A Perfect Little Sunday Morning In Charleston...

And so the vacation continues...

 

On Sunday, July 6, we woke up in our fabulous hotel room right on the beach! So perfect to wake up to the beach right there. All six of us got up and got ready. Alex, Adam, and the kids enjoyed the somewhat continental breakfast in the lobby.

 

And then it was time to get ready for the beach!!

Adam, Alex, and Adrienne took the kids down to the beach. They all wanted to play and have a blastie while I went to breakfast with friends.

This boy LOVED his first TRUE beach experience this weekend.

Very serious. Very hard at work.

 

Love these two playing together....

 

 

 

My whole world in one frame.

She is in crazy beach mode apparently.

The boys!

How sweet is he? That hair. His tan. His diaper peeking out. His little shoulder blades.

And she is still working.

 

Thankfully Uncle Adam stepped in to helpd.

 

Team work!

 

 

I am so so thankful that Aunt Adrienne took all of these pictures. I am so thankful that she took a nap as well!!!

According to some, she just might have a sleeping disorder :)

Me, I would kill to be able to sleep :) (JK)

 

Meanwhile, across town....

 

I had a DELICIOUS, grown up meal with some of my favorites!!!

I went to the Okra Grill with Alyisa, Lindsay, and Lee. Alysia and Lee were headed out of town and Lindsey had family stuff to do after we ate.

 

Alysia needed to say goodbye to the sweet babe.

Clearly the momma is loving this!!

And clearly the momma is loving all of the attention her sweet babe and belly are getting.

This girl. This girl right here. We have this connection. For years and years. No matter how many days or weeks between phone calls or months between visits, we still have each other. She had me at "I will be your friend" back in 2005. We never looked back.

I love these two. Two of the best people I know :)

Love you girls. Thank you for such a perfect breakfast!!!!!

 

 

Alysia and Lee got on the road back to Florida and I headed back to the beach to be with my beauties!!!!

 

The perfect start to this perfectly Southern Sunday.

A Park Date on Daniel Island

After our VERY short night of sleep, we woke up so happy to be in Charleston for 40 hours. We were so excited to wake up in our favorite city. We stayed at an Embassy Suites so breakfast was included. We enjoyed our delicious breakfast, got ready, and headed to Verizon Wireless. Naturally on the same day our car won't start, my cell phone completely breaks and won't work at all. Perfect. That made everything just a bit more difficult. HOWEVER, we were able to get me a new phone so I could feel back in contact with the outside world. After picking up some delicious food, we were off to Daniel Island to meet our friends at a park there.

The first person we saw was Miss Brenda. Charlotte was so excited to see her...and her puppy Charlie. Whenever Charlotte would go to Miss Brenda's house to be babysat, she would hang with Charlie and play with Miss Brenda's kids. I tell you, when my kid would go to the Stewart's house, she would be loved. There were usually 4 adults and a dog to my one child. Can you imagine the amount of attention she got???

Charlotte saw Charlie and she went nuts!! She wanted to walk him all by herself.

She loves her Miss Brenda.

We were so happy that the Tices and Wittners could come spend their Sunday afternoon with us. Josh loves babies and kids. Reagan was loving her time with him :)

Callie came to meet Sawyer. 

Charlotte was excited to see Callie and was so happy when she offered to take her down to see the water.

We miss the Tices and Charlotte most certainly misses her playmate, Reagan.

She loved showering her with hugs and kisses.

Hugs and love.

We were sitting at a picnic table right next to the walking trail. This was perfect bc all of the people with dogs kept running and walking by. Charlotte was in love with all of the people with "dog-dogs".

I most certainly miss this view.

Nicole couldn't wait to get her hands on Sawyer. He curled up in her arms and just slept and slept.

Josh was loving it.

Friends. Not boyfriends. Charlotte and Sawyer hanging on the swing with Alex and Josh.

Alysia always gets a bit bajigitty when she holds baby babies. But she did fabulously. Sawyer loved his snuggle time with her.

It's crazy how Charlotte went straight to Alysia, Nicole, Brenda, and Callie. She remembered everyone... especially "Seasa". She loves her "Seasa"

Part of our group...the table was FULL of food/snacks.

Beautiful, right?? I. Miss. This.

Let's go for a walk to the play area...

Charlotte loves being the center of attention :)

So so so SO HAPPY to be reunited with three of my best friends!!!!

Love this picture of them.

Why wouldn't Alysia have a wine glass in her picnic basket??? And why wouldn't she have actually used it?

It was a perfect afternoon. The weather was amazing. We ended up getting to see 10 of our friends at the park. It was fabulous. Laid back. Just hanging out. Ate a bunch of food. Enjoyed the view and the surroundings. I miss these people more than I could ever say. I hate being so far away from them.