Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Well, we made it back from the girls weekend! We enjoyed a weekend full of shopping, eating, and LL enjoyed the aquarium one day with her aunt and aunt's boyfriend while mommy did more shopping. We missed daddy while he was away on his fishing/beach trip. LL was such a good girl/little trooper the whole time! I guess her good behavior paid off b/c everything that I purchased (other than my delicious meals) was for her! Here are the great finds that I purchased (they range in sizes from this fall to next Christmas!) Two are even reversable-2 in 1 outfits-yeah! We can't wait to go again! Mommy even found a few small things to put away for my 1st bday (not clothing though!) I have also included a pic of her at the aquarium-she was SUPER excited!!

















We still don't have a tooth, nor are we crawling...but oh so close! We are looking forward to our big beach trip w/ boyfriend and his family in less than 2 weeks!!

Happy 4th, etc!

We have had a great time over the past week! The first pics are of LL in her new pool (not as big of a fan of this bathing suit as others due to the fit, but cute for the backyard)! We decided to get a pool of our own since she enjoyed the frog pool at her grandparents (and we are not as lucky as the other grandparents to have a big pool in the yard)!


Next, we have LL's boyfriend!! LL's future mother-in-law and I decided to take them to the zoo early this week. LL had her precious little "zoo" paci clip on her which is a pink leopard monogrammed button with zebra ribbon...attached was a hot pink paci. Well boyfriend decided that that looked far more appealing than his beige clip w/ bold stripes and red paci....so he took care of that! We heard LL start to fuss, turned around and saw this-

Lastly, this week we celebrated LL's 9mth bday and the 4th. Her grandparents spent the weekend with us and we had a great time! We went to the zoo, had a lot of good food--including some that we grilled using daddy's new Father's Day gift, saw the fireworks (which she loved watching) and swam in the pool again.









Whew! This week has really worn her out!


This week we plan on getting some things done around the house and doing a little relaxing. Early Friday morning we will head out for a girl's weekend full of shopping and yummy food! LL's aunt and future uncle will also watch her some while mommy shops and take her to the nearby aquarium! She is getting so close to crawling and hopefully cutting her first tooth! Maybe in the next week or so I will be posting pics of both of these as well as a few from the girl's weekend!

Time Flies...

when you are having fun!!
This past week has flown by! We were super busy and have been all over the south!! We started off the week last Sunday attending the 1st birthday party of LL's boyfriend. I can't believe that he is already a year old! Someone else will be turning a year before we know it!! She LOVED watching him eat his cake (she even got to try a bite) and opening his presents.


On Monday we took our two sons (pictured below)

to the their grandparent's house (my in-laws) and went to the aquarium with LL's boyfriend and his mom. Tuesday night, LL's other grandparents (my parents) came to stay with us. Bright and early Wednesday morning we all packed up


and headed to Charleston for LL's first vacation. We really enjoyed our trip! We ate a TON of good food (LL LOVED being able to sit at the table w/ us in a highchair),

went on some tours (including LL's first ride on a horse and carriage

as well as her first ride on a boat as we went to tour the Fort).





We also did some shopping around town and in the open air market while LL cruised in her stroller,

went swimming at the hotel,


relaxed a little

tried out our new ducky bathtub

and went to a family friend's wedding.


The ceremony was quite long, but LL slept through it and EVERYONE loved her at the reception!
We had a wonderful time and look forward to many vacations to come! (The grandparents are already talking about Disney in a couple of years-oh boy!)

Whew!!

This past week has been BUSY!!! I have had a training all week (which will continue this week as well) and LL has been going daycare and staying longer than usual each day. I have also gone to the state Miss pageant to watch a friend of mine each night, as well as attend my sewing class another night. I am EXHAUSTED!! The Mr. has been such a good dad and taken care of LL while I have been running all over the place and getting home late at night. Today we went up to visit the in-laws and LL was able to get in her first real pool! She LOVED it! Here are some pics as well as her 8month pic.





We have a few new tricks:
-waving bye bye
-clapping
-holding our bottle
-saying dada
Although I don't have all of the items listed above in pics, here are two poor quality (due to the sun) ones of her clapping:

Splish Splash

Hello Summer!!! We are so glad that we are out for the summer! (Although I have to go back for a workshop for two weeks starting Monday-boo hiss!) We have a lot on our agenda for this summer! It started this past weekend with a trip down to see the grandparents for Memorial Day. Although it was rainy, we were able to have our first experience in a baby pool! She had the best time!
Here are some pics:


For the rest of the summer we plan to be lazy, go on a few trips here and there and continue going to daycare a few days a week in order to keep up the routine (and give mommy a little time to clean, etc). Mommy is also going to start taking sewing classes so that she can learn how to make outfits for me!!

Catch up

Sorry that it has been a few weeks since our last post. We have been quite busy these days and someone has also become a little more demanding (screaming right now as I type this, just wanting to be held AGAIN).
Last weekend we went to visit the inlaws and also took our first trip to the aquarium. Here are some pics:

I rode a carousel for the first time:

I spent some time with my boyfriend at the park:

We saw some fish:


I also had a fabulous first Mother's Day!! The mister bought me a sewing machine so that I can start sewing clothes for LL (I also have an embroidery/monogram machine that I will be learning to finally use as well). He made me yummy waffles topped w/ ice cream and strawberries and we had lunch at a place that we used to frequent all of the time before we were married. We also took our first family trip to the zoo. Even though it rained part of the time, it was a perfect day to go w/ few crowds and cool weather....which means the animals were out and being social!
Here are some pics:






And lastly, here is our 7 mth pic...I know that I am a week late, but between going out of town last weekend, having a crazy busy week at work, and LL having yet another ear infection it didn't happen to be the first thing on my mind...good thing she hasnt grown too much in a week and she is still 7 mths! (And yes, mommy finally put a bow in my hair, although it doesnt stay since I still dont have much and it's baby fine!