Our family vacation, unplanned Day 8.

We left the beach at 5:30 this morning with the intention of driving all the way home. Once the girls woke up with lots of energy and a touch of car sickness we decided to extend our trip by just one more night. After that it was nice knowing we could take a little longer to stretch our legs during our stops. We had another breakfast at Cracker Barrel. As soon as we got out of the car Leyna said "Hey, we ate at Cracker Barrel yesterday!" I was shocked that she remembered the name of the place, even though she was a little off on her days. Vacation does that do you ;) One of my favorite memories of the day was nursing Cora in one of the fifty rocking chairs on Cracker Barrel's front porch as we listened to "Georgia On My Mind." Very relaxing. We also took a long break at the South Carolina welcome center. We spread out a blanket, had some peanut butter sandwiches and cheerios, and just enjoyed being out of the car. We made one last Cracker Barrel stop in the evening just to use the bathrooms and play some checkers on the porch. After that we headed to our brand new, super nice hotel. Leyna loved the room and after sitting on every couch, bench, bed, etc we headed down to the lounge for dinner. That's when the day got much less relaxing. Leyna started saying her tummy hurt, which she had been saying all day, and the poor girl soon tossed her cookies all over the booth we were sitting in. It was a mess and she was extremely upset about it. We cut dinner short and headed up to the room to clean up only to discover that our room only had a standing shower and no bath tub. Not cool. We made it through, Leyna rested, and soon she was asking for orange juice and yogurt, neither of which seem like a good idea for an upset stomach. We were watching TV and as the food commercials came on she added cravings to her list. "Mommy, I want orange juice, yogurt, pizza, and french fries!" Yikes! Daddy went down to the sundries shop and bought her some strawberry ice cream. That hit the spot and she was ready for bed.
Meanwhile, since Leyna threw up Cora decided she was going to pull up. She was sitting in her hotel crib, grabbed the rails, and pulled herself up to a standing position like she had been doing it for months. Go Cora! So that  was our day and night. Tomorrow we are really going home for real this time and we can't wait to get there :)