Over the hills and through the woods

Ok, part of the reason for a lack in posts is because we've been travelling a lot in the last two weeks to visit grandparents. We figure that this will be the last month where we do any long road trips since I'm approaching 7 months pregnant. Two weeks ago we drove to Hilton Head for some much needed R&R while G&G Terreri gave us a break and watched Evan for the weekend. It had been a long week with the toddler bed transitioning.... suffice to say that we ALL lost a lot of sleep. It is going much better now, and although Evan still wakes once or twice during the night, we are able to walk him back to bed and he falls back to sleep easily. Getting him to fall asleep at naptime is still a struggle, but it's coming along. Today was a little bit of a setback though-- it took Jason 3 hours to get Evan to fall asleep.

Anyway, back to our travels. Hilton Head was a nice little break-- so much so that we don't have any pictures to show for it! A few days after we got back, we left again to see family in Florida. Coincidentally, we hit the road the same afternoon that it decided to snow/sleet/hail/rain in Georgia. Snow?! We live in the "South"!! Our 8 hour trip to Sarasota turned into 9+ hours. My uncle Warren was nice enough to let us stay in his beachside condo. Unfortunately, the weather during our trip didn't allow for much sun bathing. It was cold, rainy and tropical-storm-like windy. We still had a great time though visiting with "Nana" (my mom), Uncle Nate, Aunt Rachel, Great Grandpa Donnie and Great Grandma Bonnie (pictured above with Evan), Great Aunt Nellie and Great Uncle Rich. Evan was doted on by all. He was great for almost the whole trip. Given the fact that he stayed up late every night, ate "vacation" food (ie, pizza, whip cream, diet Pepsi), and spent hours in the car, he was a real trooper. We didn't take as many pics as we would have liked, so here is a small selection.

My grandparents' back yard lanai has a lovely water feature, which Evan quickly discovered a short time after our arrival. Oh yeah, he had a LOT of fun with this.

There was one small window of time when it was nice enough to visit the beach.

Bullit was pooped after 4 days with his yellow lab girlfriend, Belle. Yes, this is Bullit, asleep, covered up, in our bed.