The Last of Our Vacation Pictures

Finally on the way home.

Hayden's cool in Mommy's sunglasses

Hayden and his cousins Olivia and Emma

Emma was all about hugging Hayden and holding his cheeks in her hands. When he cried later Emma said to him, "I'll wipe your tears".

Group picture. Olivia had dance earlier so she made it in time to spend time with Hayden.

Our last day of vacation we went to Brookgreen Gardens, which used to be a plantation years ago. The house is no longer on the property.

There is a zoo on the property where animals are in their natural habitat. After seeing this baby alligator that was NOT in the zoo, but in the middle of a pond at the sculpture garden we opted to not go to the zoo. I was a little nervous that this baby had its mother nearby. Maybe she was in the zoo.

Hayden and I at the gardens. The bug netting for the stroller came in handy here.

Beautiful archways leading to another sculpture.

View from our balcony where we stayed in Myrtle Beach

There were 2 pools, a kiddie pool, 2 whirlpools, and a lazy river outside and another pool, lazy river, and whirlpool inside. We didn't get any use out of the pools outside since they were too cold, but they kept the water very warm in the pools inside for all 3 of us to enjoy.

Our attempt at a family picture with the timer. Whenever Josh came back to pose Hayden would look at him and we only had a short time to get him to look back at the camera. This is probably the best one.

Josh and Hayden at the beach

Hayden liked playing with the sand

Hayden was not too thrilled about the beach. We couldn't miss an opportunity to at least take some pictures of him, but there was no way we could get in the water. The most Hayden experienced was the tide coming in over his feet and he was pretty shocked. We basically walked down there, took a few pictures, and walked back. Since we were all dressed in our swimsuits anyway we took a dip in the indoor pool. It was really crowded, though, so we only stayed for a short time.