8 month pictures

We had, once again, a wonderful time with Cara Beth who snapped some awesome pictures of Savannah around 8 months.  They're on my facebook page but for those of you who don't have facebook, here's a look at my cutie-pie!

9/11

It is hard to believe it has been 11 years since "September 11th" happened.  I was a senior in high school when the attacks happened, sitting in history class when our teacher was told to turn on the television.  I remember it was a crazy day where we all, teachers and students alike, walked around dazed and scared.  Lots of people left early and checked out. 

I'd just like to take a moment to say a prayer for God's loving presence to be with the families affected by the tragic event 11 years ago.  I hope His peace that surpasses all understanding will be upon all affected!

Florida or bust!

Like I said, we went to Florida with Ann and Skip and had a great time! We would have had more beach time if not for Isaac visiting our neighboring states, but all we really had was wind and maybe an hour total of rain. We drove halfway and stayed in Hattiesburg the first night, because we just had no idea how Savannah would do in the car that long.  She did really well, considering, but she seems a bit scarred by the trip and now cries in her carseat every time for fear we'll keep her in another 6 hours straight! :)

We stopped in Jackson on the way and saw my aunt and uncle and cousin and his wife! Jana, Scoop, Graham, and Lesley, it was SUPER to see you and let Savannah roam around your house, Jana! I am so glad we got in a quick visit and my family got to see Savannah as she is growing!

 

Right when we got to our condo, we changed and got on the beach.  We didn't know how much sun, if any we would have in the coming days and when we arrived it was sunny and beautiful!

 

We spent the next few days just swimming in the pool to avoid the sandblasting wind on the beach, shopping around Destin, and piddling around the adorable Seaside and Watercolor communities.  We visited the Gulfarium and Savannah just loved it! She watched all the fishies and loved the dolphin show and the sea lion show.  It makes me even more excited to take her to Disney knowing how much she loved that.  :)

 

We had some GREAT dinners that I am already wishing I could have again, and we had a great beach day the last day we were there.  I'll leave you with a few (well...lots) of my favorites from the vacation! My mom made the adorable stacked gingham dress thats green, blue, orange, and pink especially for this trip!

 

 

 

 

Pat yourself on the back if you made it this far!! :) thanks for peeking into our wonderful vacay!

Photo Book from Florida

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Click here to create your own Shutterfly photo book.

I made a photo book instead of ordering pictures or anything with Shutterfly.  I had 3 promo codes with discounts so it was pretty cheap this time, and since I've never done one of these before I didn't know which website company to use. It was extremely easy and only took me a short time as I used the "easy book" or whatever that basically took all my pictures and put them in a book and I edited it as I wanted to.

 I'm getting one and giving one to Ann and Skip, since they generously took us on the vacation! I can't wait to get it in-I got the 8X8 size.  I'll let you all know how Shutterfly is and if you guys use someone to get photobooks, let me know.  I'll post a small post about our trip tomorrow!

(SORRY I AM SO BEHIND ON BLOGGING-LIFE GETS IN THE WAY!)

Well, we are back!

We were gone last week on a great vacation to the beach! Lots of pictures ahead!

Happy Birthday Maxwell!

An hour early, but happy 2nd birthday to Maxwell! We hope you have a great day! [you may not be able to tell, but the sign I made was such a big hit, I had to make two so she could play with one and I could use the other one]

Bubblegum Pink!

I painted SCM's toenails for the first time today! I've been dying to do it but putting it off at the same time, thinking it would make her seem grown up, and I was right, she has such big-girl looking toes now! Oh well, it was bound to happen eventually. :) taking a picture of her toes was more difficult than the toenail painting. Hah!