Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Madison's First Vacation

This is the look that we all gave daddy Clint after he took us on the 5 hour scenic route to Isle of Palms--when we could've made the trip in 3 hours...



Madison did lay on the deck in her new bathing suit long enough to get her picture made. No sandy beach for this girl...



Madison enjoying the reading area of the Sea Aquarium...she just loved those turtle pillows...and the books!


Madison enjoying her airplane ride at the outlet malls in South Carolina...she's probably wishing she could fly home instead of riding with her daddy...


Madison was born in October, but didn't take her first family vacation until the following September. She accompanied her parents and her maternal grandparents(MiMi and E-pa) to Isle of Palms, South Carolina for a couple of days at the beach.

Madison traveled quite well, considering her daddy took us all on the scenic route to Isle of Palms. A trip that should've taken no longer than three hours ended up taking close to five hours! We were all ready to strangle Maddie's daddy by the time we finally got there!

Packing for Madison included everything but the kitchen sink! Brandy took a walker, a pack-n-play, a stroller, a bathtub, food, clothes, and diapers. There wasn't much room in the car for anything else, but the rest of us managed to cram our stuff in around Madison and her carseat!

We stayed at the beach, but Madison didn't care for the beach. When Madison's feet touched the sand/water she screamed. We took her to the South Carolina Sea Aquarium but it was dark in there and she didn't care for that place either. She was whinny and clingy. Her favorite part of the whole Sea Aquarium was a well-lit reading center in a corner that had a rug that she could sit on and some soft stuffed turtle pillows to lay on.

We did manage to do some shopping at some of the outlet malls and Madison seemed to enjoy the stroller ride. She also rode a little airplane ride and liked that. All in all we had a good time and enjoyed just getting away for a couple of days--even though we enjoyed the ocean from a distance...

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