Destin Day 1

We headed down to Destin last Monday for a conference Riley was having to attend that week for work.  His conference was Tuesday, Wednesday and a half day on Thursday and then we stayed the rest of the weekend so he could actually enjoy the beach too.   I have to say it was a little more challenging taking a 3 1/2 month baby to the beach by myself. I am used to Fairhope were it feels like home.  Rileys meetings were from around 8-4 everyday with a break for lunch where he would meet us at the restaurant on the beach to eat.  The first day, I was bound and determined to go to the beach, not the pool (which would have been 10 times easier!)  So I rented me a chair setup with an umbrella, got all our stuff, put her in the front carrier and grabbed her bumbo seat and we made it down there!  I wish I would have had a picture because she was in one chair (in the bumbo) and me in the other...we were ready to go, ready to relax!  NOT! haha...oh life, the beach, vacations are so much different with a baby but I wouldnt trade it for anything! She had taken a nap before us going down but I guess because of us traveling the day before and she had a touch of Riley's cold (1st cold she had ever had ) she didnt feel well and she was fussy and sleepy again.  Usually she goes right off to sleep...nope...she had to scream and cry!  So after Riley came down to the beach and we ate lunch she seemed fine so I thought ok we will stay out a little longer (it felt wonderful out there because of the nice breeze).  As soon as he leaves and I am by myself with ALL of our stuff to carry up, she does it again!  Finally after she picks sand up and pours it on her face, we called it a day!!! haha...Not the best start but hey you live and you learn! right?? At least I did attempt it by myself!  That night we did enjoy a really good meal at Harbor Docks and had a very happy baby! :) 

Daddy getting some love during his lunch break

Happy Memorial Day

"And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me!"

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!

Park

Grandparents

Grandparents make the world...a little softer, a little kinder, a little warmer.

Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child's growth as vitamins.

Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

Some of the world's best educators are grandparents.

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

Mid-Month Update

Wow! I can't believe how fast Anna Riley is already changing this month!!  Here is a little update on what we have been up to recently:

* She had begun to sleep through the night.  (notice I said HAD)

*She is in the early stages of teething.  (I dont know if this is why she decided to start waking up again or she just thought she would change things back again.  But she only wakes up once and its usually around 2:30 so still not too bad...maybe by next month we will be back to sleeping through the night when we start cereal)

*Just last week she really became so interested in her spinning toy I put on her Bumbo tray.  Before she never really even noticed it now she is constantly spinning it.

*Does NOT like for you to hold her like a baby much anymore! :(  I mean she will pull herself up until she is in a sitting position.  I know it will be a good while before she is sitting up on her own but she is a strong little booger!

* I just started strolling her face forward and she loves it.  She likes to look at everything going on!

*Went swinging for the first time at the park and loved it. 

My baby is growing so fast! Its bittersweet!  I love each and every stage that she goes through and of course I miss her being small and being a baby but I also look forward to all the fun things to come!

Best Friends

Anna Riley is 3 months and Zoe Jane is 6 months and they "played" so good together.  It was cute how they would touch each other.  Its funny how they are almost the same size! 

Pool Day #2

Saturday we went back to the pool and it was a little better.  We actually stayed for a really long time.  Anna Riley played in the pool for a while longer this time before getting sleepy.  I think she just gets really overstimulated with it right now.  Because all she associates with water (i.e. bathtime) is bedtime.  But it was great because she took a great nap out there and it gave me time to relax too!  On the other hand, Zoe Jane loved it!! I cant wait for the next few months.  I think Anna Riley will like it a lot more.  She will be in the pool a lot his summer so she will get used to it!