Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Sullivan's Island/Charleston 2014

This trip was one of our most favorite vacations ever!!! Everything about it was just incredible....the BEST company (ie all of the grandparents!), tons of family time, beautiful weather, a gorgeous house.....simply perfect! It was SOOO relaxing!!! The house we stayed in was on Sullivan's Island, which is about 20 minutes outside of Charleston. Oh my goodness this house was incredible!!! Far exceeded our expectations! We spent our days either relaxing on the beach (or house was just a short walk to the ocean) or exploring beautiful, downtown Charleston.
Our crew:-)
Our beautiful home! It was even prettier in person!
 Abigail LOVED the water! She was fearless. She walked right into the water as soon as we got there!

                                      The most wonderful grandmothers in the entire world!!!
  Now for the most wonderful grandfathers in the whole world!                    Our cutie pie:-)
                           This girl LOVED the water! She wanted to go as far in as possible!!!
                                                Love both of these pictures!!! Just so sweet:-)
                    Can you tell she's having a good time?!? Abigail loved building sandcastles!
                                                                Fun on the beach:-)
                                                                  Abigail being silly!
Abigail loved sitting on the hammock with her wonderful daddy:-)
Getting ready for our first family night out. Charleston is known for their food and they didn't disappoint!!!
                                                Some more of our good looking crew:-)
Abigail was such a good girl at dinner! She was the only child at the restaurant, if that tells you anything about the type of restaurant it was. Luckily we had Nana's phone to keep her entertained:-)
Such a cute picture of Colin and Meme!
Love how Abigail is just following right along as we toured the Battery in downtown Charleston!
            Hanging out with Nana and G-dad in Charleston:-)            Me and my wonderful daddy:-)
           The infamous pineapple fountain! Love this picture!!! So honored to have joined this family :-)
Just gorgeous!
Getting ready for our first of two date nights. All parents know what a real treat that is! Thank you, Nana, Meme, G-dad and Granddad for taking care of Abadabs!!!
                                                             Our fantastic mommies:-)

Fun in the water
Building with Meme:-)
This girl LOVES her purple bucket!
Don't let this picture fool you. She sat like this for two seconds. This picture is more of a portrayal of how we feel after chasing after Abigail for a day:-)
My incredible hubby. I love this man:-)
"Ooooohhhhh" Love this face!!!  Colin wanted to see what all the fuss with this bucket was about:-)
Giving G-dad some loving before nap time. Abigail had to give everyone a hug and a kiss before she went down for a nap and at night. Awwww.......
                                     Nana's turn:-)                                             Putting her make-up on. Haha
Oh how we miss the beach!!!!
                                                    These two men are quite special:-)
So cute:-)
Me and my fantastic mommy:-)
"Cheese!!!"
Big hugs for her Nana!
Awwwww.....
                                   Just look at that smile. This girl makes our heart melt.
And how about that hat?!? We took her to the pool the week before we left...that's when we discovered that her adorable (yet large!) noggin didn't fit into her sun hat any more. Kinda glad because this one is too cute!!!
Never too early to learn how to boogie board!
                                   I'll give you one guess at what they are looking at!!!
                                              Kisses for her Meme and Granddad. Awwww:-)
You know when you are getting towards the end of a vacation and you think "This was fun, but I'm ready to be home." Yeah...this was not one of those vacations. This is one of those vacations where you are so sad and depressed to leave. All day on Friday, Colin and I discussed how we didn't want to leave. We had the BEST time! We owe a HUGE thank you to our parents for watching Abigail so Colin and I could go out just the two of us AND for taking care of her A LOT during the day so that we could take a break and relax. We both read two books. Did you hear that??? TWO books in one week!!! Crazy talk! We had the BEST time. We are so thankful for all of the time we get to spend together. Hopefully Abigail is not too bored with just her ol mom and dad at home:-) We are so blessed that you are such a huge part in our lives, as well as Abigail's life. We love you SOOO much!!!! Can't wait for next year:-)  

2 comments:

  1. Dad and I want to thank you, Stephanie and Colin, for organizing and planning the Charleston, family vacation!!! We agree that it was an absolute wonderful trip...and we look forward to future trips together as a family!!! We were so very blessed to have spent a week with our precious granddaughter, her Mommy and Daddy, and Colin's parents(our dear friends), Jim and Marian (Meme and Granddad). Love, Mom

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  2. We, too, had a most wonderful week. It was so special to spend a relaxing, fun time with our granddaughter, her loving Mom and Dad, and our friends, Nana and GDad!!( We just wish we had Abigail's energy!!!) We loved the wide beach and sounds of the ocean, sightseeing in Charleston, lots of great seafood and most excellent company for all of it!!! Thank you for planning and including us in a most special week....Love, Meme

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