Vacation Withdrawals

Since Jamie and I got married, we have taken our annual beach vacation to Destin around this time of year, in either June or July. However, this year, my sister is getting married in Savannah, GA and we are trading our Destin trip for a week's stay with my family at Tybee Island. I couldn't be more excited... except that we still have a month to go until vacation time! I'm having MAJOR vacation withdrawals. In fact, if Jamie's heard it once, he's heard it a zillion times in the past month: "I sure wish we could take a long weekend trip to the beach!" I've tried (unsucessfully) to talk him into a spontaneous weekend trip to Destin to appease my need for relaxation, sun, and fresh seafood. In honor of our annual trips, I've decided to reminisce with pictures of each trip since Noah was born. Enjoy!

In 2007, the year Noah was born, we waited until September to take our vacation. We had to put it off until September due to Noah's health problems following his delivery. Fortunately, at 4 months old, he was doing much better so we headed south with my mom, dad, sister, and aunt. Our vacation couldn't have come at a more perfect time, as Noah was about to have surgery on his skull on October 1, so it was nice having a week to relax and get our minds off what lie ahead.








These baby pictures REALLY make me miss having a little baby...

The following year, we went with Jamie's parents and stayed at The Hilton Sandestin. Jamie's parents go every year during the 3rd week of July to the Hilton in Sandestin for the Annual Alabama Homebuilders Convention and each year we rotate which son and his family gets to go with them (Jamie has two other brothers, both of whom are married which 1 child each). The convention occupied alot of their time, especially Tony's, but we still worked in some family time. The convention involves alot of meetings for the builders, however, they also have fun activities for the whole family: such as private pool parties with catered food and drinks, a formal dinner with a band, etc. Jamie and I love going to the Hilton, especially since we prefer hotels over condos... we enjoy being pampered on vacation: having someone make the bed each day, refresh our towels, being able to order food and drinks out by the pool, etc. Plus we love nothing more than to be able to order room service and eat a dessert in bed once our little guy goes to sleep! Noah was a little over a year old and did great! He enjoyed the pool(but was scared of the ocean... good thing we're pool people!) and was really good the entire time we were there.











And last year, we returned to the Hilton for our first beach trip with just our family of three. Noah was a little over two years old and did great! He loved the pool and would even nap on a lounge chair so that Jamie and I could remain in the sun! We ate at all of our favorite places, including my #1 favorite restaurant of all time... Louisiana Lagniappe (if you ever go, you have to order the Grouper Pontchatrain... delicious!). We also had a photo session on the beaches of Seaside, which to this day are my favorite family pictures that we've had to date (which are the pictures I used in my header.)

















So our countdown is on for Vacation 2010... 4 weeks left!