Isle of Palms

We just got back from another amazing Chao Family summer vacation. This year we spent a week in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. Heaven! It's a beautiful little beach town 15 minutes outside of Charleston. We spent our days by the pool & beach, riding bikes, eating Mimi's delicious home cookin and relaxing! We even got a parents night out thanks to Mimi and Papa watching all 5 grandkids. What a treat. It was so great to spend time with cousins and family we don't get to see nearly enough. Lucca had the best time, and Jackson was super chill as usual. And Rustin and I survived the cross-country flight both ways thanks to these amazing little travelers...

Our pool and view from the house. Stunning.

Lucca collecting seashells along our beach

The bridge into Charleston

Cousins Lucca and Lia and their unplanned matching dresses

Mema! Meeting Jackson for the 1st time. Most special part of the trip

More seashell collecting. We came home with many :)

Evenings were spent playing games. Mema playing Catch Phrase = Priceless

Tanning

Jackson turned 4 months in South Carolina

The BEST dad and uncle

Jackson loved the pool

Vacation is awesomeee

Dolphin Watching... so cool

My husband, the hair model

Lucca reading to Aunt Ashley

Landing at SFO after a long day of traveling

Home Sweet Home!

Thank you Mimi for planning another AMAZING vacation for us all. Wish we were still there!

Jet-set no more

Warning: sentimental-pregnant-mommy post ahead.

I just realized it's the end of a sweet era. I'm grounded (i.e. no more flying) from here on out for the remainder of this pregnancy, so it dawned on me tonight that Lucca and I took our last flight together today as just the 2 of us. Kinda sad because I've traipsed all over the place with my girl. She's such an easy traveler, so there have been many times since she was itty bitty that Lucca and Mommy would hop on a flight together (mostly to go visit Daddy when he was away on business).

On today's flight she was such an angel and slept curled up on my lap the whole time. I didn't realize in the moment it was the last time that scenario would take place :( Next time, she will be the big sister in her own seat, and her baby brother will be on my lap. Gone are the somewhat easy travel days!!!

Shedding a tear for the end of my travels with just LC. Sooo many fun memories, and now anxiously awaiting the arrival of our dude and the travel chaos he will add to our jet-setting family...