Vacation Pics

Vacation

We just got back from spending 11 wonderful days at Myrtle Beach! We are blessed every year by my sister-in-law to stay for free at their HUGE beach house. We had our dear friends Doug and Kristin and their 3 girls stay with us for 3 days and were joined by an overnight visit from the Pennell's mid week, with James parents coming down the end of the week....whew! We never got bored. In an effort not to sound like a ''stepford blogger''(stolen from erin:) ) I must confess the beginning of the week was a little rough,seeing how my son wanted no part of being around water!!!! Guess he didn't fully understand that is WHY you go to the beach!!!! After working through some serious ''how can you do this to me on my vacation''complaining, I was yet again reminded that God does not stop growing us into His image on vacation, which of course means major pruning of my idols of comfort and ease. But God was so kind and wonderful to give us some great family memories while easing Jake into getting comfortable with the water. I am so pleased to say that on the fourth day there, something clicked.......and he began to LOVE the water!!!! He is a little hesitant to get in the ocean, but will play well in the sand. He mostly loved the pool. He will now go under water without even flinching and kick and play ball etc. He still prefers me to hold him but hey, that's fine by me:) He even went down the slide with james! I was hopeing he would come to love it since he loves bath time so much....even when I splash his face with water (we have never avoided getting water in his face at bath time in hopes he would get used to it) and I can say that really has helped. So from then on, the hasty family vacation was almost perfect, I mean really...no car accidents or major hurricanes or even bad attitudes from any one of us!!!!James and I even got to go out on a date when his parents came. That was one of the highlights for me, we ate dinner at a restaurant on the beach, talked a lot and watched a jet ski race that was going on. I so love it when I get to give james my FULL attention over a good meal from time to time:)
Now that I have more than likely bored you readers to tears, since I know most of my blog readers only want the pics...here ya go!!!!!

More from playgroup

I love the picture where jake is wanting me to smell the flower:) That is his new ''sniff it mommy'' face. He already knows how to treat a lady, if he sees flowers anywhere, he picks them and gives them to me with his smell it face.....ahhhhh melts my heart:)

Back from Vacation......

I am trying to play catch up on the last few weeks.....so here is Jake and his friends visiting the Elliott's and their animals for playgroup. They had a great time and Cheryl and her girls were so incredible hospitable and welcoming to all of us!

Calling all teens of the 90's........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does this bring back any memories? Like, O my goodness!!!!!!!
I still can't believe I was sooooooo incredibly smitten with this group...mainly Jordan Knight! I do have to admit that when they start singing ''The right stuff'' I started bopping my head:) Are they really trying to make a comeback? Aren't they....like sooooo old now?hehe.

Look Mom! Chalk shows up better on your car!!!!

Much to my surprise, I found sidewalk chalk all over the side of my car today. I THOUGHT Jake was contently playing in the garage with his basketball while I was starting dinner the other day....but come to only assume he was finding new places to use his new colorful sidewalk chalk!:)
I wonder if my chuckle would not have been such a chuckle if it had been a nice new car with now a few more scratches on it?

And yes....he has been since instructed that writing on the car is a ''non-no''.

Now to work on him NOT enjoying the taste of chalk...hmmm.....

26 week belly

Watch out!!! Look at that big baby in there!!!!