Monday, September 26, 2011

Beach Trip Day Three:


We spent the morning in the pools. Annagrace is a little fish and kept practicing her distance of swimming without coming up for a breath. She is getting really good. Hence the above glare of anger for having to get out of the pool to start heading home.
After showering, packing, and cleaning the condo, we dropped by an urgent care for some relief for my head. Then went to Pier Park for a late lunch at Schlotzskys and a couple of rides on the carousel and airplane ride.
I have pictures on my phone that have yet to be uploaded.
Then we took the long drive back home to a clean house and the wonderful Daddy hugs. Tyler was supposed to enjoy his empty house, but it seems being alone made him work - grass cut, car cleaned, house cleaned, and he even did a couple loads of laundry. He's the BEST!!! 

Beach Trip Day Two:

We stopped by the pool for a minute and then made our way down to the beach for the day. The water was so shallow for hundreds of feet out. So, these little crabs were easy to spot in their shells. So, Annagrace and I headed out with our nets and caught a lot and filled our bucket to watch them.
 They were fun to watch run around, fight each other, and find their own comfy spot.
 Emmalee took another nap under the umbrella.
 After we watched them for a while, Annagrace released them back to their home.
 And they scurried away.
 Emmalee woke up

 and headed to the sand for some fun.

 Annagrace started making "sand balls" to throw. I guess when you never get snow, you make do with what you've got.


 We showered up and headed to Pier Park and had dinner at Margaritaville.
She was thrilled with the drink garnishments.

 So patiently waiting for her food.
We watched these huge brownie deserts being walked past us over and over. So, when we were finished with our meal, we couldn't help but order one!

 OH, SO YUMMY!!

Beach Trip Day One:

My Dad was going on a fishing trip for the weekend, I had the weekend off, so my Mom and I decided to take a girls trip to the beach. Just us four girls. It was so much fun and I am so thankful my Mom was there to help with the girls and help to entertain them. One of the main reasons we went was my recent diagnosis - tension headaches not migraines at all. So, I've been ordered to relax and take it easy.
I had a voucher for a 2 day rental of chairs so I was determined to USE it. So, we spent both days on the beach as much as possible.

 Emmalee loved the ocean. But she wanted to jump (as in me dead lift her) over every wave. My biceps definitely got a work out and I'm sure her arms got stretched an extra 2 inches or more.

 Building sand castles:
 Emma napped on the beach, under the shade of our umbrella.
 I am in love with this photo. Can you see it? The heart in the clouds over the beach??? I guess it describes my heart exactly, it belongs at the beach. 
 That afternoon we went on the Pirate Cruise. It ended up being a lot pricier than we had originally planed on, but the girls had a lot of fun and it made it totally worth it. 
(Plus we off set it with dinner at Burger King, instead of a yummy local seafood joint.)


They had water gun fights,

 dancing with pirates,
 sword fights,
  
they brought up a cannon ball jelly fish that we spotted close to the boat,
they also spotted dolphins, found a buried treasure and hauled it in by rope, were allowed to share in the loot in the chest, got tattoos, played limbo, and fired soft cannon balls. It was a FULL two hour cruise. Annagrace has been obsessed with pirates this past year so she was totally thrilled by this cruise. And Emmalee quite enjoyed herself as well. 
I have videos of a lot of the activities, but will have to post those later.

Cute smiles

 spaghetti face smile
 monster shoes smile
 Annagrace has a talent for heals. This girl has them down pat even when they are double her size.
 Yummy yogurt smile

During a brief cool spell she was able to wear her cutie patootie jeans.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Sprinkler Fun

These were taken back in July at Grandmother's house (I'm just now getting the time to post them).
 so cute . . . so fun . . . so crazy
makes my heart skip a beat with joy


I love this girl beyond imagination (I love Emma too). But, she was my first, the first one to teach me what being a Mommy is all about. She tests my limits, my patience, my creativity, and the endless bounds of my heart. She amazes me every day with her imagination, her vocabulary and her unbelievable beauty. When I remind myself that she came from me (and Tyler) I have a hard time believing it. She is absolutely amazing.