More Beach Shots

When we had sunny weather, we took every chance to play hard outside!

I love this bathing suit.


I'm usually all about cheap ones, hand me downs, etc.
This year, I was also all about this cute one.

And the girls green matching suits.

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I have to say, I love to dress them the same. Because that means Farrah gets something new to wear besides all of Bella's hand-me-downs. And who doesn't love matching outfits? :)

Farrah liked the water.

She seems a little more brave in water to me overall (like in the bath, etc.) than Bella did at this age

From new iphone pics

This was the place to be on the beach!
How many kids does it take to fill up a baby pool?
3!

From new iphone pics

The way we get Bella to coorportate in most pictures is to say, "Show me your sad face! Now show me your silly face! Now your happy face!!" And hope we catch some good ones :) I was busted here trying to get her to copy me!


My poor husband was in like NO pictures on this trip. We didn't bring the camera down a lot - sand! But I captured a couple on my phone.

From new iphone pics

Let's see... what else...

Loves her mommy



And again, we had a lot of rain, and we did a lot of cuddling and playing inside!

From new iphone pics

We did eat out a couple of times. I'm all about eating in, being lazy, and getting the most out of the beach as I can get. I can eat out anywhere! But I know it's fun to go get overpriced seafood, too. haha! jkjk.
Honestly, I just don't want to waste time coming in early, getting ready, etc. I'd rather just play outside!
Fudpuckers was always the one place I could count on going to when I was growing up and vacationing as a family in Ft. Walton. We headed over to the Destin Fudpuckers one night. There is SO much to look at, so it is a great, loud place for kids!



Poor girl, looks like that's a bandage on her head. Gosh mom!

Sorry for long post! But I hope you enjoyed it! I needed to get these out there before time went by any more...
Until next year, beach!






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Ballet Videos

These are from her second day of class.
She's got some of the basic positions down now; we're now working on LISTENING. haha
I just got an email that the teacher wants to try some tap next week... this should be interesting as she practices at home! :)

Hanging at Aunt Kristy's

Oh, to be a kid again.

Father's Day Weekend

Father's Day weekend, also my father-in-law's (AKA Steve-o, Poppy) and Grandmother's birthday weekend, we spent with lots of family!

Saturday morning Poppy and Chris finished building the big sandbox for the girls. Bella loves it! I know Farrah will enjoy it one day, too.

Poppy:

Then -- My brother Ryan just closed on a house last month in a fun neighborhood! They have concerts on Saturday nights in the summer, so we went for "country night" this particular weekend. He and Melissa are going to enjoy this community so much!

Bella loved running in the open grass. We enjoyed the entertainment and doing something different - even in the sweltering heat. It was a great night!! We pushed Farrah's bedtime out a bit, and paid for that on the ride home. But it was worth it :)


My Dad (G-Daddy) and Bella:

My Granddad and Mom

Ryan and Farrah
It was so hot, we were down to a diaper by the end of the night!


I am so thankful for all the dad's in our life. A dad plays such a huge role in a girl's life and how she views the Lord. So I am thankful that I married a man who will do his best at raising our Bella and Farrah with grace, a whole lot of love, while showing them how to serve others and love their mom like no other :)

Bathroom Project

Look at what my hubby did, with some help from his friend Mark on the tile laying... Man of Many Talents, Chris is! :) I gotta brag on Chris. I love watching do all this stuff and see the finished result. We are always crazy during these renovation projects, but love the finished result. He'll do a Tim the Toolman Taylor sound afterwards, too... :)

And, in case you don't know us well... we kinda live in craziness. We don't really know of any other way ;)

We are loving using this bathroom for bath time for the girls now!!

BEFORE:


AFTER:

Jumpback: Mother's Day

We just uploaded these! ;)

My Grandmother with her kids: My mom, Uncle Jeff and Aunt Kristy


My Mom and her kids! Chelsie, Ryan, Keegan and Me


Me and my little rug rats. I don't remember why Bella had no pants on!


Kiss Attack!


Learning the game of Frisbee. Or I should say, learning the art of throwing things under the belt line at a close range:


Fun Uncles and Aunts!

Spontaneous Beach Trip

Last week, we planned a beach trip last mintue. On Thursday, we booked an awesome house in Santa Rosa Beach starting on the weekend. We went with our trusty travel friends, The Walkers and Morgan, and my sister went this time, too! :)

It rained a good bit, but we tried to just use that as relaxation time. And, Morgan, Bella and I weren't scared to stay down in the red-flag ocean one day "hoping it would pass!" haha.

Our little family had so much fun this year. I always love the beach, but I really love seeing Bella enjoy it. The girls were EARLY risers, so we hit the beach early in the mornings, and came in for long naps to the rain. It was pretty great. Everyone read books, but I enjoyed doing nothing. Nothing. Just beachin' and eating good beach foods! :)



Bella is at a good age to entertain herself playing in the sand for some periods of time, and she loved throwing the frisbee. She also enjoyed playing in the blow up pool with Farrah and Amelie. Farrah was great. Took some awesome naps, and even slept a little under our tent.



We have so many great shots... I'll try to break them up!

7 months!

Yahooooo! My mom finally got up my 7 month pictures!


Cheese!


Get my good side, Dad.


I'm adorable.


I'm sittin' up straight because I want you to see how much I've grown... see all my old pictures below!!



1 month: I don't even recognize myself!


2 months: I had a huge growth spurt!


3 months: What are you people doing? It's cold and it's Mid-February! Clothe me!


4 months: Now I can cheese it up!


5 months: That bear is hilarious!


6 months: I'm a happy baby!


At 7 months I'm:
Eating tons of different foods
Sitting up and playing with my cool Big Sister
Sleeping from about 7:30-5am, then back to sleep until Big Sister wakes me! :)
Loving Peak a Boo with a bib over my head
Having fun peeking over at sister in the car seat next to me
Enjoying the pool and beach this summer!
Dressing up to match Bella!
Making mommy want 18 more kids because I'm so cute.

See ya next month! (Maybe closer to the 19th next time :)!)
Blessed, blessed, blessed.