Girls' Beach Trip {plus kiddos}

This past weekend, my two best friends from college and I went to Gulf Shores for a long weekend. Mary Ruffin and I took our little boys, and Jennifer brought her oldest, Avery. We had such a fabulous weekend! MR found us a wonderful 3BR, 3BA condo that was perfect for our group. The beach wasn't crowded at all {though mine preferred the pool, which was an amazing zero entry pool that Carter loved!}, and we never had to wait when we went out to eat. All things key when you have three under 4 with you!

Can we PLEASE go to the beach now?

The little ones were so fun to watch play together. Avery and David played really well together, and Carter wanted to be one of the "big" children so badly. He managed to hang pretty well with them.

Playing on the bed before bedtime. {Can you see how excited Carter is that he is a "big" boy?}

We finished off our weekend before our flight home by spending some time with Bamma and Big Pat who were also down at the beach this weekend. We had breakfast with them, and while Carter took a little cat-nap, I was able to go with my dad to look at the house they are building! It was really fun to see the work that has been done. It is hard to believe {but great to think about!} that probably by the next time we make it to the beach, the house will be complete! Yea!

Carter playing with the answering machine at Bamma & Big Pat's house. He LOVES cause/effect things and figured out that if he pressed the buttons it would play the outgoing message.

Carter traveled like a champ. We had to make a connection, and I was a little nervous about doing it all alone, but he was great. On three of the four flights, he slept the entire time. The last flight, from Atlanta to Indy, he had some fussy moments, but was generally still really good.

It was such a fun weekend to get to visit with Jennifer and Mary Ruffin and spend time with our children together. Can't wait for the next fun trip together!