Our Beach Vacation

We are now in Fort Worth with my family after a wonderful time with TJ's at the beach. We first flew into Ft Walton Beach to spend time with TJ's grandmother then drove to Orange Beach. On Thursday TJ, Barna, and Sarah drove to Bham to visit Nanny for a few hours and Jared, Kerry, and I along with all the babies went to Barna and Kerry's house in LA. We spent Friday there and then Saturday drove to Ft. Worth. Here are a few highlights of what my last week has been like...

- Pretty good flying with the kids except for Anderson screaming for 30 minutes on our second flight! Stressed me out! Got in at midnight so started the trip off with sleep deprived children!

- Karoline being TERRIFIED of the potty on the airplane and the child held it for 3 1/2 hours!!!!! I could not believe it!! She was also terrified of the public restrooms in the airport because the toilets flushed automatically and they scared her to death! But all in all no accidents!

- We had a three hour layover in Dallas so my mom brought us Chick-fil-A and an excersaucer for Anderson to pass the time! It was WONDERFUL and fun to see her for a few hours!

- Try driving all across the south with a baby with 4 TEETH coming in who hates his car seat and a toddler with her two year molars coming in! I should buy stock in Tylenol!

- My children have learned to nap on the road... my babies are crib/ bed babies and they have really had a hard time adjusting to sleeping on the road but now they are pro's...

- We got to eat at the Cracker Barrel TWICE!!!

Okay... Here are the pictures from the beach.

The Beach
Karoline was not very fond of the sand at all! She warmed up to it some but mostly hated it. Anderson liked the sand but since he liked it so much (enough to eat it) we kept him in a baby pool and he loved it.



My cousin, Jennifer, came from Mobile to spend the day with us. I have not seen her since Karoline was 5 months old so it was so special getting to spend time with her!








The Pool... Where we probably spent most of our time since Karoline hated the sand. Karoline loved jumping off the side of the pool, trying to swim a little, and enjoyed going under water and touching the bottom of the pool. I wish we could go swimming more often because she LOVED it!






Family Picture Time









Enjoying Sweet Cousin Ella

"Look at my cool hair... daddy is my stylist"

Playing in the condo...

The kids loved every moment with their GiGi and PopPop...




I also want to add that today Anderson is 8 months old! I cannot believe my baby boy is growing up so quickly!

Happy Father's Day To The BEST DADDY In The World!

Father's Day was the first full day of our vacation so I didn't get a chance to do a post for TJ so here goes...
There are no words to describe the kind of father that TJ is to our precious children. He is amazing to say the least. He is the most involved father I have ever known. He gets the children up every morning, changes Anderson's diaper, put Karoline on the potty, and makes Karoline's breakfast before heading to work. He comes home for lunch every day so he can spend time with our family (gotta love a 2 minute commute!) and then when he gets home he always plays with the kids and helps me with whatever I need, bathes the kids and reads to Karoline while I put Anderson to sleep. I thank the Lord for my amazing husband and I really appriciate all he does for our family! He not only works hard to provide for our family but works hard at home too! He is truely the love of my life and God has blessed me with the most amazing man and amazing father to my children! I also want to say Happy Father's Day to my dad... I love him so much I am so excited it get to see him tomorrow! He is a wonderful dad and Gandaddy to Karoline and Anderson!

This Father's Day was special because we go to visit with TJ's family in Ft. Walton Beach before heading to Orange Beach for the week. We got to see TJ's grandmother, his Uncle Darren, his wife and son, and of course Sarah, Jared, and Ella.

TJ and Sarah (mostly Sarah) made a photobook for his dad... it was really funny!

Karoline Goes to Six Flags!

We went to Six Flags today with Emily and Avery! It was so much fun. They had a free pass and Karoline got in free since she is 2 but we had to go in June and since we leave tomorrow for vacation today was our last day to go...
The girls had a GREAT time... Karoline was so scared of the animals... see video below. They have lions, tigers, giraffes, elephants and a few other animals in their Animal Kingdom secion. But LOVED the rides! On the teacup like ride I had us spinning like crazy and she loved it. Here are a lot of pictures of Karoline's first time at Six Flags. Even though I had so much to do today to get ready for our trip I am glad we went and had a great time. THANKS EMILY AND AVERY!

This picture describes how Karoline felt about seeing the elephants. Funny thing though is that she talked about the elephants all night at home tonight. She wanted to go on a walk tonight and see elephants and a whale... what kind of neighborhood does she think we live in? But it was really cute tonight how she talked about everything she did at Six Flags today.
















Saying "NO Way"... Her phrase for the day!!!


Video
Oh she was so scared of the animals even though she loves watching them on TV. But we enjoyed the rides. Enjoy the video!