We had a GREAT trip to Edisto last week! We went from Sunday - Sunday this year and it was heaven. We had such good, quality time with each other and with Kiki and Poppy. And Shelby and Manning came for a day/night, too!
Jake had a ball in the "lazy river" that would appear at low tide each morning and loved tubing down it and looking for cool shells. He went crabbing with John (and his buddy Johnny and his dad) and says that was his favorite part of the trip. He loved having Manning to play with for a day.
He had a fever starting Tuesday evening and felt pretty bad Tuesday afternoon and most of Wednesday. It turns out that the fever was the start of a staph infection on a scratch (turned sore) on his knee. He loved playing pool with any willing adult and he loved riding taking boat rides with me and John. He is one sweet, happy boy and he really loves Edisto. And he got to go twice to his very favorite, The Sea Cow, where he loves to play the bimini ring game!
Hamp had a blast just being his toddler self. He loved being down on the beach, too, especially at snack time. He loved "pressure washing" Rick and Kathy's back deck with the hose and spraying anyone in his way. I'd say his favorite thing was to take golf cart rides. His language has REALLY exploded these last few weeks and he had us all in stitches the whole time with the funny things he says and does. I will say, though, that having a 2 year old in a huge house (with crazy stairs, many doors to open and close, etc...) was not the most relaxing, but more relaxing vacations are in the future, I just know it.
John and I enjoyed it all! I loved having coffee on the screened porch with the best view and eating all of our meals out there, too. We really enjoyed having the boat down there and we took Jake for a couple of long afternoon rides (Hamp can't be trusted to enjoy himself on a boat, as he is offended by having the be held while the boat is moving, so he stayed behind with Kiki and Poppy). John loved taking the boys to jump the waves in the surf and taking Jake crabbing!
We loved seeing the fun of Edisto through the boys' eyes and we loved being there with Kiki and Poppy. It was nice to have more hands on deck to help with the boys, of course, but more importantly, it was just special time together as a family. We all ate waaaaaaaayyyy too much food, as you do on vacation, and are so thankful that Rick and Kathy are so generous to let us stay in their beautiful home year after year.
(these pictures are all out of order, somehow)
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| He really needs to learn to relax |
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| Jake wasn't feeling well for about a day and 1/2 so he got an ice cream |
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| This is the gorgeous view from Rick and Kathy's house |
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| Jake's buddy, Johnny, was at Edisto the same week, so the dads took them crabbing! |
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| Kiki and Poppy took the boys to the fire station for a new t-shirt and some fireman swag! |
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| Rick and Kathy's from the beach |
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| Hamp loves nothing more than playing with a hose. He was chasing Jake around and they were both just laughing like crazy (and so were we!) |
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| At low tide, there was a perfect lazy river for the boys to tube down |
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| No trip to Edisto is complete without a trip to King's for produce and boiled peanuts |
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| waiting for the weigh-in for the Billfish Tournament |
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