Vacation - Day 1

We headed out on Friday, September 5th for our FIRST ever family vacation. Yes, that is right, our first vacation as a family. We tend to forget that Brody is growing up so fast and we need to enjoy ever minute. We get so busy working and doing things around the house that we sometimes forget to have fun.

So, we decided to head out to San Antonio for our vacation. I had so much planned I was not for sure if we would be able to fit it all in. But I was sure going to try.

Not only was this our first family vacation, it was the first time Brody had spent the night in a hotel. We tried to explain to him what it would be like but I do not think he really understood. As we were leaving the house and packing all of our bags, he asked if we were moving!! We told him we were just going on vacation. He decided at that moment he did not think he wanted to leave, he was worried about his toys. We told him they would be just fine and waiting for him to come home.

We headed out around 5:30 p.m. not for sure where we would stay the night. We had reservations starting Saturday night. We stayed the night in Austin and Brody had so much fun. Bill found us a room and we were headed to our room when Brody spotted the brochures for everything around Austin and San Antonio. I think he picked up about 10 of them. I remember those as a kid and thinking, whoa, I have something that is just mine. We got into the room and Brody was still a little confused but he soon loosened up and had a blast. We walked around our hotel and went for a swim. He enjoyed swimming in the dark.

I had been talking to him about vacation for about a month, we even had a count down calender, he could not go to sleep. I think it took us about 2 hours to get him calmed down just to go to bed.

Finally, rest and on to day 2...