Our trip to Charleston, South Carolina * Part 1

A couple of weeks ago, Brian, Julianna and I visited Brian's family in to Charleston, South Carolina. Brian's father moved right outside of Charleston a few months ago. This was our first trip down there and our first time visiting the Charleston area. It's such a beautiful city.

My in-laws live about 20 minutes outside of Charleston - so they are not in the touristy area, but within perfect driving range of the beach and historical areas. Charleston is historical and unique in the fact that they do not let anyone knock down buildings in the city. The buildings must be restored or if they get knocked down, they must be replicated & built exactly to the way they were. It makes for such a historical, beautiful, and colorful area. Go there if you ever get the chance to! We took a walking tour while we were there - I highly recommend doing some kind of a tour when you go there to learn about the history.

We went to a street fair at Folly beach.

My husband & Julianna on the right, Brian's brother Jacob to his right, and their dad to his right. 

Folly Beach 

Daddy & Julianna walking on the beach 

Julianna is happy as long as she has her giraffe with her! Even on the beach! 

Historical buildings in Charleston

Typical side street in Charleston

Amazing iron gates at every house & building. 

Lot's of cobblestone streets there! 

Horse & carriage tours are everywhere there. We will take one of those once Julianna is old enough. 

I'll post Part 2 later on this weekend. 

Have a fabulous Easter weekend everyone! 

M.I.A. for a few days ... Here's what you missed ...

Last night my husband reminded me I have not blogged in a while. I thought about it... and he was right! It's been over 10 days. Wow. Guess I just needed a break. We also were on a mini-vacation too. We visited my in laws in South Carolina. They live outside of Charleston, South Carolina. I have always wanted to visit Charleston, so it was exciting to go visit!

The drive down was 12 hours... with Julianna & Pepper dog in the car. It went really well actually. Thank goodness Daddy installed the DVD player before we left. It was a life saver. Julianna watched Shrek, Toy Story 1 & 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, Alpha & Omega, and Finding Nemo. Toy Story is by far her favorite!
She only got super antsy about an hour before we got to Grandpa's house. Who can blame her, we were antsy too! We stopped for bathroom breaks and lunch, but that was about it. Julianna has always been a good traveler. We have been taking her on car trips since day one. She does well with it because she's used to it!


I will be doing a separate post of pictures from Charleston. There were so many good ones, I might break it into 2 posts! If anyone gets the chance to go to Charleston, please go! It is gorgeous there. So much history and so beautiful!

So.... here's some 'other' stuff going on as of late...

Getting used to my New Friend ...Luvvvv it!

Went to the Easter Egg Hunt with our friends. 

(That's my husband on the right, and Jake's mom Nicole on the left. Our kids are 3 weeks apart!) 

Found her first egg at the Easter Egg Hunt. First of 2 before running for the swings and the eggs were forgotten about! 

... And loving the swings she was... 

Sat on the Easter Bunny's lap. What's an Easter Egg Hunt without the Easter Bunny? And Julianna did NOT cry. BONUS. 

Loved the balloons!

We call her Hollywood. 

Wiggled her toes in the sun...

Saw some pretty flowers

That's it for now. Hope you are all having a great day!
Check back in a few days for some great pictures of Charleston, SC!