Hilton Head

After Cincinnati, the Miller van rolled onto to Hilton Head.

Clare was a trooper on the car ride to Hilton Head. I was less than a trooper. I had a migraine and an attitude about said migraine. So, Chris put a movie in the van dvd player for me (Clare is still rear-facing, so it sucks to be her....she has to suffer and watch her movies on the portable dvd player attached to her head rest on her seat:) and put the satellite radio on for him. This allowed quite time. Quite time=no fights.

After we arrived, Clare was off and running. Nana and Pop Pop have a great place. The floor plan is really open so it took some strategic furniture placement to ensure that Clare could only climb the coffee table and bang on the big screen. Her life long goal became an electrical outlet on the wall in the dining room. She spent a large percentage of her time figuring out how to get to said outlet. She plotted and manipulated. We've tried a multitude of ways off saying "no". Quietly, loudly, sternly. Once, Nana mentioned that Clare really seemed to respond to a "loud" no. So, I came up to her and very closely to her face, yelled "No". Clare leaned in (as if to kiss me) and started hysterically laughing. Like belly busting, falling out on the floor laughing. It may have been the funniest thing she has ever seen. Delightful.

Nana taught Clare a really great game: unrolling the TP. That was not so great. She also showed her where to find the pans, which Clare put promptly on the to due list for each day. She would go to the same cabinet each morning and drag "her" pan out to run around with. Nana and Clare also shared some very yummy soft serve. Clare was very, very excited about this discovery. She helped everyone finish theirs. Willing or not.

In Hilton Head, we went to beach almost every day, which Clare loved! She found her shadow (which was super cute). She also loved to stick her finger in every, single, solitary hole that the waves make. I thought the holes were where crabs lived. I, was wrong. My excuse is that I'm from the mid-west. She played in the water and loved to play in the sand. It was all very cute.

We also went lots of yummy places for dinner. Clare loved the Oyster Factory, where we went on her birthday. She screamed through most of dinner. It was embarrassing to me and super funny to her. We also went to the Salty Dog Cafe, which she also liked. Hush Puppies were a hit. We went to a Hitachi restaurant. Clare was more fascinated with the teenage girls at the next table over than she was the chef. Chris was scared of his delightful insight into the future. It was 10 girls, about 14 years old and they were typical girls. Loud.

All and all it was so much fun. We relaxed at the pool (Clare flippin' loved:) or the beach. We had lots of yummy food and a really great relaxing time. I hope everyone is doing well. Tomorrow is the last of the Birthday parties so I'll be sure to update with new pics/videos next week.

In current events, Clare's hair was in pig tails for 5 hours today! So exciting (for me:)!

Good luck to my pregnant mommies out there. Most of you are due (or past due). I'm thinking of you!

ps. ignore my spelling/grammar errors, i'll edit later:)