A couple of weeks ago Chris and I took the kids on a vacation with his parents to Savannah. I was nervous about the plane ride because Liam is well into his 'get into everything-can't sit still-must put anything I can into my mouth' phase. So I packed his diaper bag with tons of toys, snacks, antibacterial wipes, and other various supplies and prepared myself for a very long and difficult flight. Well who would've thought that as we were taking off, Liam fell right asleep and didn't wake up until we were getting ready to land. We had to switch planes in Atlanta, then take a short flight from Atlanta to Savannah. Liam was awake but Chris' parents took him for that one. We took a short drive to our hotel which was across the river from downtown historic Savannah. Amazing view, amazing hotel, amazing rooms! Of course Maddy got straight to putting all of her stuff away the drawers and jumping on all of the beds. Her favorite part about a vacation is always the hotel. Room service, pools, souvenir shops, the works. Liam was thrilled to have a new place to explore and different things to try to put in his mouth.
Over those next 3 days we had so much fun!! We walked all over town oohing and aahhing over the beautiful houses and buildings, stopped to take pictures and admire the amazing parks at every street intersection, ate great food (my first time having fried green tomatoes), shopped for dresses and hats for Maddy, ran through the water fountains, took a horse drawn carriage ride, went on a spooky ghost tour, and of course swam in the pool. Our last day Chris, Maddy, Liam, Chris' mom Cris, and I went to Tybee Island to play in the ocean. Maddy LOVED it immediately and Liam was terrified. He did not want to touch the water or sand. It was very weird for him. We all took turns holding him while following Maddy around as she kept discovering new things up on the sand. Seashells, Jellyfish, and even a baby crab. She was screaming with delight. After about 40 minutes Liam finally let us put him down to sit in the sand. He was suddenly fascinated by it. He loved the way it felt on his toes and in between his fingers. He was digging and digging and digging. He even tried eating it a couple of times (much to my dismay). It was so fun seeing him experience something for the first time. Pure bliss. I completely forgot my camera so I have no pictures but did get a cute video. After a couple of hours of that we went on a dolphin tour. It was really exciting to see them swimming around in the ocean and jumping out of the water. The kids were thrilled. Is was a perfect way to end such an amazing trip.We all LOVED LOVED LOVED that vacation!
So get ready for a ton of pictures. I went a little crazy with my new iPhone camera.
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| Happy Maddy watching Tangled on her ipod. |
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| Little Bean getting ready for takeoff! |
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| Watching the planes go by with daddy. |
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| Maddy is showing off her new luggage. She was very proud of it. |
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| Waving hello to all of the ships that went by our room. |
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| Maddy and Grammy loved playing in the windows. |
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| This is the view we had. |
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| I couldn't resist putting this in here. It is so sweet when he gives us kisses! |
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| Departing on the water taxi |
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| Smiles! |
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| These were the little parks that they had at every intersection downtown. I fell in love with these. The trees were breathtaking. |
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| Having some lunch and being cute! |
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| Maddy and Grammy by a fun telephone booth. |
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| We went in this little private garden to let Liam walk around for a minute and Maddy was dancing with and hugging him the entire time. |
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| Throwing coins in and making wishes... |
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| Daddy and Liam stop to smell the flowers. |
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| Ready for our ghost tour! |
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| We stopped to tour around a haunted house and this room was said to be the most haunted. It was pitch black and Liam was asleep so Grammy snuck in there to rest with Liam in her arms. No ghostly orbs in the picture though... |
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| Throwing rocks off the pier and waiting for the water taxi. |
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| Maddy ran through the water fountains and got drenched! |
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| Maddy wanted a real Savannah hat and a horse drawn carriage before we left. |
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| Liam thought the horses were pretty cool. |
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| About 10 minutes into the tour, they both fell asleep on our laps. It was so quiet and peaceful. |
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| Here is our hotel across the water. |
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| Liam was so giggly and happy in the car. |
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| Looking for dolphins on the tour. |
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| Maddy got a little bored looking for them. |
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| She had more fun when we took off and the water kept spraying her. |
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| It was a bit windy for Li Li. |
