Here's my vacation post!
We left for vacation late on the 2nd of July. We got to my moms on the 3rd. Vallerie was a pretty good traveler. She woke up a few times, but it wasn't anything terrible.
We spent 4 days at my moms. We celebrated Vallerie's birthday and had some ice cream cake. On the 4th we went to VMI to watch the fireworks. Vallerie was pretty good. She played with a little girl that was close to us while we were sitting waiting for the fireworks to start.
We got some ice cream at the ice cream shop, and hung out at my moms. Vallerie played in her little splash pool. We had a good time.
We left for Myrtle Beach on Saturday the 7th. It was a decent drive. When we got there it was hell. Check in wasn't until 4pm, and only Eddie's Brother-in-law could check in for us. We got there at like 3pm, and had to wait. I was freaked out. Parking garages, lots of people, heavy traffic. All anxiety triggers for me! Vallerie was sick of being in the car (I don't blame her) so she was fussy. We finally got checked in around 5pm, after Eddie's in-laws got there. I was ready to go home at that point. It was really stressful.
Sunday the 8th we went to the beach. We played in the ocean and collected shells on the beach. I was a total idiot and only put sunscreen on my face. So, I got burnt... bad. I ended up with blisters all over my shoulders and back. (I couldn't sleep on my back for about 3 days)
I really don't remember what days we did everything, so I'll just leave that part out.
We went to Ripley's Mirror Maze. It was pretty cheap to get in, but also very small. Vallerie did pretty good about not running into walls, but her cousin Gabe was not so lucky. He ran into several mirrors. Literally "ran" into them. Eddie thought it was funny. He wasn't hurt or anything. We'd be walking (carefully) and all of a sudden Gabe would run ahead and we would hear a loud "bang" and there he would be on the ground. While we were walking to get there Amber found $1 on the ground, so I started looking as we were walking, and found $5! It was pretty cool.
Eddie's sister and I went shopping at an outlet mall. I got Vallerie some cute little clothes and Eddie some IZOD boxers. Nothing for me though, which is fine, I didn't see anything I really wanted anyway.
We went to the Ripley's Aquarium. It was pretty fun. There were a lot of people there, so it was hard to see everything up close, and people kept pushing us out of the way, so Vallerie really didn't get a good look. They had a dinosaur part, and there was this big T-Rex at the entrance. Vallerie was so scared of it. She did like the fish though. We probably spent the most time at the entrance. There was a big fish tank there that she didn't want to leave. We headed to the gift shop after we were done and bought Vallerie some goodies. She got a turtle stuffed animal that had a baby turtle on it's back. The baby turtle squeaks. Vallerie likes it. She calls it "baby". We also got her some little plastic whales and fish. She hasn't gotten into those yet, we wanted to save them until we got home, so she could use them in the tub. She also got a little stuffed fish, which she really has no interest in. After we were done there and ready to leave, it started pouring rain. We had to walk to the car, and by the time we got in we were all soaked. The rain did not feel good on my back!
We spent another day at the beach, this time with no kids. We played in the ocean for a while. (This time I wore sunscreen) Then we went to the pool for a bit. It was nice.
We did spent quite a bit of time in the hotel room. Not that we really wanted to be in there, but that's just where we ended up most of the time. Vallerie had some fun playing with her cousins. There was also some not so fun times. She got her hand smashed in the sliding glass door twice (by her cousin Gabe) and then another day he smashed her head in the door. He didn't do it on purpose (he's only 2!), but still it really upset Eddie and me. We don't like seeing our kid get hurt.
Eddie cooked dinner almost every night. We had Taco's, Pizza, Mc Donald's, and some of Eddie's delicious cut up steak. We had a big breakfast one morning with Eddie's sisters' in-laws. We were going to go to a seafood buffet one night, but we ran out of time.
We left a day early (Friday the 13th) because it was just time to go. We had enough family time and decided just to get out while we could. We headed back to my moms so we could rest.
We got to my moms on Friday night. We went to Boxer Wood gardens for a short while and Vallerie played in the little stream and walked a trail or two. It was nice.
Saturday afternoon we headed home. Vallerie was an ok traveler, but she really didn't want to be stuck in the car again. We got home around 9pm. When we got there and looked in the fridge we noticed it was full! My aunt was super nice and filled it up for us so we would have food when we got home.
Sunday I unpacked and Eddie relaxed. We also hung up the curtains that my mom made for Vallerie's room. They look great! I hung up her stuffed animal hammock again.
That's about all I can remember... if I think of something else I will post it.
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