Edward Michael: Charleston Beach Week 2013

A girls trip! NO boyfriends, NO husbands, just 8 girls...... and Eddie! That's right, Eddie experienced his 1st spring break of his life, and it was fabulous for him AND me! Suddenly, the night before we were supposed to leave I found myself really nervous and wanting to back out last minute. Of course Michael taledk some sense into me. He said, "Kate, you ARE going away with SEVEN nicu nurses... I think you'll be okay." I agreed and excitedly packed every outfit Eddie owned. And I am so incredibly glad we went. He was the center of attention all day, everyday. He now has seven girlfriends! Haha! We stayed at the Wild Dunes resort in an awesome condo close to the pool and beach. We visited the Charleston Aquarium, played at pool, splashed in the waves, built sand castles, went on bike rides at sunset, and ate ice cream every night. On the last night, all of the girls went out to a fancy dinner in downtown Charleston, but Eddie and I stayed behind to have a date night ourselves, and to let the girls have a stress free dinner. He was so upset that he cried for 15 minutes when they left. He stood hopelessly at the window saying in the most pathetic voice, "Girls, where are you?" Check out some pictures of our amazing trip! I apologize, the pictures are not in chronological order.

Oh, and by the way, Eddie is doing great. We have out next EUA at Wills Eye on May 8th. As you can tell Eddie does not have his glasses on in any of these pictures... yes, we took a little break on vacation (bad move, Mama, bad move) and now we are trying to get back into our glasses wearing routine.... Eddie has been very stubborn, and protests the wearing of his glasses, but I am practicing the art of toddler bribery and making progress each day.

Beautiful weather, beautiful waters

The Charleston Aquarium

Sooo pretty!

Edward and his girls!

Cooling off

Lindsay and Ashley

Palmetto trees

Cooper River Bridge

Brunch at Eli's Kitchen! Would be an awesome picture if Eddie had his eyes OPEN!

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish!

Albino alligator..... very cool!

The beach!

Meghan and Sara.

Walking along the pier.

Lizards

Baby clams....... and I probably shouldn't tell anyone else this story, but Eddie ATE one... yep, put it in his mouth, crunched it with his teeth, swallowed, opened his mouth, stuck out his tongue, and said, "All done Mommy." Grossed. Me. Out.