Tales of the beach part 1

ok so we haven't exactly made it to the beach yet....

we finally arrived in Maine around 4 yesterday afternoon. Avery did amazingly well in the car. He slept for 15 mins. Woke up as we were passing through DD in orange. We made a couple stops along the way for potty breaks. Avery got a stuffed moose at one of them. I stopped to look at a red sox bracelet he picked it up and wouldn't let go...at least it is quiet and doesn't take up much space.

We got to our condo, unloaded the car, and avery headed for the pool. Ok that wasn't in the agenda, but that's fine. We took him in and he absolutely LOVED every moment of it. He drank some of the yucky pool water by mistake, yuck! I'm sure we will be going in the pool again quite a bit despite what the weather might be.

After swimming, we went and figured out where we were, as we came in from the opposite direction. My mom wanted to know where we were...I quickly figured it out. We grabbed some pizza for dinner, avery actually ate pretty well, and then we went and got some groceries. The store was SUPER busy. I bought some delicious looking beef kabobs that we will have tonight for dinner. I only bought 2 as I didn't want a whole lb...yeah it was 2 lbs. But as long as they taste good then it will be worth it. We have a small kitchen with a fridge, micro, and stove, plus a grill. I got junk food as well as Keith requested it. I don't usually buy it
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Then we attempted to put a very crabby avery to bed...haha yeah right. we started around 7 and I don't think he went to sleep until after 9, not sure on the time as i didn't have a clock. Finally we just put him in his pack and play and he cried himself to sleep. we had him in the bed with us and all he did was jump and bounce. So clearly none of us were sleeping. I tossed and turned all night and fought over the blankets with Keith.

Avery woke up around 4 am...so i laid in bed with him, then Keith joined us. It is now 5:30 am and I've been up since then. Mind you they are both SOUND asleep. Now I'm debating whether I can sneak out and get the paper and coffee...but im not sure about that. Maybe I'll take a shower...gee so many choices! lol

I do know we will be closing our windows tonight as we are RIGHT on the main road and there is TONS of traffic that kept me up all night. These are the nights I wish I was deaf!

Not sure what is on the agenda today...Keith wanted to go to church, but it depends on when the sleepy heads decide to get up. We are in walking distance to the church. We may just hang out here, go to the pool, and the playground. But we shall see what the day brings!

oh and i should add that the dvd player is broken...not good when you are trying to distract your 18 month old or to keep him somewhat quiet. we did bring our portable one that we used in the car. but we like to play with the buttons, so that has been used less frequently. I should also add that I had to go and pay FULL PRICE for a dora dvd before we left b/c I was going to go to the library and they were closed due to the ceiling falling in. But I got a variety dvd that has all his favorites on it, plus a veggie tales and kermit dvd. Who knows we may not even need or use them.