Short Beach Trip and Lesson Learned

We took a short beach trip to Isle of Palms to stay with Grammy and Aunt Debo. It was fun but at the same time stressful managing all the gear, diapers, clothes, and other accessories that are needed when traveling with a 5 week old and 2.75 year old. Man alive if you could have seen our house prior to leaving for the beach...I'll paint a picture for you. Allie-Ann is running around butt-naked, yelling and screaming. Her hair was in pig-tails but somehow one tail fell out and part of her hair clip was attached to the end of the falling tail. You couldn't even see her face from her hair covering it. Then you have Belle that is screaming crying for some reason that cannot be explained when dealing with an infant. I'm running around frantic trying to get everything together. If you don't know me then I will just tell you that I have OCD and have to have everything packed in order because I will freak out if Allie-Ann's clothes is mixed in with Belle's.....yes, it's an awful problem and one that I hope with having two kids will teach me how to let go. Then there's Kyle who had to take the dog to the kennel and managed to go to a grocery store 10 miles from the kennel in the opposite direction of our house just to buy diet cokes for the road. Needless to say he was NOT at home with all the craziness of getting ready to go to the beach....however, I don't much blame him...it was wild! Then we finally manage to get everyone ready and in the car...(bliss) and I will say that it was a rather peaceful trip until we got to Summerville and Belle lost it again....which results in us stopping at Chick-fil-A so I can feed her. Kyle gets everyone an ice cream to which Allie-Ann spills all over the place...I'm at a point where I don't really care and find it extremely funny. We make it to the beach and both girls are out....sweetness!!!!! It was a fun little trip and I just loved the big front porch with the rocking chairs and hammock to relax in while hearing/seeing the ocean. It just makes all the craziness of life all so worth the trouble when you can be at a place so tranquil. I think both Kyle and I are feeling the effects of the lack of sleep we are getting. Last night Kyle poured water into in his ice cream bowl...yes there was ice cream in the bowl at the time. And I pumped for 15 minutes without bottles attached.....so goes the life of a mom of two. I got some great advice from a friend that said you are a mom when you have a child but you are REALLY a mom when you have more than one child. I can so agree.

Here is Belle being rocked by her 'rocking' Grammy!!

Allie-Ann actually smiling for the camera...just not looking at the camera. Can't have it all.

Allie-Ann is not at the stage of ignoring her sister. She is CONSTANTLY around her and wants to touch her all the time.