One of the perks of getting married on Memorial Day weekend is that your anniversary always falls on a three-day weekend! We always try to go out of town for our anniversary and this year we went to Gulf Shores, kids in tow!
This picture has nothing to do with the beach, I just wanted to share the cuteness!
Ok, so the trip started out fabulously. We left right after lunch so the kids would have full bellies and go to sleep!
This worked for about two hours. After that, Cason decided that he was done riding in his carseat. Fun times! What’s even MORE fun than being stuck in the car with a crying baby is going through Mobile, AL at rush hour when one of the main roads is closed because of an accident and the ENTIRE population of Mobile is being re-routed to the bridge we are trying to cross. It took us at least 45 minutes to go over a bridge that normally would take about 2 minutes.
After we escaped all that traffic, we stopped at a Chick-fil-A for supper. It wasn’t that hot out so we left Bella in the car with the windows rolled down. STUPID STUPID STUPID IDEA. When we got back out to the car, she was basically about to have a heat stroke. We gave her tons of water and let the air conditioning blow on her for a long time. It was the scariest thing ever. And we feel like absolute dirt. Horrible dog parents. The worst. So needless to say, she was treated like royalty for the rest of the weekend and got herself a chicken nugget happy meal as our apology. And don’t worry, she’s all better now! And we learned a huge lesson!
So after we got everybody back in the car and settled and turned out of the CFA parking lot, Brad says “I think Cason pooped.” Seriously. Did I mention that Brad is sitting in the back seat in between the two carseats? So I pulled over, got Cason out and sat him in Brad’s lap (because Bella was sitting in the passenger seat…royalty, remember?). Cason has been eating a lot of broccoli lately so his poop has been smelling a special kind of funky. I pulled his diaper off and my husband proceeds to dry heave. I looked at him and said “I WILL DIVORCE YOU IF YOU PUKE RIGHT NOW!” Thankfully, he didn’t.
Finally, SEVEN HOURS later we made it to the beach house!
The next day Cason woke up at his normal time, 5:30am, so we all got up, had breakfast and headed to the beach!
I mean, come on. Look at those chunky arms.
As we were getting out of the car at the beach, a truck pulled up and someone yelled HEY! I turned around to see our friend that lives in Mobile and the man we named Cason after. This was the first time they met! Little Cason had his serious face on.
Cason was happy to sit in his Boppy chair in the sand and watch Noah play in the water.
This year is the first time Noah has really REALLY enjoyed being at the actual beach. He would have stayed there and played all day long. Splashing in the water, building sand castles, catching fish, he loved it all!
Cason didn’t really care about any of it.
He was living the good life on the beach, asleep and with a fan blowing cold air on him.
We couldn’t stay out on the beach more than a few hours before little C was over it. So we went back to the beach house, took naps, then went to Adventure Island to ride go-carts. Noah loves riding those things. You have to stand really far away to watch them, so I don’t have a picture.
The next day was more of the same! Beach, naps but this time The Track!
He is soaking wet in that picture because he and his Daddy rode the bumper boats!
While the big boys rode rides, Cason and I cheered from the sidelines. AND he rode in the big stroller for the first time!
We also stuffed our faces full of seafood (and cheesecake) all weekend and Noah actually ate popcorn shrimp! We were so proud of him for trying something new!
It only took us 5 hours to get home. 
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