Gavin did fairly well (considering he is not your "typical" kid that just passes out in the car). He played with toys, I read him books, we watched some Yo Gabba Gabba, stopped to eat, etc.
Checking out his new Lightening McQueen car (thanks Grandma - it was a huge hit)!
It all seemed to be working until we hit Virginia and were trying to pass around D.C. and ended up stuck in traffic. Ridiculous traffic. We lost 3 hours because of this traffic! 3 hours! It was absolute torture. Apparently, it doesn't matter what time of day you go through the area, you are going to be stuck in many hours of traffic. Last year, we sat in traffic at 1 in the morning in the same area. Scott and I are still baffled as to why people would put themselves through that level of torture every day!
Despite this, we did our best to not completely lose our minds and I did my best to keep Gavin as happy as possible. Thankfully, he did nap some (but not nearly enough) during the day and did eventually pass out at night and slept until we arrived at our hotel for the night.
Once we got check in and everything we needed in the room, Gavin was awake and wanted some play time before he would go back to sleep. He was very entertained by the wipes case from the diaper bag.
Our original plan was that we would be arriving at the hotel not too much after Gavin's normal bedtime so that we could all get a good nights rest and get back on the road in the morning to get on the island earlier and maybe even manage to do the grocery shopping that night. Unfortunately, we didn't end up getting to the hotel until 11pm! By the time we were in the room and Gavin was willing to settle down and go back to sleep, it was midnight. So much for a good nights sleep. At least we didn't need to rush out in the morning. We were able to hang out and let Gavin explore the room since he had another 4.5 hours of being confined to his car seat. He seemed to enjoy it. When we were packing up, Scott went and got ice to refill the coolers. Gavin sat down by the bags of ice and started picking them up and eating them. I was surprised his little hands weren't frozen!
We got checked out and packed up the family truckster again and set off for our final destination of Hilton Head Island around 11 am. Gavin protested being strapped down again, but handing him toys, snacks and playing Yo Gabba Gabba for him fixed that fairly quickly.
We were grateful that we didn't have any traffic issues until we hit the congestion getting onto the island, but there is no way around that on check in day unless you come in much later in the evening. We were also very grateful that the Fergusons were already there and our house was ready a bit early so they got the keys and then met us with our pass to get into the plantation. We got to the house around 3:30 pm, not too bad and significantly earlier than we previously had been able to get there. We unloaded the car, Gavin took a much needed nap and then Scott and Lori braved the grocery store! Although it wasn't ideal, it was certainly a good thing and a huge time saver that I had put together our meal plan and grocery list ahead of time so Lori and I had already made the adjustments we needed and we didn't need to spend time doing that before a trip to the store could be made. It would have been easier if I went, there was just no way we could strap Gavin back in the car for that and it was going to be much easier for me to feed Gavin dinner and get him bathed and in bed than for Scott to do it, so he volunteered to go! What a trooper!
Our night ended with enjoying some pizza and relaxing after two long days of traveling... we needed to rest so we could fully enjoy being at the beach for the week!
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