I've wanted a vacation for so long now, I hadn't been anywhere since last summer when I went to California with my mother in-law. Paul promised me we would do something before the baby came so this trip was basically a baby moon. It was very low key and we did everything we wanted in 3 days, which is enough for me, by then I'm ready for my own bed. I've got instagrams to document all of the highlights of the trip and I thought I would share them on here for those who don't follow me on Instagram.
Our destination was Houston and Galveston, TX. From where we are it takes about 8 hours to get to Houston and another hour to Galveston. We found a great deal of a hotel and they even had a Texas shaped waffle maker!
We left early Monday morning and got to Houston around 6:00 pm so we checked into our hotel and went shopping in the outlets, of course everything was for the Baby. On Tuesday, we headed to Galveston and started at the Moody Gardens, which has 3 pyramids, each with a different attraction inside, we chose the rainforest one.
After spending about an hour in the rainforest, we took a tour around Galveston Bay on The Colonial paddle wheel boat. It was a nice way to relax for a while with a yummy strawberry smoothie! After the boat tour we left Moody Gardens and headed to old downtown Galveston for dinner and desert. Paul loves seafood, me on the other hand, thinks it's disgusting! So in order to keep my promise, I let Paul go to Joe's Crab Shack on Pier 21 and I embarrassingly ordered a chicken caesar salad.
For dessert we stopped by an old fashioned ice cream parlor. The ice cream was so yummy, I had cherry pie and Paul had plain vanilla.
After dessert we headed for the beach at the Galveston seawall. We spent about an hour just playing around and collecting shells.
On Wednesday, we spent the day in Houston by going to the Downtown Aquarium and the Holocaust museum. The Hard Rock Cafe was located across the street from the Aquarium so we decided to go there for lunch.
After we finished lunch at Hard Rock, we headed to Crave Cupcakes, which is the one place I anticipated the whole trip. I tried a pumpkin cupcake and Paul tried the red velvet.
I loved all of the colored mixers they had in the window, such a cute cupcake shop! If you're ever in Houston, you must go there! And of course, no trip is complete without IKEA. We left with more than we planned, which is what happens to us every time.
Lots of fun, but glad to be home!
