vacation in a nutshell

i really did attempt to blog while on vacation but Avery decided to be a mama's boy so it didn't really happen.

So let's see...we ended up leaving a day early b/c we just couldn't seem to keep an 18 month old busy anymore. It rained/stormed just about everyday that we were there so this made it VERY hard to do anything outside.

The first time we brought Avery to the beach was going well and well....then he fell in the waves and then WOULDN"T touch the sand the rest of the week. So it made it very hard to be at the beach without going to the beach.

We ventured up to portland, Me to their children's museum. It was AWESOME!! Avery had a blast. We stayed for 4 hours and made for some tired parents too. At least he was able to be a kid and do what he wanted and when he wanted to do it.

He also LOVED the pool so we spent the time that we could there. He got to the point where he was jumping into the pool by himself and we would catch him. He loved splashing in it too...now i just wish we had a big pool especially in this weather.

The only time he would take a nap was in the car so we drove a lot unfortunately. I left him and Keith in the car a couple times to check out the outlets, especially carters. I sadly didn't get to all of them, but that's ok.

Keith had terrible and I mean terrible allergies the whole time we were there. Apparently I bought the wrong meds, he went through 2 boxes of tissues. We ate out a handful of times, but this too was challenging with an 18 month old.

We also made a trip to the ER. We thought avery had lyme disease. I had called his pedi and they said to bring him in...except we were 3.5 hours away. It was stated that it wasn't lyme just a bug bite and to keep an eye on it. Never a dull moment I swear...

We learned that we won't ever go on vacation for an entire week with an 18 month old again!!! Only a few days next time...it just made for a long week with very little sleep.

I have a TON more pictures....you can view them on myspace!