Myrtle Beach, SC

One of my favorite things to do is travel with my boys. We have been so lucky to be able to do a lot of traveling with Jacoby. He loves it as much as we do. It had been a few months since we had been anywhere which is unusual for us and I don't think I realized how much I missed it until we were gone again.

This time, Jarod had to go back to Myrtle Beach, SC for work and Jacoby and I are sick of winter so we decided to tag along. We flew in on Sunday and when we landed I didn't even know what to do without having my big heavy coat on.

We had three days of sun and beach and it was perfect! The weather was a little cooler but I had flip flops on at the beach so I was happy.

Jacoby loves the beach and the first night that we got there he was disappointed that we couldn't go right then. We told him he had to wait until the sun came up so promptly as the sun came up on Monday morning he sat up and said he wanted milky and wanted to go to the beach. I finally convinced him that we needed a little bit more sleep but we were on the beach before 9 am and spent the entire day there minus nap time.

Jacoby was busy building sand castles and knocking them over, chasing birds and running from the water. I was lucky enough to have a little slice of heaven and did one of my favorite things- a run on the beach while Jarod watched Jacoby.

That night we went to this wonderful place for a steam pot. I had been thinking about it since last time I was there. It's so good! Full of crab, shrimp, oysters, mussels, shrimp, corn and hush puppies. Jacoby ate more than Jarod and I combined and the next night when we asked him what he wanted for dinner he told us crab.

The following day was 70 and not windy. Jacoby and I hit the beach again but this time he wanted to play in the water. At first we got our toes wet but then we ended up getting soaked. It was freezing but we were having so much fun. Jacoby was laughing so hard he couldn't catch his breath. We had so much fun running from the waves and jumping over them when they got close.

I got so many dirty looks from all the old people walking by though. I am sure they thought I was crazy letting my baby play in the freezing water but we were seriously having a blast and we are from Chicago for goodness sakes!!

After a while of playing in the water, Jacoby told me he was cold. Luckily for me I had brought an extra diaper, one of his sweatshirts and my jacket. After a few minutes he was warm as a clam and he still is talking about how much fun the beach was.

We are starting our traveling up again and I am so excited. Some of my fondest memories with Jacoby are when we are on vacation. I love that when we are on vacation I don't have to worry about my house, what's for dinner, the phone ringing off the hook or any other distractions. I just get to be with my baby and my husband and enjoy each other's company. Life is so much simpler and it really is the small things like playing with my baby in the ocean that I will never forget.

I didn't realize how much I missed it but I am sure excited for all of our fun trips coming up.