After rubbing my eyes and yawning, I realized that yes, that did really just happen. And by "that" I mean the dream of a day I had yesterday. My wonderful mother-in-love offered to keep the boys for the whole day (yes, I said WHOLE day) to let Brad and me have a date. We took her up on that offer and dropped them off around 9am. We didn't return to get them til 9pm. It was wonderful. I was sad to leave them at first but Brad and I haven't had a whole day just to ourselves since I was pregnant with Keegan. We decided to go to Charleston. Charleston is just our "our" place. We love it. It's so great to go and visit where we spent the first year of our marriage. Lots of memories made there. We didn't make a plan, we just hopped in the car with snacks packed and drove off! We rode in the sunshine with the music blaring and the windows rolled down. Backroad driving is wonderful on a day like that.
Here we are ready to go!
We drove to the Tanger Outlets to do the one thing we wanted to do: eat at Jim 'N Nick's! (You were thinking shopping, right?) We did some shopping, too. Brad got a new pair of tennis shoes and I got a few shirts and a vest for winter.
The grub
The kicks
When we left Tanger Outlets, we continued to stop and shop at various places, including the store I most wanted to visit called "Once Upon A Child". I got Jeremiah several toys there last year for Christmas for a great price. We got him just a couple of things for this year but what I am most excited about is my new double stroller! They had a side-by-side umbrella-style reclining double stroller with 2 little baskets beneath in great shape for an even greater price. I could hardly believe it. I pushed it around the store, we looked it over several times, and decided we couldn't turn it down. It is the perfect size...not too wide, but wide enough for both boys to sit and relax. It also has 2 retractable sun-shields and it folds down to a really small size. In case you can't tell, I love this stroller. I can't wait to pack up the boys and take them to the park (on my own!)
After shopping, we decided to go visit the beach. You can't go all the way to Charleston and not visit the beach, right? Right. We wanted to visit Folly (our old stomping ground) but took the wrong road and instead of turning around, we just drove on to the Isle of Palms. It was a beautiful drive and we talked and sang and took pictures. It's fun being a couple. These days my time and attention is filled with taking care of our babies, so it was so nice to just relax and be together as man and wife again. Just me and Brad. I love that man. Our kids aren't that old at all but it is hard to remember life without them. This trip reminded me of life before them and it was good, but I still wouldn't trade it for the life we have now.
Anyway, here are some driving and beach pictures for your enjoyment:
What a nice, refreshing day.
With love,
Hannah Elise
I smiled the whole way through! Wish we could've double dated. Lollee could handle 4, don't you think?! Yay about the stroller!
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