babymoon weekend

What a wonderful, wonderful weekend away!

It will definitely go down in our history books as one of the best.  Ever.

We had originally planned to take a little vacation with my mom and brother;

but plans fell through.

So since this was our last available weekend to travel before I'm no longer allowed to travel, 

we decided to take advantage of the free weekend and head to North Myrtle Beach.

Our plan was to do only what we wanted to do, rest, relax, sleep in, and enjoy our time together.

And we did exactly that ... which really amounted to a whole lot of nothing.

(I should note here, that I'm glad Chris and I share the same idea of a vacation)

Last Thursday, I was packed and ready waiting on Chris to get home.

As soon as he walked in the door, he ate dinner, changed his clothes, and we were on our way.

Along the way, we stopped for a few snacks.
Actually we stopped often so I could stretch and walk ... and almost every stop included snacks.  =)

I wanted to try these ... but they didn't do much for me.  Too much "stuf."

One of our "walk/stretch" stops included a dozen Krispy Kremes.
Nothing beats a fresh, warm doughnut.

We arrived around midnight,  found a pet-friendly hotel room, and settled in for the night.

Friday it drizzled rain and was a bit chilly, so there was little beach time.

But, we did take a stroll that evening.

Here's the bump on the beach - Josie's "first visit."

 

We shopped at the outlet stores.

"Shopping til you drop" doesn't take long as an 8-month pregnant lady.

Needless to say, Chris was happy that it didn't last long

Friday evening we enjoyed dinner at Outback.

Saturday was our day on the beach.

I never get tired of this view ... something about it soothes my soul.

Chris attempted to feed the birds.  He threw food to them. 

And here he is trying to get them to take from his hand - but no such luck.

This was Thumpy's first time to hang out on the beach.

Clearly, she enjoyed it.  She loves sunning.

Saturday evening, I ran into a few stores looking for a scarf.

When I came out, Chris was once again feeding birds.  

I grabbed this picture of one of the birds riding on top of our car as Chris came to meet me.

At 6:30 PM, we had a photo session on the beach with a local photographer

and finished the day with dinner at Chili's.

Sunday morning, while we were packing up our hotel room, 

Thumpy took the opportunity to lay on the big king-size bed.

Obviously, she thought she was the queen.

Sunday, we drove about 1.5 hours away to meet with friends who moved to North Carolina last year.

We thoroughly enjoyed catching up and spending time together.

They've got two sweet little kiddos.

I'm grateful, that I had no problems or anything to scare me or make me worry 

while we were away from home.

This restful, peaceful time together was such a blessing.

It was exactly what we needed.

Now, June 2nd can hurry up!!

We are more than ready for our sweet babe to be in our arms.

the last pictures from the beach

girls at miniature golf

mama and son chilling on the beach

the boys on the beach together

Robin shot a hole-in-one! yay!

the Johnson family at Cheeseburger in Paradise

sweet Sam (a post for Beth)

here are the pictures I snapped of Sam

at the beach.

enjoying his thumb:taking a nap on the beach:"get the camera out of my face, or i'm going to take it:"playing with my sunglasses to avoid a nap.
not looking at the camera:becoming the next Einstein:posing like a big boy. sitting up alone.
of course, his mom is behind him for precautionary measures.Beth, I plan to upload them to Wal-Mart.com
and print them to your local store.
but, I'm not guaranteeing that to happen in the near future. :)

bocce ball

a new discovery.a fun beach game.tossing balls several feet.attempting to land closest to the little white ball.

vacation laughter

another hole-in-one, Beth?
seriously.
no one else saw it.

wind.
fear of ear aches.
no cotton balls.
just use torn baby wipe pieces.where's Lisa?
shielding from the wind.

muscle man pose. girl-blogger pose. Beth getting her hair fixed.
recognize that hair-do?

or is that a head massage by Justin?

sleepy heads. snoring.

3-player football game with tackling.

oh wait, there's a 4th man in the game?

three big boys.
and a struggling golf cart.Beth on 'Sam duty.'
under the umbrella.
OUT OF THE SUN!"shh, Dewayne." or "shh, 'of-Wayne.'"

tough guys swimming in very cold water.

65 degrees air temperature.
and chilly winds.and there is no picture of me
eating the 1/2 of a hot KK doughnut.
and Dewayne yelling at me to stop
because he paid for it and it was his.

why must the weekend come to an end?

a weekend with friends.tons of laughter. and then some.

the beach. the sunshine. the sand.delicious food.relaxation.of course, I did not want it to end. ever.i definitely didn't want to leave friends.return to ho-hum of life and go to work this week.i wanted to stay on vacation .... forever.

i'd rather be here

relaxation. naps. books.
warmer temperatures.
sound of ocean waves.
sweet breeze.
and rays of sunshine.
ahhhhhh.
the beach.
my favorite spot on earth.