Goin' to the lodge...

Great Wolf Lodge!

Saturday the Woods' headed up to stay at our house before we all headed up to Great Wolf Lodge on Sunday. Saturday was spent playing and getting ready for our fun vacation.

Bria thought it was so much fun to be in her crib with Gabe. Gabe looks unimpressed.

Enjoying bath time.

Sunday we got some breakfast and headed up. It was almost a 2 hour drive which isn't bad at all and Bria did wonderful. She didn't fall asleep, but she was happy and content the whole ride up, it was fabulous.

Bria didn't take a nap on Sunday since we went straight from our car, to the room quickly to change into our swim suits, and then into the water park. The water park was absolutely gigantic and there was so much to do. Bria was so entertained that she never got cranky and was just as pleasant as can be.

"Um Gabe, can you get out of my picture?"

This picture has bad lighting and is not very good but I wanted to remember how much Gabe and Bria loved running down the hallway. Our room was quite a treck to the elevators but the kids did not mind at all, it was one of the highlights for them.

I took hardly any pictures because we were just having so much fun. And water was coming from every direction so I didn't want to carry around my camera very much.

But trust me when I tell you that we had a ball. Not only did Bria enjoy it, but Brian and I had a blast. The adults took turns watching the kids while 2 of us would go down there humungous water slides.

I have to say our favorite part was just being together though. Bria had so much fun in the wave pool and loved swimming back and forth between us. She is still such a water baby and the huge waves didn't scare her at all, she wanted more.

We got some pizza for dinner and then went back out for a little more swimming. We put the kids down at 7:45 pm that night and then enjoyed socializing and just relaxing. We got a suite with 2 separate bedrooms which was essential with 2 babies. It worked out really nice too because it allowed us to hang out after we put the kids to bed.

Hanging out in the lobby.

Bria slept in until almost 8:30 am the next morning! Can't blame her since she skipped her nap and spent half the day swimming and playing. I was glad she caught up on some sleep. We enjoyed a buffet breakfast and then to the water we went! We played and played until around noon and then headed out. I was seriously so bummed to be leaving, we had such a great time and it just went by too fast. But we are definitely going again and next time we'll stay 2 nights. It was so worth it and I'm really glad we went.

Here is a video of Bria's infamous crab walking. This girl crab walked every time we were in the toddler pool, girl worked out her thighs!

And here's another video of her and Brian in the wave pool. She also liked to sit and have the wave crash over her, she thought that was so cool.

*Not sure why the quality is so bad on the videos :(

I can't wait to go again. My lower back is absolutely killing me, my guess is from bending over and holding Bria's hand in the water but who knows. Either way we have some wonderful memories.

It's funny how after a vacation (even a little mini one-nighter) it's hard to get back in the swing of things, but we're doing pretty good today. Bria and I have been coloring this morning, grocery shopping, and even went for a walk. While we are staying busy at home, Brian is playing catch up at work. Thank goodness Thanksgiving is next week, even more family time and lots of relaxing!