myrtle beach

mattie and erich had planned a trip to myrtle beach for a few days in may with my parents before we knew that we were going to be back east. lucky for us, my entourage and i were able to tag along!

we stayed at a beautiful hotel.  it had a ton of pools to choose from, and was right on the beach

i love the relationship mattie and mae have.  it takes mae a while to warm up to most people, but with mattie it is instantaneous.  they have so much fun together. 

 the hotel had a water slide, and mae had a blast going down!

this little girl is my sweet, happy baby.  where mae was stoic, this girl is smiley.  she has smiles for everyone.  she did great on the trip.  and definitely loves to be outside!

 mae was in the pool pretty much the whole time.  and was in heaven with so many people to play with her.  of course, she got the runs while we were there...ugh, which of course brought on a wicked diaper rash. poor girl.  she handled it better than i did for sure!  i lost track of how many diapers i changed. let's just say swimmer diapers and diarrhea do not mix well.  but, she didn't let it slow her down!

 maybe now that we're home, this little one will actually be able to nap in a crib instead of a bouncer seat or car seat.  but, naps on the beach are the best naps of all!

uncle erich is so fun.  

sticker books with uncle erich. he's going to be an awesome daddy one day!

 

erich's song of choice to sing izzy to sleep..."soft kitty, warm kitty...."

 

we had such a great time.  i'm so glad that we were able to go see erich and mattie.  we miss them so much!  i'm even more glad that my brother married one of my best friends.