The Taylor Family: Fall Break

Before I start this post, I want to mention that today is Chase's 6 month birthday! I may make us a cake to celebrate! He is such a big boy!!

We had a wonderful Fall Break! For those of you who do not know, we at Shelby County Schools, get a glorious 2 days off over Columbus day for Fall Break. We went to Gulf Shores with The Ring Family. They are some of our dearest friends. We went to Gatlinburg with them last year. We also took our 10 year old niece Anna-Laura. She was a huge help with the baby and played with Anna Garris, who is 5.

We arrived in Gulf Shores about 2 am Saturday morning. We were all exhausted. Chase had slept the entire way so he was awake, of course! We went to the beach Saturday morning and played in the sand. I will share some pictures of our trip at the end. Saturday night, we went to the Shrimp Festival which has a ton of food, sand castle contest, and arts and crafts booths. We turned in early that night since we were all still exhausted from the trip. Jason and Chris played golf 2 mornings while us girls and Chase went to the beach. The weather was very windy, so Chase didn't get to stay out long. Saturday was perfect, but on Monday and Tuesday there were a lot of jellyfish that had washed up and no shells. Chase especially loved the indoor pool and playing in his float! The rest of the trip was spent eating (a lot), shopping at the outlets, and playing putt-putt! The Taylor family ruled that game!

The most exciting adventure took place on the way home! Once we hit Hwy. 45 (the 240 miles of NOTHING), Chase decided he had to go to the bathroom. It was a disaster! One of those diapers that you hope never happens or only happens at home. It was EVERYWHERE! In the seat, on his leg, on his arm, on his face, and in his ear. We pulled over the second we smelled it, but how it got everywhere so quick is beyond me! I was about to freak out! Holly was trying to clean out the seat, while Chris, Jason, and I were trying to clean his body from head to toe literally. The funny part is that we pulled over on a dirt road and laid Chase out on the back of the Hitch and Haul that was on the back of the car. Anna Garris and Anna Laura were freaking out over the smell! Chase thought it was funny, of course! I didn't think to get pictures of this at the time because it all happened so fast. A nice lady pulled over to check on us and we just explained it was a diaper problem of the worst kind. She understood and went on her way! That was the memory-maker of the trip!

I can't wait to find out what great adventures Fall Break next year will bring with the Ring Family!