Back to Reality

We made it back from a week long stint at the beach. We had a fantastic time and it was so nice to be down with the whole family. Kylie loved the beach! She was not so much a fan of the pool but really loved the beach...thank goodness. I am one of those people that believes if you go to the beach you need to actually go to the beach so I was thrilled that she loved it. We had Lee's family reunion in Fairhope over the weekend while we were down and that was fun. His cousin hosted the reunion and she lives in a really cool, very old, sort of converted farm house. It was really neat and she had the most amazing antiques. I loved seeing everything but of course this made it very difficult with Kylie, I couldn't take my eyes off of her for a minute. We had fun, ate a delicious meal and then returned back to the beach. The rest of the time we spent either at the beach or the pool with Amanda, Olivia, Christian, Daniel, and Vica (Jerry had to leave to go back to work). We had so much fun with all of the kids. We managed to eat at some of our favorite restaurants and even tried some new ones. And of course we all had to make a stop at Scoops for some ice cream. Lee and his dad (Paw-Paw) went on a fishing trip on Father's Day. They had a wonderful time and managed to catch over 400 lbs of snapper! If anyone has a good recipe for snapper, please let me know as we have plenty. They had such a good time and I believe the trip was a nice break for Lee. Honey and I made it to the Outlets and the Wharf for some shopping which was fun. I mainly just hit up the party outlet store for everything we needed for Kylie's Birthday party coming up. It was a great trip and we cannot wait to go back! I swear I could live at the beach!

Getting Ready...

We had a nice weekend at home. Went to a very fun engagement party for some of our friends here on Saturday night and this rest of our weekend included yard work in anticipation of Kylie's Birthday party coming up in a few weeks and getting ready for VACATION!!
So mainly the weekend was spent getting stuff like this together...

And baking some sweet treats to take on our trip...

(Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate chips courtesy of another fellow blogger that was generous to share her recipe)
And while I was doing all of that, Miss Priss was having her own fun in the kitchen (AGAIN)

Eleven Months

We are less than a month shy of Kylie's first Bday!! Crazy! This time last year I was so uncomfortable; battling heartburn, swollen ankles, and not to mention the Alabama heat! Now my days consist of running after a soon to be toddler. My how things can change in a year!
Kylie is doing great other than teething. She is teething really bad and that has been tough. She still only has her bottom 2 teeth and that is it. I was late getting in my teeth so I guess she is following in my footsteps. Lee was probably already eating hamburgers by the time he was 11 months old...haha! Kylie's top gums look like little marshmallows, they are so swollen. Hopefully her 2 front teeth will cut through soon. She is doing great drinking from a cup as long as it has handles on it, but she in no way is hooked on the bottle. However, I depend on the nighttime bottle to help get her to sleep so when we have to ditch that we will have a few meltdowns I am sure.
She is now WALKING. Started taking steps a few weeks ago and now although she is still not fully balanced she prefers to try to stand up and walk towards something than crawl for it. I expect she will be fully mobile in the next two weeks. While we were in Savannah, Honey and Paw-Paw did some child-proofing for us (which was a huge help), but I am learning that nothing is really "child proof". Her latest fascinations are the dog food/bowl and of course, the TOILET. I am going to have to get one of those toilet safety latch things...Lee is going to be thrilled about that :).
As Honey says, we are in the "monkey see, monkey do" phase. It is hilarious. If we sneeze, then Kylie will sneeze. If we cough, Kylie will cough and so on and so on. She is still fascinated by music. She recognizes songs and know which buttons to push to play certain sounds on her toys and then she will start clapping and bouncing up and down. She is always giggling and absolutely loves Ms. Frieda (our sitter).
Everyday she is learning something new and it is amazing to watch. I still can't believe I am already in the process of planning a 1st Bday party!! Oh and don't let me forget only a MONTH away from NOT HAVING TO BUY FORMULA!!!!!!!! :) Can you tell I am excited about that one? Any who- here are some 11 month pictures and just a few pics of Kylie playing in her baby pool.

Tupperware Party!