To the beach and back!

Austin eating his seafood!

Hanging at the water with Daddy!

My boys hanging out in the tent.

Am I cool or what?!?!

He loves the beach!

I have come to the conclusion that life with two isn't terribly different than life with one. Now that we have a bit of schedule it just means that Jason and I each have a child most of the time instead of being able to tag team the one. Don't get me wrong, life definitely has it's challenges, but I really think that the transition from zero to one was much harder than one to two! :)

With that being said, we decided to head to Myrtle Beach with my parents and sister (and meet up with my brother) for a few days this past weekend. I completely forgot how much junk you need to bring along when you have a baby! Gone are the days of packing just clothes for Austin! We toted along our pack-n-play, the stroller, the diaper bag, diapers, wipes, burp clothes, blankets, tons of clothes (because there is a good possibility of spit/diaper issues), baby soap, etc. I felt like I was packing for a week, yet we were only there for 2 and a half days!

All in all, we had a great trip though. Upon getting there on Friday, we went straight to the beach. Carter was miserable in the tent that we brought along, but enjoyed hanging out by the pool. We put his toes in though, and you would have thought we were trying to kill him! He let out the largest scream we have heard from him and then was fine as soon as we pulled his toes out. Needless to say, we don't plan on putting any part of him in a pool again for awhile! Austin had tons of fun splashing in the waves and digging in the sand, and has become quite the swimmer too! That night we went to a great seafood buffet, and Austin ate his body weight in crab legs, calamari, and shrimp! After that, we all went miniature golfing at the hokiest place ever, but had a blast doing it!

Saturday we spent the day hanging out at the beach and pool area. My brother, Kurt, came out for the day which was a really great treat. Our hotel had a really neat area that you could wade out to, which Austin named "Crab Island". We ended up crabbing out there using only sand buckets and sticks! Believe it or not, we got 6 crabs and ate them that night (along with some cod and shrimp) for dinner. Austin also got 2 hermit crabs that he named Lightening Bolt and Sonic. So far, they are surviving!

Sunday we got up, had breakfast and left. Thank goodness too, because I ended up coming down with mastitis and needing to have my doctor call a prescription in to the CVS down there. It was not the way I wanted to end the trip, but what can you do?!?!

Above are some pictures of the trip for you all to enjoy!

P.S. Went to the doctor today, and my little bruiser is now 10 lbs. 14 oz!!! I am raising another little chunker!!!