Orange Beach 2013

On Tuesday July 23, Tyler Sadie and I with Chip, Vanessa and Eliza loaded up and headed to Orange Beach.  We actually drove to Mobile on Tuesday night and stayed so the trip wouldn't be so long on our girls.  We woke up early Wednesday morning and headed on down.  We stopped at the Foley Outlet malls on the way down.  The girls were ridiculously exhausted due to the fact all 6 of us shared a hotel room the night before.  I don't recommend this to anyone.  Lets just say not much sleep happened for any of us.
We drove on down to the condo and unloaded what felt like our entire house.  Traveling now isn't quite like it used to be.  Every time we go somewhere I feel like I pack my entire house. Anywho... Wednesday we played at the pool for a bit then let the girls nap.  That night we headed to Tacky Jack's for dinner.  It was good but Sadie was so sleepy most of my time was spent trying to keep her entertained without her losing her mind.
Thursday we headed to the beach! We were so lucky that the girls absolutely loved everything about the beach.  The sand, the water, everything! Such a blessing.  They played and played and played.  They were so precious.  We spent all day on the beach going back and forth from the ocean back to the tent.  It was great.

Ocean bound!

Just'a hanging out in their chairs

Getting so sleepy from playing so hard all day!

We came in around 3:30 and let the girls nap while we all hung around and got ready for dinner.  We took some pictures before we went out to dinner...

This night we went to Cosmo's.  It was delish! I had a banana leaf wrapped sea bass...YUM.  We sat outside where a band was playing so it seemed to keep the girls pretty entertained.  

These eyes :)

Friday we were beach bound again! We spent all day on the beach and laid low that night.  We ordered pizza and stayed in.

On Saturday we woke up to lots of rain:(( We were able to get in a quick lunch at The Gulf restaurant. It's a really neat place right on the beach and the food was great.  Definitely somewhere we want to go back to but hopefully next time we won't be cramming the food in our mouths trying to get done before the next storm blew in.

We weren't able to ever get to the beach this day so we hung around the condo.  That night we loaded up and went to The Hangout for dinner.  We met Vanessa's little cousins there for dinner.  Apparently I took all the pictures this night on my phone so I don't have any to post:(

Sunday we loaded it all up and headed home! The trip couldn't have gone any better and we can not wait to go back next year! 

16 months

Sadie will be 16 months on July 1st.  I just want to document some things so I can look back one day and see what she was doing at this age:)

At your 15m check up you weighed 20.10lbs and were 30in long.
You are a silly silly girl and love to have fun and play.
You are definitely running and you do it all the time.
You run from us when we call your name to come to us, which is funny and irritating:) at the same time.
You still don't eat much, you never really have.
Things you do like to eat: cheese, grapes, strawberries, grilled cheese, corn dog nuggets, mac and cheese, bananas, bologna, cheese puffs, anything sweet (cookies, cupcakes, ice cream), vegetable straws, Ritz crackers.  You still like the yogurt pouches.
You still only drink milk (strawberry now) and water.
Words you say clearly: Dada (which you yell all the time), Mama, Hey, Boo Boo, Bow.  You "talk" all the time.
Body Parts you know: eyes, ears, nose, belly button, feet, head and hands
Favorite things to do: run/walk, play in the water, ride on the golf cart, and snuggle with me:)
Sleeping: You go to sleep at 8 and have been waking up any where from 6:30-7
Naps: Morning around 9 for an hour.  Afternoon: 1:30 for around an hour
You have been teething very, very bad, which has disrupted your sleeping and napping.  You are drooling badly and a little fussy.  Tylenol has helped some.
You are wearing mostly 18m clothes and depending on the brand you can wear some 12m.

You are amazing.  We love you more than words can say! You are so so so funny and active! You are a wild child.  You are perfect in every way.

Happy Birthday Paula!

My mom's birthday was May 17th.  We celebrated at my house.  Us 3, Chip, Vanessa, Eliza and my dad all came over for dinner.  Chip and I planned the menu.  We had filet and shrimp kabobs, rice, salad and ice cream birthday cake for dessert! It was all DELISH.  We had such a good time and can't wait to celebrate many more with her!

There are never enough coupes to go around!

And shes over it...

YUM

Triple YUM

Happy Birthday to Youuuu!!

Gum Tree 2013

Tyler ran in the Gum Tree this year for the first time ever.  He "conditioned" himself for about 4 weeks before the race.  He ran every now and then.  His goal for himself was to make it under an hour and he did it! He finished the race in around 53 minutes.  Go T!

Waiting on DaDa to cross the finish line...

This was me trying to catch him finish! He is right to the left of the pic :/ I tried

Go DaDa Go!

Mothers Day

Mothers Day has become so much more special since Sadie was born.  I always cherished the day because I was blessed with such an amazing mom but now that Sadie is here, its that much more special.  I never knew the love you could feel, not even just in your heart, but in your soul.  A mother's love is something unexplainable.  I am so glad God chose me to be the mom to such a sweet, lovable, funny and silly little girl.  She is the light of my life.  Okay enough of the gushy stuff....
Thursday night we went to dinner with Tyler's mother and grandmother at Longhorns.  Sunday, we went to church then came home so little miss could get a quick nap before we headed to lunch.

This is how trying to take pictures with a 1 year old goes...

Then she spotted the neighbor's cat...

She LOVES this cat 

Between the cat and all the teeth she is cutting pics didn't go so well

So we changed location and this was as good as it got...

   We went to lunch at Harveys with my parents. Yum! After lunch we headed to the park.  Sadie played all around, chased some ducks and did some swinging (which she loved).

Love this little angel:)

The swing was a hit!

After the park we came home for some nap time.  She slept for 2 hours! For dinner we headed over to my parents house for dinner with everyone.
I hope I get to spend many many MANY more Mother's Days with my mom and even more with my Sadie Lea:)