Thursday, June 25, 2009
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!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
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)
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)
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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.
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.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Savannah Trip
We had a great Memorial Day weekend. Lee and I went to Savannah, Georgia for a mini vacation with 4 other couples. We had a great time! We left on Thursday night and got back to Selma around 4:30 on Monday. MomaBrown (my grandmother) kept Kylie on Thursday night and Honey and Paw-Paw came over on Friday and kept her the rest of the weekend. A big thanks to all the grandparents for helping over the weekend!
Anyway back to our trip...it was so much fun! We arrived in Savannah about 1:30am on Thursday night and just booked a random room for the evening. Friday morning we got up and moving and headed over to our hotel to park the cars and such and then hit the town! First stop was River Street, which is kind of like a mini-Bourbon street but much more G-rated. There were lots of pubs, restaurants, shops, an outdoor flea market, and even live music. We stayed on River Street all day until it was time to get ready for dinner. We had reservations at Elizabeth on 37th for a nice dinner. It was great and afterwards we headed to City Market to The Bar Bar which was lots of fun! It is a big bar with a dance club. There were a few break dancers in there and of course one of our guys gave break dancing a whirl!
On Saturday, we woke up and recovered from The Bar Bar and then hit the town. We went back to City Market for lunch at Vinnie Van Go Go's, which was awesome. It is a dive that has been voted the best pizza in Savannah and I would agree. The pizza was great! After lunch, we explored City Market a little more and then headed back to the hotel for a 2 o'clock bus tour of Savannah. I did not know hardly anything about Savannah until we took the tour. Come to find out, it is the 2nd most haunted city in the United States, the place where Forrest Gump was waiting to catch his bus to see Jenny, a huge port city, and so on and so on. It was very interesting. Saturday night, we went on a Riverboat Cruise that was fun. It was a booze cruise with a DJ on board. We had a blast. On Sunday, we had reservations for brunch at Belford's. It was our friend's, Kathleen, birthday and her mom had called Belford's and surprised us all with 2 bottles of champagne to celebrate. How sweet was that? We had a room to ourselves at the restaurant. After brunch, we all walked to down to Paula Deen's store to pick up some souvenirs and do some more sightseeing. The rest of the afternoon we just walked around and then on Sunday night we went on a Haunted Pub Crawl that was a blast. We walked from pub to pub while our guide, Anna, pointed at different haunted houses and so on. It was a lot of fun! After we finished up the pub crawl, we went to Six Pence Pub for a bite to eat (Six Pence is the bar where Julia Robert's caught Dennis Quaid having an affair in the movie Something to Talk About). After a quick bit to eat, we headed to McDonough's for some karoke. McDonough's is rated Savannah's best karoke bar. It was a blast, Lee gave an awesome performance of AC/DCs Dirty Deeds. It was a great way to end the trip. Monday we woke up and enjoyed the hotel's breakfast before hitting the road. Speaking of the hotel, we stayed at the East Bay Inn and it was FANTASTIC. I would highly recommend this to anyone planning to go to Savannah. The staff was great and the beds were to die for. We all hated to leave!
The boys on River Street
All us before dinner at Elizabeth on 37th
Mary Grace, Me & Kristen at The Bar Bar
Robert learning to break dance at The Bar Bar
Our hotel, The East Bay Inn
Lee & I on River Street
Our Riverboat Cruise
Us on The Riverboat Cruise
Anyway back to our trip...it was so much fun! We arrived in Savannah about 1:30am on Thursday night and just booked a random room for the evening. Friday morning we got up and moving and headed over to our hotel to park the cars and such and then hit the town! First stop was River Street, which is kind of like a mini-Bourbon street but much more G-rated. There were lots of pubs, restaurants, shops, an outdoor flea market, and even live music. We stayed on River Street all day until it was time to get ready for dinner. We had reservations at Elizabeth on 37th for a nice dinner. It was great and afterwards we headed to City Market to The Bar Bar which was lots of fun! It is a big bar with a dance club. There were a few break dancers in there and of course one of our guys gave break dancing a whirl!
On Saturday, we woke up and recovered from The Bar Bar and then hit the town. We went back to City Market for lunch at Vinnie Van Go Go's, which was awesome. It is a dive that has been voted the best pizza in Savannah and I would agree. The pizza was great! After lunch, we explored City Market a little more and then headed back to the hotel for a 2 o'clock bus tour of Savannah. I did not know hardly anything about Savannah until we took the tour. Come to find out, it is the 2nd most haunted city in the United States, the place where Forrest Gump was waiting to catch his bus to see Jenny, a huge port city, and so on and so on. It was very interesting. Saturday night, we went on a Riverboat Cruise that was fun. It was a booze cruise with a DJ on board. We had a blast. On Sunday, we had reservations for brunch at Belford's. It was our friend's, Kathleen, birthday and her mom had called Belford's and surprised us all with 2 bottles of champagne to celebrate. How sweet was that? We had a room to ourselves at the restaurant. After brunch, we all walked to down to Paula Deen's store to pick up some souvenirs and do some more sightseeing. The rest of the afternoon we just walked around and then on Sunday night we went on a Haunted Pub Crawl that was a blast. We walked from pub to pub while our guide, Anna, pointed at different haunted houses and so on. It was a lot of fun! After we finished up the pub crawl, we went to Six Pence Pub for a bite to eat (Six Pence is the bar where Julia Robert's caught Dennis Quaid having an affair in the movie Something to Talk About). After a quick bit to eat, we headed to McDonough's for some karoke. McDonough's is rated Savannah's best karoke bar. It was a blast, Lee gave an awesome performance of AC/DCs Dirty Deeds. It was a great way to end the trip. Monday we woke up and enjoyed the hotel's breakfast before hitting the road. Speaking of the hotel, we stayed at the East Bay Inn and it was FANTASTIC. I would highly recommend this to anyone planning to go to Savannah. The staff was great and the beds were to die for. We all hated to leave!
The boys on River Street
All us before dinner at Elizabeth on 37th
Mary Grace, Me & Kristen at The Bar Bar
Robert learning to break dance at The Bar Bar
Our hotel, The East Bay Inn
Lee & I on River Street
Our Riverboat Cruise
Us on The Riverboat Cruise
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Beach Bums
The 1st beach trip of the summer was a great one! We had so much fun and Kylie was a blast. She slept the entire way down and on the way back...that is always a plus! Friday evening after arriving and unloading, my mom and grandmother went to visit the rest of our family that were staying in West Beach for my cousin's wedding. While they were gone, I took my grandfather for supper to Tequila Bay, the local Mexican restaurant in Ft. Morgan. Saturday we spent the day mostly playing with Kylie in her pool. The sun was a little bright for her, but she loved the pool! After playing all morning, we headed for lunch in Gulf Shores at the Original Oyster House and then came back for more pool time before we had to get ready for the wedding. The wedding was beautiful!! I have never been to a beach wedding, and now I know why so many people go that route. It was gorgeous! My cousin, Tori, looked so pretty and we all had a good time! On Sunday, we enjoyed more fun in the sun and a wonderful early supper from Tacky Jacks. Afterwards, Sunday evening the photographer from Fairhope came over to take some pictures of Kylie and some family pics of us. It was the BEST Mother's Day gift EVER. I cannot wait to see how they turned out. Kylie did great and we all really had fun together taking the pictures. 
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