A Much Needed Calm Before The Storm

In the midst of all this moving chaos, my man and I got escape reality for a whole week!  There were no diapers to change, baths to give, or little mouths to feed.  I missed my sweet little boy, but the get-away was WONDERFUL!!!

We left our house on Mother's Day after having lunch with Steve's parents.  

Happy Mother's Day to my mama!

My parents had offered to watch Hudson while we were gone.  My mom took off a whole week of work just so Steve and I could get away.  How awesome is she!  So we drove to Indy to drop off Hudson and Sadie (our dog).  Monday morning bright and early (5:00am) my dad drove us to the airport so we didn't have to pay for parking (He is so amazing).  I was terrified to fly, but the first flight to Atlanta couldn't have gone smoother.  The flight from Atlanta to Jacksonville, Fl...well, that was a different story.  We made it safe and sound though, so that's all that matters.

Once we were in Atlanta, we ran into a lot of Steve's co workers.  Did I mention this was a trip for Steve's company?  He had a good year, and this was his work's way of celebrating.  I'm so proud of Steve.  He works so hard EVERY SINGLE DAY to provide for our family.  Anyway, once we arrived in Florida, we picked up our rental car and headed to the Ritz Carlton Hotel on beautiful Amelia Island.

I have to say, the hotel was fabulous!  Steve and I NEVER stay in places like that and we were defiantly fish out of water!  I mean, who takes pictures of the hotel bathroom?!?!  We felt like royalty with our beautiful room looking out over the ocean, and the Hotel Service/Staff was amazing.  I have never had people open my car door, take our luggage (and the car), and escort us to our room!  Usually I am hauling all my bags tripping over myself the whole way.  They even did a turn down service at night where they got your bed ready and left little chocolates on the pillows!  A girl could definitely get use to this!

We had so much fun getting to know other couples from the company! We spent a lot of time out by the pool and ocean.  Steve got to play some golf and I had the most wonderful spa day!  Such a treat!

Steve's company sponsored lots of fun events.  They had fun dinners out overlooking the ocean each night that also included live music. There was an awards ceremony one evening and a 5k walk/run on the beach one morning.  We were entertained, but still had plenty of time to relax and recharge.

The weather was absolutely perfect the entire trip.  The first few days were were there, there wasn't even a cloud in the sky.  

Friday, we checked out of our hotel and took one last drive around the island.  Steve and I ended up having lunch at this great little mexican restaurant downtown before heading to the airport.  It was a perfect week and we decided that we need to do this every year.  It was so nice getting away just the two of us.

We got back to Indy around 11:00pm.  My wonderful dad picked us up and drove us home.  I have such wonderful and giving parents.  :)  We stayed to visit for the rest of the weekend and came back home to a half packed house on monday night.

Reality really started to set in when I realized that we had about 1 week to finish packing before the move....  AHHHHH  We so enjoyed our little calm before the storm.  Let the crazy begin!