Hilton Head

We were in Hilton Head, SC for a week with Mr. D's parents. We left on the 15th after Mr. D got out of work, sat in traffic for the first four hours of the trip, drove to Rocky Mount, NC where we stayed in a pretty nice motel for $40! and that included breakfast (fresh made waffles, bagels, cereal, juice, coffee and donuts). We drove for another five to six hours the next morning/afternoon before we finally arrived at my in-laws' time share in Hilton Head at 4:00 p.m., just in time for the Phillies playoff game against the Dodgers, which they lost. Not a great way to start our second vacation of the year, but it ended well with the Phillies going to the World Series and a much more pleasant drive home. Before we planned this trip I really had no idea how far south Hilton Head is. It's down there.

While in HH (the initials on the Euro-stickers down there) we biked on the beach and the great bike trails, swam in the heated pool and soaked in the hot tub right outside our building, ate good food and drank good wine (a few fruity tropical drinks too), played tennis and ping pong, and took a day trip to Savannah, Georgia, which is only 20-some miles from HH. The downside was that our family of four slept in one bedroom the size of a small hotel room. Doodle was in the double bed next to ours and Pancake was in a pack-n-play at the food of Doodle's bed. Doodle had a cough which woke me up when I wasn't being woken up by my restless baby girl. I don't know if it was the new surroundings, Doodle's incessant coughing or her teething, but Pancake slept like crap while we were away. Not only did she sleep fitfully but she took FOREVER to fall asleep -- screaming in my arms until she finally passed out.

One morning I slept in -- one, out of seven. Our week away made me appreciate our house where everyone sleeps in their own rooms and there are lots of places to put Pancake down. Overall, though, the vacation was great and there is something to be said for appreciating your daily life.

Since we've been back we carved pumpkins, Doodle went to school, which he really seems to like now, and we went to gymnastics class today where both kids wore their Halloween costumes (Doodle was a firefighter and Pancake was an alligator (same costume as Doodle three years ago)).

A few pictures:

That is the sock that she pulled off laying across her chest. She's in the bike trailer.

Doodle is in a phase where he doesn't like to look at the camera, let alone smile for it, when I'm trying to take his picture. So this is the only close up I have of him from the trip.