The Staggs-Todd vacation was fun but going on a vacation with three kids was really different than any vacation I have ever been on! I say next year we leave the kids at home! Just kidding! We had a really great time and are so lucky to have been able to share it with the Todd's!! It ended up working out pretty well! Stratton and Cooper got along great for the most part. It was fun watching them interact. . .they are going to be trouble makers when they get a little older for sure! Stratton was pretty good around Lainey. He would pat her and say "ahhh" like we do around the dog and cat-haha. At least he gets the idea! He only got rough with her once and tried to "pat" her a little too hard!
We left Jonesboro about 6:30am on Wednesday morning. We planned it pretty good! He would make it for about 3 hours at a time before he got restless and/or hungry. We made it to Gulf Shores around 5:30, not bad at all! He did about the same on the way back, too! I will say I am sooo glad we took the dvd player for the car! I am sick and tired of John Deere and Baby Einstein, but it sure did help!
Believe it or not it didn't rain! It was sunny and beautiful the entire time! That's a first for us! It was definitely different with a baby than our normal beach vacations. Having to accommodate naps and snacks and restlessness. . .whew! But Stratton was very well behaved for the most part. We were really surprised how well he did!
On The Beach: Stratton got really hot really fast. We couldn't get him to stay under the umbrella in the shade. It was so humid and much hotter than I remember it being the last time we were there in September I think it was hotter than it was when we were here last year in June. Stratton seemed to like the sand alright and didn't act scared of the water. But after about an hour in the sun and sand, he was ready to do something else. So we didn't get much time in the sun either! I guess the upside to that is we didn't get sunburned!
By The Pool:The condo we stayed in was really kid friendly. It had an awesome kiddie pool with a bunch of neat water features. We ended up spending more time there than on the beach!
Out and about: We ate at the Hangout, LuLu's, Crab Trap, Sea and Suds (which was conveniently right next to our condo) and even had Lamberts when we were in Foley shopping. It wouldn't be a vacation without LOTS of good food!
All 3 kids riding a truck at Lamberts
He supported the Hogs on Saturday
playing on the playground at the Crap Trap
Oh, the things we do to entertain a baby!
Random Cute Pictures:
Cooper sitting in Stratton's lap!
Three sweet kiddos!
The End- When do we go back??
2 comments:
Love all the pics. Hope we can all go back one day when the kids are bigger and can help!!! Thanks for the invite!
I'm so glad you guys had a good time! The trick is training them from like 3 months to sit at the beach and do nothing but watch the waves while you tan and read books. hahaha. Except I'm not really kidding.
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