The End Has Come

Unfortunately we had to end our vacation today. After six wonderful days in Watercolor, we packed up the car(s) and drove home. Eli did pretty well on the drive home. He and Lehr drove home with Uncle Dave, while Maddux and Carolyn were in my car. Although chatty to no end, Eli didn't have any meltdowns and actually slept about 20 minutes (he is NOT a car sleeper). Maddux, on the other hand, had a difficult ride. Even though Carolyn got in the back seat with her to entertain and whatnot, she cried the first 90-minutes, almost non-stop. Come to find out she had less-than-fresh drawers, so maybe we were to blame. All in all, both car rides were better than expected: Hallelujah!!

The trip was awesome. I've updated the past few posts with pictures, if you want to see more than what is in this post. Eli's golf swing improved, as it should have considering the amount of practice he put in each day. He enjoyed the ocean and the pool (especially the kiddie pool), and he had a blast sleeping in the same room as D each night. (Apparently he woke Dave up each morning by throwing Elmo, then his Nemo pillow, then his blanket at him.) Eli got to see tons of butterflies up close too. They were everywhere, but one day we saw more than usual on a few bushes near the 'frog' pool. Eli got to touch them and he found that it 'tick-ole-d' when their wings touched him.

Maddux had a pretty good time too, but she seems to be unable to shake the 20-minute catnaps she's become accustomed too. I will say that vacationing, especially to a beach, is difficult with a 3-month old. They eat 5-6 times and nap 3-4 times each day....add that to the fact that they cannot sit up on their own and relaxing becomes near-impossible. Maddie spent a lot of time in the bjorn and the BOB (stroller), so I doubt she enjoyed her trip as much as Eli did.