I ❤ Faces: Family Vacations!

This week, Angie and Amy are on summer vacation so that means I ❤ Faces is, too! This week's theme is "Our VacationStories through Pictures".

We have only been a family of three for 10 months (as of today! Baby C is 10 months old!). J's company hosts a retreat every 18 months and one happened to fall 5 weeks after C was born. When we signed up for the retreat, we were thinking, "sure, easy, peasy, we can do that with a baby". Needless to say, we weren't parents at the time and had no idea what traveling with a wee one would be like. But, sign up we did, and then we were committed!

Because it was our first family "vacation" (J still had some work to attend to), it is my favorite. His company took us to the beautiful Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. This resort is on the National Register of Historic Places (part of it dates back to 1778!) and, until recently, served as the "fall-out bunker" for political residents (read: Presidential cabinet, congressman, etc.) should there ever be an attack on the Capitol.

As a 5-week old, C experienced a lot of "firsts" while on this vacation: first plane ride, first dip in the pool, first time sharing a bedroom with mommy and daddy, first time in a hotel, first bus ride, first "All-White-Dress" party, first hike in the mountains...oh the list is endless!

Since this post is for I ❤ Faces, though, it is time to commence with the pictures...here are a few of my favorites, in mosaic form to get more bang for my buck :0

{baby C's first plane ride}

{baby C's first "travel" crib, first bear in her crib, and first time sleeping in the same room as me and J!}
Do you think she liked her bear? check out those faces:

{family dinner nights}

{first bathing suit, first dip with mom, first indoor pool}

{first dip with Dad, first outdoor pool}

{first time sporting a daddy/daughter matching outfit}

{first family swim together}

{finally headed home!}

Thanks for reliving one of my favorite family vacations. Don't forget to visit IHeartFaces for more!