We left for our annual Edisto Beach vacation a week after returning from Pawley's Island. At 31 weeks pregnant, the Pawley's trip took a lot out of me physically and I wasn't totally sure I'd be able to travel again so soon. It took a couple of days of staying in bed and icing to get the swelling under control with my feet and legs, but it finally improved. As always, my mom was a tremendous help by going to the grocery for us, making us dinner, and washing & drying all our laundry from Pawley's. I was able to just refold and repack for Edisto pretty quickly. By the time the following weekend rolled around I was feeling better and thankfully the drive to Edisto is over an hour shorter and a more direct route, which makes for an easier trip. We stayed in a different house this year, but still stayed oceanfront, which made a huge difference for me as far as not having to walk and haul beach items. I only had minor swelling and felt much better overall during this trip. However, I'm really glad that next summer I won't be in my third trimester during either beach vacation!
As we've done in past years, we took an evening outing to Botany Bay during our time at Edisto. We walked out to the undisturbed beach to check out the beautiful shells, "dinosaur trees," and to take some fun pictures.
We spent the majority of the week playing on the beach. We headed out each morning around 9am and stayed until early afternoon. The kids had so much fun jumping waves, swimming, riding boogie boards, digging holes, collecting shells, and eating lots of beach snacks! Jacob and Lydia loved helping Violet in the water and it made me even more excited to see them with their new sister. The age difference between Jacob and Violet will be almost the same as the difference between Lydia and Baby Sister.
Its hard to believe that next year there will be another little Baden in this picture! We enjoyed our last vacation as a family of four!
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