South Carolina: Part 2

If you missed Part 1, you can read about it here. After we took our family pictures on the beach, we headed to the South Carolina Aquarium. Dayton absolutely loves animals, of any kind, so we wanted to take him to the aquarium to see the sea animals up close. I know I said this in a previous post, but I love watching him get excited about what he is seeing, his facial expressions, when his voice cracks because he's so excited about something, and everything else that comes with an ecstatic two year old. I'm really glad we took the time to go to the aquarium. I'd be lying if I said I didn't love going for myself too. Maybe Dayton gets it from his mama.

After we left the Aquarium, it was time to drive home. Mom and dad drove straight home and Jaimie, the hubs, the boys and I rode in our car because we wanted to stop at the outlet mall outside of Charleston. We grabbed lunch, shopped a little, and then started the drive home. What a mess. At some point in the three hour drive home, everyone had to use the restroom and Colton needed to eat. He started crying and we were all afraid of him waking Dayton up (who had finally just fallen asleep). We found a rest stop with a large parking lot, so Brad drove very slowly (like 10 miles per hour so that Dayton would stay asleep) in large circles around the parking lot so that I could feed Colton. All the while, we were stopping for a few seconds for someone to exit the vehicle and use the restroom. It was ridiculous and hilarious all at the same time. We finally made it home and Brad and I dropped the kids off with my parents and then went out on a late night date night. Woo!

Friday morning we went to a park that Dayton likes to go to (and so do we). The weather down there was so nice that we wanted to get outside and enjoy it. Watching Dayton play with my family is fun and we like to give him as many chances as we can!