Our room was not ready when we got there, despite having been guaranteed an early check-in at 2:00 p.m.  I had requested an early check-in so I could nurse Ashley and get her settled in the room before I had to work the convention.  So much for that.  We had to wait 2 hours for our room!  Then we had a bad experience with room service and weren’t given what was advertised on their menu.  Oh, and the crib they were supposed to set up in our room ended up being a used pack-n-play that probably hadn’t been disinfected in the past year.  Thank goodness we brought our own so Ashley didn’t have to sleep in the hotel’s germy one.  Yuck!

But even with a few hotel annoyances, our trip was a lot of fun!  Mom got some good quality time with her granddaughter, and I was able to work the convention without worrying about her.  On my time off, we went to The Market Common and did some strolling, shopping, and had lunch.  It was so hot that day!  It was a pretty place to walk around.  We also took Ashley to the kiddie pool at the hotel.  She had fun splashing around!

This was Ashley’s first hotel stay and it was quite an experience.  It was a challenge getting her to sleep at night, and she didn’t like riding in the crowded elevator.  But she loved strolling around the hotel looking at all the new people and sights.  She’s such a ham, too.  She soaks all the attention right up!  Overall, she did really good adjusting to the new environment.  It was a fun trip but we are looking forward to seeing our boys again! 

We then went to Calabash for a late dinner and ate at Capt. Nance’s Seafood.  It was so yummy!  I wanted to get our pictures taken out on the dock but decided to wait until after we ate.  Well, by that time it was dark out so the pictures didn’t turn out very good.  Oh well.  You can’t tell it, but there was a shrimp boat behind us in the pictures.  We ate at 8:00 p.m. and got back home around 10:00 p.m.  Ashley fell asleep on the way home.  We were all pooped!