Gulf Shores :: Monday

When we got up this morning (bright and TOO early again, I might add) it was really cool outside and after a look at the forecast we decided since today was going to be the coolest and cloudiest day this week we would do our Foley trip. The high today was just 70, so really nice but it was windy too and not too great for the beach. It's supposed to get warmer everyday- in the high 70's and they also took out any major chance for rain later in the week!

Jarrod did take Stratton down to play in the sand for awhile while Arden was napping and I took a shower. They came in and we all got dressed and headed to Foley around 11:30.

We had lunch at a little local place called, The Fish River Grill 2, in Foley and it was SO good. I had a seafood BLT: fried shrimp, bacon, fried green tomato, provolone cheese, lettuce and this amazing crawfish sauce. It was amazing. I also had their "sweet thang" for dessert which was basically a beniet filled with peach and apple pie filling. . . Heaven. I about died after eating all of this! Whew! Good thing we went to the outlet mall and walked the whole thing!

The kids were so good while we shopped. Stratton took a little nap in the stroller and then he walked for a while and Arden napped in it for awhile. too. The rest of the time they took turns in it. I keep thinking Stratton is going to get tired of the stroller and refuse to ride in it, but he still seems to be ok with it, so next time we will bring another one OR rent one that is a two seater, we should have done this from the start but didn't think about it till halfway through. On a side note, Jarrod left his phone at the condo. So we got seperated once and spent about 45 mins looking for each other. Not fun. What did people do before cell phones?! It was awful! we were both so frustrated!

Stratton rode the carosel for the first time.

We had dinner at Lulu's. Stratton got to play for a few minutes, but it was really chilly! I'm bummed that I have these cute outfits for the kids and its too cold for them to wear! We're sporting hoodies and jeans so far!

After dinner we went to The Track across from the port and Jarrod and Stratton rode the go-carts. I feel this is going to become a tradition!

It was freezing! Arden and I huddled together as we watched the boys race!

We got back, bathed the kids and they were in bed by 9ish. Whew! Busy but fun day. We've had some moments, don't get me wrong, but so far the kids have been pretty good. Shopping with Stratton was fun today. He kept picking out ugly flowery shirts and asking if Jarrod liked them. And the when we'd leave a store without buying anything, he'd say "Well, we just can't find ANYTHING!" Funny.

Tomorrow is going to be beach day, all day! Yay!