Hurricanes & Hotels

With Hurricane Irma being ghastly big, and Potatoes being a terrible car rider, Daniel and I both felt it was better for me to be safe and head out of dodge for this massive storm that could hit our area.

Originally, my plan was to take the storm as an excuse to head to Atlanta, but when the storm started tracking over Georgia, it seemed pointless to follow her path and call it an escape plan!

While prepping for the worst, I was in frequent contact with friends around town to see what their plans were.  Alyssa said, with a toddler and a dog, she too felt it was better to simply get out just in case.  She had a suite booked in Hattiesburg, MS and offered for the Martin crew to join, while both our husbands stayed behind and took care of things around home.

Though we were blessed in our area with no storm damage, I am so glad Alyssa and I hit the road!

All packed up and on the road!

Zoey sat in the third row with the Ramirez pup, Murphy

She is not accustomed to being left out in the back, and even crawled on top of Alyssa's bag for a bit, trying to get up closer to the front!

Leaving after nap on Friday, we arrived in Hattiesburg late.  

Everyone was happy to stretch their legs!

The dogs went immediately for a drink-

We quickly closed the lid and set out a bowl!

All of our stuff somehow managed to fit on the little cart

These two had so much fun in hotel living!

A fun trip to Michael's for hotel room fun

The hotel had a closed in patio so we could all sit outside and enjoy a popsicle

These two!

Play doh fun

Strawberries and Cheese

Potatoes thought the lamp was a punching bag

I ended up having to hide it behind the curtain to save the shade!

There was an apartment complex that had a little playground and a small dog park right next door.  It was great to get some energy out for both tots and pups.

We weren't able to leave the dogs in the room much, because Zoey would howl, making Murphy bark (but Zoey'showling was far louder and lasted longer).  Being that there were a lot of evacuated families with dogs in the hotel, it was not a good idea to have the animals start in an uproar!

When Hurricane Irma began to break up and show it was not going to head to FWB, we quickly packed our stuff and headed home.

After screaming, Potatoes finally fell asleep on the ride home- for about 20 minutes

I am extremely grateful to Alyssa for letting us high jack her evacuation plan!

Though there were moments when being in a hotel with two tots and two pups (with my toddler being extremely active and physical) was extremely trying, it was really nice to have no cleaning, no cooking, and lights out during nap time and at early toddler bed time!

Home again!