Hilton Head

Things are getting back to normal after our trip to Hilton Head this past week. I will have to say we had some craziness. This is kinda how the week played out... we left Friday night around midnight. Our sweet sleeping baby decided she wanted to wake up as soon as we moved her to the car from her bed and remain awake the ENTIRE drive (9+ hours) except for about 30 minutes!!! This drive was a nightmare!!! After getting to Hilton Head, she still did not nap and did not want to go to bed that night. We had intended on her sleeping on the pull out bed but after 2 nights and nap times of screaming, we thought maybe she did not like sleeping without a crib. We decided to find a pack and play so we spent hours driving all over Hilton Head Island looking for one- nightmare!!! We finally found one only to discover it was not the sleeping arrangement that was upsetting her... it was sleeping in general. Two mornings she woke up around 3, screaming... so much so that I slept on the couch with her in my arms. Lack of sleep made her into a crying, whining, mess the majority of our trip- which in turn made me feel the same way. After returning home at 2am this past Saturday morning, Mikayla screamed in her bed until after 4am before falling asleep. She did however sleep a few hours on the drive back so that was nice. We are still working on getting her back to normal with sleeping... she usually goes right to sleep- no problems (and sleep for 12 hours)- I want that child back.
Besides the sleeping thing and being exhausted most of the trip, we had a great time. I could not have asked for better weather... sunny every day. We had a couple of late afternoon storms but that was it. We saw lots of animal life while there... sharks, stingray, starfish, sand dollars, and LOTS of crabs. Mikayla loved the beach!!! She could not get enough of the ocean and sand. We spent the whole time at the beach instead of the pool. We actually did spend a couple of hours one day at the pool but that was it. I am having problems getting my pictures onto the computer so hopefully in a couple of days I should have lots of pictures. Oh yea- our first morning on vacation the condo facility had a fire in their electrical room so the whole place had to be evacuated. We got to stand outside for a few hours, hot, hungry, thirsty, without showers... fun times. It really was not that bad though. It was a very interesting trip... but it was great to get away and enjoy time with family!!