Myrtle Beach (May 19/20)

I am really bad about keeping up here! Oy!

Anyway, Monday, May 19 we decided to go fishing, so we found a pier, which is right next to one of the other time shares we could have gone to. Think I'd like to try that one sometime. But that's another thing. We slathered ourselves in sunblock, got some bait, ate lunch and fished while the munchkin kept himself entertained in his stroller. He was very good. We took turns pushing him down the pier or taking him out and walking around. As you can see here, he has his "no more pictures please" pose.


The only fish caught that day, Paul had to throw it back because he didn't know what kind it was and hence the size limit. Found out it coulda been a keeper.

After we packed up, we headed down to the beach so we could feed Eric and let him experience the sand and surf for the first time. He did quite well. Liked getting his feet wet. He even crawled around and checked out the squishy sand. With his "texture thing," we weren't sure how he would respond. So, here's Eric's first time with the sand and surf...

While Eric took his nap, we took turns in the pool to cool down. Then we decided on a seafood buffet for dinner. The buffet wasn't very good, except for the mac n' cheese and New England clam chowder. The hushpuppies that were brought to the table were the best I've had. Nice bite size morsals of yummyness! We also shared a half pound of the best crab legs I've ever had. So, it wasn't a total waste.

Tuesday, we again went fishing. This time we took the pack n' play. Which meant we were loaded down, but managed. Paul had Eric in the backpack, stuff stored in the pocket, while he also carried the fishing poles and pack n' play. I had the diaper bag, lunch and fishing bucket, that had the fishing tackle in it. We set Eric up with toys and two beach towel clipped over him to keep the sun off. Boy, was it windy! You can kind of see how Eric's hair is being blown...

He did much better, even though he still didn't like being penned up. Again, we got him out a few times. This time it was my turn to catch a fish. Of course, it was right after the boys left for a walk! I was only able to get it half way up before it got off the hook. It wasn't hooked very well. But, I did catch a nice flounder. Our fishing wasn't very good this trip! Here's a shot from the pier. You can see the rough surf...

Again, we did the pool thing. After his nap, we took Eric for a dip. Dinner was at "Key West." Paul had his shrimp and grits, while I had BBQ'd grilled shrimp. Yummy! Eric liked the taste of the BBQ sauce and grit sauce. This was the beginning of his "tasting." His eating is also a whole other story. That night it did rain, the only bad weather we had.

Here's a video of Eric and the waves...

Myrtle Beach (May 17/18)

Eric was quite happy when we finally got to our time share...freedom! He had plenty of room to crawl around...kitchenette, dining area, living room, bedroom and large bathroom, oh, and the balcony (it was screened in people, SC, bugs and mosquitoes, so he was safe). Of course he had to check out all the doors to make sure they were in proper working order. The bedroom and two bathroom doors got a workout in those five days. He did manage to get himself closed in a dark room a few times. Letting us know that he was not happy about it. When he'd close himself in we'd start to count to see how long it would take him to start fussing.

So, here is Eric as begins to explore his new temporary home...


And making sure all doors are working...

The time share was nice. We weren't on the beach, about five miles away. But on the intracoastal waterway. Pretty. We faced homes on the other side. The one across from us was under construction. About twice the size as the ones around it. We went over to the "big" pool and had a snack and drink. Paul had a smoothie while I had a frozen concoction. The "big" pool had a couple little islands in it where you could take your drink and set them down. We were closer to the other pool, but here we had a small lazy river, which was nice! All we did for the rest of the day was walk around and have dinner, The Crab House. Paul and I shared a dish, different seafood.

Eric woke up crying during the night. Have know idea why. He just would not sleep. I rocked him back to sleep but when I put him down he woke up again. I told Paul it was his turn. He got him to sleep but then he woke up again about ten minutes later. So, Paul did it again. Same thing. My turn. I got up and did what I said I wouldn't do, brought him to bed with us. We had a king size bed. Nobody was getting any sleep, so I did what I had to do. He was so cute. He kept his head kind of on my shoulder but kept moving around, trying to get comfy. He'd stretch out and have his feet on daddy, roll over on his tummy, he must have tried five or six different positions, all the while keeping his head on me, until finally he found a spot he liked. He cuddled up against me. I fell back to sleep eventually. Woke up about an hour and a half later, my arm was beginning to ache and I had make a trip to the potty. Carefully I got out of bed and put a pillow against him so he didn't roll out of bed, but he was dead to the world. When I got back I was able to put him back in the pack n play, where he slept peacefully until about 6:30am. When he woke up crying, so back in bed with us. This time he was all over us. It was cute when he laid on Paul's pillow, butt in the air. He didn't think that was very comfy. Eventually he ended up back against me, but I got feet in the face this time. After an hour I got up. Here are my boys sleeping...

As I said, Eric liked going out on the balcony. I found him just sitting out there taking in the sites and sounds of the morning, it was so cute.

After we went to our owners update meeting and the rug rat had a nap we hit the pool for a while. So here's my little heart breaker in his stylin' swim trunks and taking a ride on the lazy river with daddy...

After the pool we headed north to Little River for the Blue Crab Festival. We got there late in the day so they let us in for free, which was very nice. Most of it was arts and crafts type stuff. I was wondering where all the blue crab food was, because I don't recall seeing any of the food booths with hardly any seafood, much less any type of crab. We spotted a restaurant and checked them out. They blue crab claws as a special so we had that as an appetizer. I ended up with shrimp for dinner. As we were leaving we spotted more places to eat on the water. Oh, well! It was good. All the vendors were packing up, good thing we didn't have to pay!