Road Trip!!

First stop on our road trip was Hilton Head Island! 

Our little biker with her way too big helmet!!

 We spent the day riding bikes all over the island and it was so fun! 

Next we headed up to Charleston and I am in love with this place! It has everything you could ever want: the beautiful green south, plenty of beaches, and the cutest downtown area ever right on the water.

Our little beach monkey

Beach selfie!

She LOVED the water!!

Our first day in Charleston we headed over to Sullivan's Island for a beach day! It was perfect and Caroline loved it!! Every time we tried to bring her back to our blanket she would immediately crawl back into the water! After the beach we walked over to Poe's Tavern, the coolest little restaurant!

Next we headed over to Magnolia Plantation. There are so many plantations in Charleston, it was hard to pick just one to go visit!

SO beautiful here!!

The next day we went to downtown Charleston and it is so cute, and I regret that I didn't take more pictures! We went to a farmers market, and then over to The Battery. There is so much history and and so many beautiful old homes. We walked along the waterfront and saw Rainbow Row, but again I am kicking myself that I didn't take pictures!

Caroline did pretty good with all the driving, but some moments were harder than others..

Last stop on our trip was Savannah! Again, I don't know what my deal was, but for some reason I only took ONE picture here :(

This is where the bus stop scene from Forrest Gump was filmed!

Downtown Savannah was super cute to walk around. Tons of little parks all over the place and cobblestone streets. You can walk along the riverfront and there are lots of shops and restaurants. We of course had to stop in a candy shop and get some pralines and fudge before we left!

Caroline is ONE!!!

Happy birthday Caroline!! I can not believe it has been a whole year.. and at the same time, it feels way longer than that! Caroline is seriously the best. She is so funny, and cracks me up all the time, and she is a big sweetheart. Although she does take after her mom a little too much in the sassy department. She is so curious and she is seriously SO active. She is always on the go and can not sit still! She will stand up by herself and can balance, but even though she can take a few steps by herself, she has zero interest in walking. Scott and I have been doing the whole hold our arms out thing so that she'll walk to us, but now she thinks its a game that means take as little steps as possible to dive into our laps.

One of my favorite things that she does right now is say "hi" all the time! It is so funny because she's not always very good at saying it back to people if they say it to her first, but pretty much anyone else she sees who isn't paying attention to her, she says "hi" to them and waves. Sometimes she just randomly says it to our front door (no one is there), or when I take her outside or even just out of her carseat she immediately says "hi" and waves at nothing in particular.

We had a little party for Caroline with some close friends and it was so fun! Everyone came over for lunch, while the little ones played with balloons that were all over the floor. Caroline opened some presents and I didn't even have to help her that much, she was pretty good at getting into them! I couldn't resist doing a smash cake and although she never went for the actual cake part, she did love the frosting!