Vacation - Day 1 .... Charleston here we come!

It was a very early morning for the Rode family today. We all dragged our excited little selves out of bed at 2:45am and we were on the rode by 3! What a GREAT start! I know when I was a kid and my parents said we were gonna leave at 5am, we never were actually on the road until 9 haha... so I was very impressed with our start time! Kinzie decided she wanted to stay awake and watch her movies --- with a few " We're going to Florida! We're going to Florida" songs in between! --- The girls were EXCELLENT (much to my surprise I hate to say!) We didn't hear a peep out of either of them! We decided to take a break and get some breakfast and feed the baby around 7:30 -- can you believe 4 and 1/2 hours without hearing the girls?! Anyways so we stopped at waffle house and here is our first pic of our trip.... can you guys why he took it?! ---- you are so smart! ;)
After our bellies were nice and full, we headed back on the road again... at this point Kinzie did end up falling asleep but only for a half an hour... the rest of the trip she just watched her movies and played with her new magna doodle pro. Here is a pic of her catnap where you can tell how exhausted she is:

So the trip goes on and after 2,448,984,980 billboards for the oh so amazing (said with lots of sarcasm) south of the border, we finally passed it. I owe many memories of my parents putting us to bed and putting a chair under the door handle (real safe right?!) haha...

So we are getting a little closer to ending our 10 hour trip.... can you guess who we had to stop for the most?? was it the 3 year old??? nope! was it the newborn baby??? nope! the grown woman??? nope! Bert was all caffiened up on a few coffes, redbull, and sodas... this is a still shot of him doing the peepee dance while anciously looking for another exit that has a bathroom haha...

And FINALLY we are getting off 95 and only 50 miles left til Charleston! --- there is a light at the end of this tunnel!!!!!

And of course as soon as we get there we unpack our stuff into the hotel and relax for a bit... then after a phone call from my friend Christy, we realize that Margaritaville is only open for 25 more minutes!!! (Can you imagine berts reaction?!)... so bert is out the door to do a quick look until tomorrow....

hes back in 30 minutes.... with a new margaritaville t-shirt...and if you know my husband, you know that is exactly what he is lacking in his wardrobe (man, I am on a role with my sarcasm tonight!)....

DINNER TIME! we took a stroll to Vickeries bar and grill for some cajun food (mmm!!!) It was very delicious and I look forward to our spicy re-cooked breakfast in the morning!

Here is Kinzie being a super model as we wait for our food...

Here's Daddy with his mini-me and his yummy plate of food!

And me and Kinz pose for one more shot at the restaurant:

After dinner, we took a long walk all around King Street to see what trouble we can get ourselves into tomorrow....

Within 5 minutes after getting back from our walk, Kinzie was in bed asking Maeby to be quiet because she is really really sleepy.... one minute later Kinzie was passed out! haha... so a bath and a bottle for Delaney, and we are set for the night!!! :) It was a wonderful day and we couldn't have asked for the girls to be any better!!! :) What a blessing!

Tomorrow we are waking up early for a carraige ride/tour and then off to the aquarium! .... STAY TUNED!!! :)