On the Road again....

I feel like that is our theme song the past few weeks!
  We have been on the go!  But I can't complain since all the trips have been fun trips! :)  I posted about us going to Destin for Riley's conference a couple of weeks ago.  We left Saturday and came back the following Saturday.  Then, Riley and I headed back down to Destin that Friday.  Some people that they do work with had invited us for the weekend.  It is sometimes hard to leave the girls, but it is also really nice to have some time with my husband!  We had a great weekend together and I knew my girls were in great hands!  Miss Katie kept them on Friday until Mom got there and then Mom and Dad kept them the rest of the weekend!  I got lots of picture text and a couple of videos that made our weekend!  I think we looked at them a million times!  I love technology! ;) 
Riley and I went to eat with everyone on Friday night and had such a great time.  I got to meet several people that I hear him talk about with work and it was great to finally meet them.  Riley went fishing on Saturday morning and caught us some really great fish that we are actually cooking tonight!! YUM..cant wait!  While he fished, I went to eat breakfast with the Logans and then we all laid out by the pool when Riley got back.  It was nice not having to look at the time and the day went by sooo slow!  We had a FABULOUS dinner in Grayton beach at Boragos with the Logans.  Kristin said it was her favorite and now I can see why...I am still thinking about that food! :) 
We headed out after breakfast on Sunday because I was more than ready to see my sweet girls! Thanks to Miss Katie and Granna Kat and PawPaw for keeping the girls for us!

Miss Katie sent me this pic on Friday

Having fun with Miss Katie

One of the only pictures I took...
We stayed in Baytowne and this was
the Sunset

AK and PawPaw

My girls love their grandparents! :)

AR playing with Addie Gail

Here was the other!  Haha...Sunset and food! :)
I ate at Another Broken Egg both mornings.  I am SO
excited that Tuscaloosa is getting one soon!

Riley and I got back on Sunday and I unpacked and re-packed because I left on Monday morning headed down to Fairhope.  I took my grandmother and my Aunt Kat and her granddaughter, Hailey to Fairhope.  I really wanted to spend some quality time with my grandmother and what better place than Fairhope.  Granny really enjoyed being there with the girls and the girls (especially AK) really enjoyed having Granny Boo around!  I think Granny could have just held AK the whole time and been perfectly content.  We had a really laid back trip and it was SO nice!  We went out to eat on our way in and then the rest of the time we just picked up food and ate at the house so the kids could play and we didn't have to worry about getting them out.  As much as I love going out to eat, it is so nice to do that sometimes, especially with kids!   The kids really enjoyed playing in the bay and jumping the waves! :)   We also got to go visit one of my Papa's cousins that lives in Daphne on Tuesday.  Granny was really excited to see her. 
It was fun to see Anna Riley playing with Aunt Kat.  When I was a little girl, we would always go to the beach with her family.  I have such fond memories growing up going to the beach with my cousins and my Aunt Kat playing with us so when she was doing the same with Anna Riley it really brought back great memories! :)  We had such a great time...I am so glad we were able to do it!!

 

 

Playing on the deck!  The girls had the best time running
back and forth!

Playing outside in Pjs...waiting on the sunset!

 

She just got down and started doing  trying to do pushups!
She has been really interested in exercise lately...
she must get it from her Daddy!! HA

 

 

 

The swing got used a lot! ;)

 



Granny Boo and AK

Sweet girls

I love my Granny!
One of the sweetest ladies out there!

Eating grass

I think she is ready...

to Potty train!!

I have been waiting for Anna Riley to really show more signs that she was ready to potty train before I started pressing it.  We are now there!  While at the beach, she could tell she had to potty and did not like her swim diaper being wet.  This really kicked it off.  Since being at home, she runs to the bathroom quite often and says she has to "pee pee" or "poo poo" but she it telling me as she is doing it apparently because when I feel her diaper, I can tell she just did it. When she has sat there a minute, she gets up and says "I all done!" She has also been waking up with a pretty dry diaper in the morning and usually request that her diaper be changed after she has pee peed.  She will say "I wet, I wet!!" 

SO...we went and bought some pull-ups and training pants.  The girls and I will be out of town again some next week so I plan to really start the training when we get back.  She seems really excited and she really wants to now! 

I am going to attempt the 7 day method but I am sure it wont be so easy with a baby that needs my attention.  Wish us luck!

Last one!

Friday, Riley only had a half day conference and he got out a little early so he got to spend lots of time with us.  We went to the beach and then after naps we went to the pool. Ava Kate discovered the sand the day before so she wouldn't leave it alone.  She ate quite a bit of sand that day! :)  Anna Riley floated in the ocean with Riley for the longest time!  She really loved the beach and the ocean this year.  She would say "bye, I go to the beach!"  Ava Kate got in the pool for a while this time and really liked it but I don't have any pictures because we each had a kid! She really loves the water!
 We grilled out at the condo that night so that we could stay longer and get everything packed up to go home the next day. 

Ava Kate playing in the sand

Eating a snack once again! :)

 

Finally got her to wear one of her
two pieces...her Bama swimsuit! :)

She filled it with sand and was trying to
pick it up

Such a strong little girl!! :)

I was a little impressed that she could
carry the bucket full of sand!

 

Floating with Daddy

Hangning out by the pool

 

 

She will swing on anything she can!

Saturday morning, we went to eat breakfast at Another Broken Egg one more time before heading home.  (I can't wait until the one in Tuscaloosa opens up!!)

 

 

Ava Kate found some creamer to be a good
alterantive to a paci!

We had a wonderful trip!  It is not always easy with two little ones but the memories we make and seeing how they enjoy it really make it worth it!  I enjoy every trip we take the girls on and I know it will only get more fun each year! 

Continued...

I promise I am almost done with Beach pictures.  I post them for me to look back on one day! :)
WEDNESDAY:
Wednsday was Riley's first day in his conference.  So, the girls and I headed down to the beach by ourselves.  The beach with little ones is hard especially when you are doing it alone but it really wasn't too bad!  Riley ended up getting out of his session before lunch early so he got to come by and play for a little while before going back!  That night he had to eat with some others from the conference so the girls and I picked up some Gumbo and a fish sandwhich from a place across the street. 


I didn't realy take any pictures on Wednesday since I had them by myself.

 



THURSDAY:
Riley had a long day in meetings on Thursday and we knew he wouldn't be coming back until later that afternoon. I took the girls to the pool that day. Anna Riley got in the kiddie pool and played with some other kids and actually liked it a lot better this time. We played for a while and then we walked down to the other pool and had lunch at the tiki bar. Their food was actually really good!


Chilling out in the stroller while we ate lunch

Lunch by the pool

Naptime! :)

Thursday night, we went to Baytowne Wharf to eat and let AR play.  I am usually not a big fan of the food in the wharf but we actually had a great meal.  We ate outside at  Marlin Grill and it was very good!  Anna Riley loved playing on the playground this year and just like always, she loved the carousel.  We also got some ice cream or actually it was gelato before heading home.  Ava Kate got her first taste of ice cream and loved it!