The Final Destin Pictures

Left Over Destin Pictures

These first two pictures are from the morning we left Cincy for Destin. We were so innocent then.

Look how excited I am to get going! Ha Ha.

Tom really was excited, he likes the car.


Tom liked burying my feet in the sand. Hours of fun.
Yes, we look tired, isn't that what happens on vacation?
Our little man went from a turkey dog to a hot dog. (Pale to Red)
Just chillin.

More Pics From Destin

First Time on the Beach -- SUCCESS

Tom's first time on a beach as a "walker". (He was on Siesta Key, but at 4 months, I'm not sure that counts)

We Made It

Today might have been worse than yesterday. The kids were D-U-N, done. We were only on the road for about 4 hours, but it felt a lot longer. Fortunately, (well for me), the kids were in the car with G.G. and Hi-Pop. By the time we got here, the grandparents were tweeked, the kids were tweeked, the parents were ready to drink.

The good news is, we are finished driving for about 10 days so now we get to try and relax. The alcohol is helping, so is the beach. I'll do my best to update the blog this week. This will be Tom's first time on the beach and in the ocean, so that should be fun.

Here is a video of us driving on the Mid-Bay Bridge. It goes over the bay to the actual city of Destin. I apologize for the cheesiness of the song on the radio, it was not planned, but we were rocking out to Mr. Phil Collins and it just worked out that we were on the bridge at that moment.

The First 8.5 Hours

Well we are on our way to Destin, in the car, for 14 hours, with 2 toddlers and a 11 week old. Yes, it is as fun as it sounds. Here are two videos to show our progress so far. We are 8.5 hours in and stopping for the night in Birmingham.

The first video is our first stop, about 2 hours in, look how happy everyone is:

And then, a short 45 minutes later we had moved on to this....

I switched cars about an hour later. Honestly, it has not been too bad, but we have another 4 to 5 hours to go tomorrow, so check back for updates then.

Tom at 18 months

We had Tom's 18 month check up today. It was just about a month late, due to various sinus infections and pink eye run ins. I just wanted to post a quick update on his "stats".

Height: 45% (I guess my dreams of a 6'11" basketball player will have to wait)
Weight: 55% (He is right in the middle, which is surprising with all the ear infections)
Head Size: 90%!!!! (The kid has a HUGE head. It looks like an orange on a toothpick.)

That last line was from one of my favorite movies, "So I Married an Axe Murderer".