After weeks of begging Mike to bring Lilly and I on a vacation, he finally agreed! There were a lot of obstacles, the oil to the south and east of us and the hurricane to the west. After one reservation in Galveston, TX failed due to the first hurricane of the season, we decided to brave the oil and go to Gulfport/Biloxi, MS. We found an amazing plantation home that turned into a hotel, called the Magnolia Plantation. It was beautiful, it had peacocks, a full breakfast buffet, a pool and even suites, so we were able to let Lilly nap in the bedroom while we watched t.v. in the living room.
We took our first drive to the beach right after we checked into the hotel only to find a lot of clean up crews cleaning up tar balls. So the beach was quickly erased from our to-do list. Instead we decided to play at the local park and take a quick slide. The slide was a little wet….I think that I why Mike offered to take the camera and catch the special moment with my Lilly for me.
The next morning after a wonderfully yummy breakfast overlooking the lake at our hotel we took off with our swimming gear in tow for a fun day. First we went to a splash pad, where Lilly really enjoyed herself playing with the water.
Then we headed to Kangarooz, an indoor bouncy house. Lilly had a great time here too!
Lilly had a fun filled day, that ended with a nice swim in the hotel pool. The next morning we indulged in the hotel’s buffet breakfast again and left 5 lbs heavier. Then we took another drive to the beach and saw more clean up crews, it was really sad to see the beaches so empty on a Sunday in the middle of the summer. We took a short trip to the new Planet Hollywood and walked around to see all the cool memorabilia then decided to get some souvenirs from our first trip to the “beach”.
All in all we had a great vacation filled with lots of Lilly laughs, giggles and smiles. We ended our 4th of July weekend sitting on our back porch watching a free fireworks show compliments of some of our neighbors.
2 comments:
Lilly's thighs in that swimsuit are priceless! So glad y'all had a good time!
I know my poor baby inherited my thighs!
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