Charleston & Isle of Palms

Happy 15th anniversary to us!  With our newest addition and all the excitement of the previous months we weren't sure we would be up for our usual May trip.  Lucky for us, our friend works for the Orient Hotel chain and he helped us get fabulous rooms at the Charleston Place Hotel.  We stayed in a concierge suite with an extra room attached room for the kiddos.  Our hotel room was bigger than the apartment where we lived as newlyweds!      

We lunched at the courtyard café and swam in the heated rooftop pool.  Ryan had arranged to have wine and strawberries waiting for us in the room so we enjoyed that.  We also had unlimited access to hors d'oeuvres and an open bar.  Tessa was treated to complimentary room service with warm cookies and milk.  We were having so much fun living like rich people that we had to force ourselves to leave the hotel and explore the city.  My mini me and I took off to shop and take pictures.   

We then moved out to Isle of Palms for the beach part of our vacation.  We stayed at Wild Dunes which is a sprawling planned community on the island.  Our condo was nice and so was the weather.  I accidentally let Tessa get sunburned because we stayed on the beach for hours and hours.  Jackson was a trooper, nursing and sleeping and playing on the beach.  If we had known how well he would travel we might have planned a longer trip!  The crowds were light and we had a wonderful time.