Ella's First Trip To Charleston
Ella & Mary Catherine joined their parents in Charleston to visit with Meme, Mel, Pop Pop, Aunt Pam and Uncle David for Christmas. We left on Thursday evening December 21st at 8pm. It took us two and a half hours to get to Charleston because we had to stop in Lake city and feed Ella (who was screaming her head off). When we arrived in Charleston, we stayed at Meme's house this trip. Meme set up the pack and play in the dining room and that is where Ella slept. Meme was just inside the den with Mary Catherine on the hide-a-bed. Meme got up with Ella and did the night time feedings the whole time we were in Charleston. It was the greatest Christmas gift Kevin & I got this Christmas. We actually got three full nights of sleep for the first time since Ella was born. We love you MEME! On Friday Ella went with Mommy and Daddy to Kassis Brother's to get Daddy shoes and then downtown Charleston to pick up a few things for Christmas. It was raining by the time we got downtown so Daddy and Ella just drove around the block while Mommy ran in to get what she needed. On Saturday, we had Christmas at Meme & Mel's. Ella got all kinds of neat stuff. Mary Catherine helped her open her gifts. She got a Bumbo,a musical book and some really neat clothes.
Saturday night we attempted to go see the Christmas lights at James Island Park. It was a nightmare. Ella had two really bad diapers before we left home. That should have been my sign to stay home. When we got to the park (in traffic) Mary Catherine decided she needed to go potty and told us through the whole first half of the light show. The first parking lot(which is the one closest to the restrooms)was full. So we had to park in lot B (which was approximately 1/2 mile away) and walk. In the process of hurrying everyone out of the car, Ella in a stroller, and to the area where the restrooms were, Ella's bag fell out of the car. Kevin picked it all up before I even knew it fell out. Unknown to me, the bottle, burp cloth and extra formula container also fell out and undoubtedly rolled under a nearby car. Before we could get in the restroom, Mary Catherine had an accident. She and I stood in the bathroom 45 minutes rinsing out her clothes and then drying them with a hand dryer in the bathroom. By the time we came out of the bathroom, Ella was screaming hungry. When Kevin went to look for the bottle, it was missing. We couldn't figure out what happened to it(keep in mind, I didn't know the bag had fallen out of the car when we were unloading). We finally got back to the car (Ella still screaming) where we searched for the bottle (which was never found). We then attempted to get out of the park but that required going through the 2nd half of the light show. Everyone was driving slow and it was bumper to bumper traffic. I didn't see any of the lights (Ella was screaming bloody murder at this point). We finally got out of the lights and to the Walgreens on James Island. Kevin went in an bought a bottle, formula and water. She never stopped screaming until we got the bottle in her mouth. What a nightmare!
Sunday was somewhat better Ella stayed with Meme and Mel while Mom, Dad and Mary Catherine went to First Scots Presbyterian for church. She then slept through the Cracker Barrel lunch with PopPop, Aunt Pam and Uncle David. We then went to Aunt Pam and Uncle David's to open presents. Ella got some baby wipes, diapers, and a gift card from Pop Pop. All very needed items for Ella. Aunt Pam gave Ella some cute clothes, bibs and and elephant ornament. Ella did wake up long enough at Aunt Pam's to throw up on her floor. She then slept all the way back to Florence.
This was Ella's first trip outside of the county of Florence and first trip to Charleston!
Saturday night we attempted to go see the Christmas lights at James Island Park. It was a nightmare. Ella had two really bad diapers before we left home. That should have been my sign to stay home. When we got to the park (in traffic) Mary Catherine decided she needed to go potty and told us through the whole first half of the light show. The first parking lot(which is the one closest to the restrooms)was full. So we had to park in lot B (which was approximately 1/2 mile away) and walk. In the process of hurrying everyone out of the car, Ella in a stroller, and to the area where the restrooms were, Ella's bag fell out of the car. Kevin picked it all up before I even knew it fell out. Unknown to me, the bottle, burp cloth and extra formula container also fell out and undoubtedly rolled under a nearby car. Before we could get in the restroom, Mary Catherine had an accident. She and I stood in the bathroom 45 minutes rinsing out her clothes and then drying them with a hand dryer in the bathroom. By the time we came out of the bathroom, Ella was screaming hungry. When Kevin went to look for the bottle, it was missing. We couldn't figure out what happened to it(keep in mind, I didn't know the bag had fallen out of the car when we were unloading). We finally got back to the car (Ella still screaming) where we searched for the bottle (which was never found). We then attempted to get out of the park but that required going through the 2nd half of the light show. Everyone was driving slow and it was bumper to bumper traffic. I didn't see any of the lights (Ella was screaming bloody murder at this point). We finally got out of the lights and to the Walgreens on James Island. Kevin went in an bought a bottle, formula and water. She never stopped screaming until we got the bottle in her mouth. What a nightmare!
Sunday was somewhat better Ella stayed with Meme and Mel while Mom, Dad and Mary Catherine went to First Scots Presbyterian for church. She then slept through the Cracker Barrel lunch with PopPop, Aunt Pam and Uncle David. We then went to Aunt Pam and Uncle David's to open presents. Ella got some baby wipes, diapers, and a gift card from Pop Pop. All very needed items for Ella. Aunt Pam gave Ella some cute clothes, bibs and and elephant ornament. Ella did wake up long enough at Aunt Pam's to throw up on her floor. She then slept all the way back to Florence.
This was Ella's first trip outside of the county of Florence and first trip to Charleston!
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