it was more of a frantic "OMG WTF" unplug...
We went to Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum. That was fun. We got some really good pictures. Vallerie was a little fussy, so Eddie had to carry her most of the time.
We were going to have a seafood buffet with delicious crab legs, but they were too packed to go. We ended up having KFC instead.
Eddie and I watched "Red Riding Hood" It was pretty good. I have wanted to see it for a while. Eddie fell asleep and I didn't HA!
Me and Vallerie in front of a dolphin skeleton @ Ripleys
Eddie in the "electric chair" It was broken... he's only pretending
Eddie holding Vallerie over the Mayan sacrifice display
Eddie and Vallerie in the tunnel that spins. Hard to keep balanced in there!
Monday: CRAB LEGS! They were fantastic! I have been wanting crab legs for years! Mmmm. Eddie got mad because he sucked at cracking them. I ended up cracking them for him after (and before) I had my fill. I love cracking those things. I could do it all day long. Crackity crack crack.
We went to the pool that night. After we were done we were walking out the gate, and it slammed on my ankle as I walked out. It gave me a little cut. Nothing major, but it hurt.
Vallerie "helping" unpack her suitcase
Giving me the "I didn't do it" face
Being silly
Crab legs time!
Vallerie didn't want to leave
Tuesday: Vallerie and I went Shopping with Eddie's sister and her youngest (same age as V) We went to the outlet mall about a mile away from the hotel. It was hot, but fun.
I bought some baby clothes and bumpits. I was disappointed that the "As Seen on TV" store didn't have Pajama Jeans. I was gonna buy some for my sister. I also was disappointed the the NIKE store didn't have the shoes I wanted. I used to have a pair of awesome Nike's... I don't think they make em anymore. I was expecting to spend a lot more money than I did. Probably a good thing.
Wednesday: We went to the beach. I dug a really big hole. Vallerie played in the sand. We dug a small hole and put her in it, and as I was putting a shovel full of sand on top, Vallerie thought it was a giant spoon and took a big bite of sand. She was not happy. We got some good pictures.
Eddie got a little burnt. He decided not to wear sunscreen. Vallerie and I didn't get burnt at all. The miracles of sunscreen!
That night we had pork loin for dinner. It was awesome!
Getting ready to head to the beach
Hanging out in the sand
Digging
Getting the sand out of her mouth after she ate a big bite
Thursday: We went to a couple of the crappy nick knack shops. We bought some silly souvenirs. We had lunch/dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. Once again, the children weren't cooperating.
We went back to the room and Eddie took a little nap while I packed up our stuff. It took forever! We got the car all loaded and we were on our way around 11PM.
At dinner. Doesn't she look happy? No? Well she wasn't.
Friday: Drove home. We stopped around 3AM to switch drivers, and there was this creepy guy! He said that he was on a layover from the Greyhound Bus and asked Eddie for some money. Eddie said he smelled horrible. I was a little scared. I drove off pretty quick after that.
As I was driving, a semi tire came off of the semi in front of me. I didn't hit it, but I did run over a little bit of the smaller part that came off.
We got home around 2PM. As soon as we got in, Eddie turned on the computer only to find that it turned on, but had a black screen... Yay our comp is broken again. We didn't even get 10 minutes of happy home time. Oh well.
That's all I can remember... I wish I had pics to post, but as I said, home computer is broken. Hopefully fixed soon.
Glad to be home. It was a long vacation. Don't know if I would do 2 weeks again...
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