Moran Family Adventures: musings of a boy mom

Staycation  When I was 15-17 weeks pregnant with Jellybean I took a little babymoon with my girlfriends. We ran a half marathon in Disneyworld and followed that up with a trip to Peru. Kind of awesome right? That vacation was one for the history books with memories I'll cherish forever! Well this time around, having a toddler kind of makes taking a babymoon difficult. I originally wanted to go to Asheville, North Carolina. I've heard incredible things about that place. I had started researching, got really excited, but as the date approached, my body started to work against me. We should have taken our babymoon to Asheville earlier in my pregnancy. The long days being a tourist (which is my idea of a vacation- long days exploring EVERYTHING), would have been a little too much on me I think. Especially in the middle of summer in the south. Although I'm one to charge through something difficult because I don't always believe in taking the easy road.....listening to ...

A Day Without Jellybean?  We turned this recent weekend into a long four day. Having Tuesday off of work to celebrate veterans day yet coming in on Monday seemed a little absurd, so we opted to take Monday off too. The daycare would still be open which meant Matt and I would have a whole entire day to OURSELVES. OH MY. What in the world would we do with all that Jellybean-less time? The options were endless. Sleep? Go to a movie? A fancy meal somewhere? The opportunities were endless and we opted for......kayaking from the backyard and exploring the bay we live in. Not quite fancy schmancy but definitely Matt and Amor Moran. All the other times we've kayaked, Jellybean has been with us so Matt has had to do all the paddling himself. He was definitely excited about having an extra set of arms available to help him paddle! But before our kayaking adventure started, we had just a few errands to run. Like gorge ourselves on Cracker Barrel breakfast and explore the wonders of Bass Pr...