Mrs. Pregnant in the Lowcountry: Memorial Day Weekend Trip

Memorial Day weekend, we ventured out on a little family trip to Greenville, SC. We were looking for a get away from Charleston (we wanted to get away from tourists and be a tourist!). Greenville had a lot of weekend activities, so enjoyed the upstate scene. It is a nice family oriented town with lots of outdoor activities!

We stayed at the Westin Poinsett - very nice hotel and in a great location. I also ordered a crib for our room for Tillman. Since this was a first time staying in a hotel, we didn't know what to expect or how Tillman would do. We decided not to take the swing. After all, he has grown out of it, and we need to transition. Well, at 2AM on Saturday morning I wanted to re-think my decision about the swing. Boy, did I want a swing then. Tillman was wide awake, and we were doing everything we could to keep him quiet and back to sleep. A jar of food and a 15 minute playtime later-he was back to sleep in the crib.

Several lessons learned from the first night:

-Never put Tillman in a crib without a bumper. He loves to snuggle with it. Nights two and three he had a make shift bumper made of towels, a rug, Nick's shorts, and blankets.

-Make sure the room temp is warm. Tillman loves to be cozy...almost hot (ugh, we had to share a room with him!).

-When Tillman is asleep, everyone might as well go to bed, because he will wake up if you are noisy.

-Putting him in the bed with us didn't help. He didn't enjoy that (I thought every kid enjoyed sleeping with their parents? Isn't that a treat?).

During the days we enjoyed Falls Park, the Greenville Zoo, downtown Greenville, a little shopping, etc!

For dinners we ordered take out. Several places we ordered were not used to people requesting take out. One of the restaurant, Larkin's on the River, was especially not used to it. I think they thought Nick was nuts for doing it, but I think they would have thought we were more nuts if we brought Tillman in to eat (nothing like a fussy baby to ruin someone romantic dinner!). We brought our food back to the room, and used the hotel bar for drinks. We fine dined in our hotel room with plastic silverware while watching our sleeping baby in the crib!

Saturday and Monday we watched a cycling race. We didn't realized what a BIG DEAL this USA Cycling Pro Championships race was, but soon realized that it is the real deal! This was a type cycling event that riders who race in Lance Armstrong style races attend! We watched the time trials as well as the start of the race on Memorial Day.