Vacation, Last Day!

Our last day was spent at the beach & pool. It was a great end to our trip. Nothing exciting to report, lots of lazy time spent reading, sand-castle making, cheeto eating, etc. getting ready to come on home.

Paisley had several large strawberries at lunch, and her face and bathing suit got their fair share of juice. 

We went out to the beach that night to see what we could catch with the net. Paisley caught lots of shells and Mike caught a crab. 


It turned out to be a great week after once crazy start. Back to work tomorrow for Mom, and back to the normal routine for Mike and Pais until class starts next week. Bye for now! 
 

Vacation, Day 5

We took a break from the water on Monday morning and visited a local zoo. Paisley had a good time, enjoyed getting to feed some of the animals and listening to what had to have been the loudest donkey ever. She's admiring the ducks here
Once the sun was headed down, we got our suits on and headed down for some more fun in the water. 


Paisley and Mike got in the pool Monday night as well - the water had been a little too cold, but it was warming up as we wrapped up our trip. This particular pool had a zero entry, so Pais could play by herself in more than half of it. 
She thoroughly enjoyed the fountains

Day 4, Video

Vacation, Day 4

So sorry Heather for the break in posting the rest of the pictures from our vacation :) The internet connection in our condo was so incredibly slow that I lost my patience and decided to wait until we got home. So, Sunday we spent more time at the beach, and it was probably the most crowded day of our trip. The weather was great. So, here's Paisley getting ready to head down to the beach with her coverup and sunglasses. Paci had to stay behind...

Paisley learned the awesomeness of collecting shells on Sunday, and we spent a lot of our time doing this: Sitting at the edge of the shore digging for shells together. Usually a beer in hand for Dad/Mom. 

Here's the catch of the day:
Paisley enjoyed the shade under the umbrella with all of the sand castle-making stuff.
And, here's the crazy girl enjoying cheetos. Or teetos, if you're Paisley. She ate her weight in cheetos. 

Oh, and here's Paisley at dinner Sunday night. She has her paci because, as we sat down to eat on this lovely patio (I am exaggerating a bit), amongst a pretty quiet group of 8 or so tables, Paisley stood up as best she could in her high chair and yelled "SIT DOWN". Awesome :) Such is life with a toddler, right? 

I am uploading a short video from our Sunday beach day and I'll post that next - Paisley is discussing her seashells. She apparently thought they smelled good... Goofy girl!

22 Months Today!

It's hard to believe we'll be celebrating P's second birthday in a few short months. Lots of moms tell me that this age - really 18 months to 2ish - is one of their favorites. And while I haven't seen what's yet to come, Mike and I are truly enjoying all of Paisley's personality traits these days. Since I am a bad mom and have not kept up with a baby book per se, I want to make sure I am keeping track of Paisley's milestones along the way, if nowhere else, than on this blog.

So, P, here's what you've been up to these last few months:

1)learning your colors: you've mastered quite a few, including pink, blue, red, white, brown, yellow, orange, purple and de-um (green). You love to attach the color of something to it when you point it out - like your "de-um froggy", which is your most favorite stuffed animal right now.

2)Speaking of, you sleep with froggy every night, and he keeps you company by singing songs, talking about hands and feet and dancing... You can play for a very long time with him in your crib before you fall asleep. And just for the record, his music drives me nuts sometimes!

3)I think this is partly due to Dora, but you can amazingly count to 11, and we've even heard you count backward from 5 a few times. Whenever you, me and dad are out somewhere, you want us to each hold one of your hands while you say "1, 2... 1, 2..." and then you very adamantly expect us to lift you up for a big swing through the air. It's quite cute, and good for mom's arm muscles.

4)You aren't much of an eater. The doctor's been on us about your weight gain issues, and you are a very skinny almost-two-year old. I'd have to say, of all issues I thought I'd run into as a mom, this certainly wasn't one of them. I guess you're just going to inherit Aunt Heather's body type, and that's fine by me, considering she's so beautiful. If you could emulate her behavior as well, that'd be awesome! :) When you do eat, you expect dip, either "ranch dip" which you will ask for by name or ketchup, which you will also ask for. You'll dip anything into those 2 items, and I mean anything. When there's a meal had without dip, we can forget about you being much interested.

You love to tell all things "night night" before bed - colors, toons (cartoons), stickers, books, Mack and Shelby of course, and mom and dad too. You still give big open mouth kisses (guess we'll have to work on that one at some point), you say "wuv you" a lot, and when you give hugs, you will lean into the person, but you don't really feel its necessary to hug with your arms quite yet. :)

Love you baby girl! You make life so much fun, every day. I can't imagine life without you, and thank you for helping mom and dad remember what's important!!

Vacation, Day 3

We had a great Saturday. Spent the morning grabbing some donuts and heading down to the beach for a while. We ate sandwiches for lunch (with cheetos, as you can see with the picture of Paisley sporting a bright orange smile) and spent more time at the beach after lunch. Paisley warmed up to the ocean water and found a new love for gathering seashells. She also went crazy chasing after the birds, yelling "catch it" and running around with her hands in the air. 

Here's Pais with her crazy cheeto mouth

And a somewhat successful attempt at a family picture out on the balcony during lunch
Dad decided to bury Paisley in the sand, and she liked it


Catch it! Paisley was very excited about the birds flying around

Vacation, Day 2

Blogger isn't cooperating very well tonight, so these pictures are kind of out of order. Anyways, here's how our Friday went:

We woke up and ate some breakfast, good start to the day! Mike and Paisley went down and tested the water in the pool, which was still a little cold, and then played in the hot tub for just a little bit. 

At lunchtime, we drove to a small local seafood mrket and picked up some crab legs, shrimp, and corn and potatoes. The fresh seafood was awesome & Paisley really loved her hot dog too :) 

We then headed down to the beach for the afternoon. Paisley had a great time. She wasn't too sure about the water, and to her defense, it's a bit choppy - red flag type beach weather with some crazy strong wind. However, she had a great time playing in the sand. By the time we came back inside and showered, she was out. You'll see below a picture of her how she fell asleep in bed after her shower. 

We had a nice dinner out, came back and hung out at the condo while it rained outside. All in all, it was a great day! Saturday recap to come tomorrow... 

Pais fell asleep within 2 minutes after her shower yesterday once we got in from the beach:

We went down to the beach later that afternoon after naptime for just a little bit.

Paisley has been battling a runny nose for several days, so we've got lots of pictures of her with this type of look- where she's trying to keep the snot from running too far. Poor girl! 

Just a couple of funnies: Paisley's translation of 

bathing suit: "baby soup" 

and her translation of sandwich: "sammips"

Good times!