Fun in Florida!!

Kyle, Bailey, and I took a much needed vacation to Florida last week. We always try to make it in March b/c it is our Anniversary and Spring Training. We arrived Tuesday night the 9th and met up with all my family that is left living in FL, and we ate at Sweet Tomotoes. After dinner, we made the drive to Kississimee where we used Kyle's parents time share. The place was really nice and it actually felt like we had gone on vacation instead of just hopping around house to house visiting with people. We woke up Wednesday morning and thought it would be a great idea to drive to Daytona Beach.

Well, we didn't realize until we got there that it was Spring Break and Daytona is one of the most famous beaches to celebrate!!! We saw many things we have never seen before and it definately made for a fun time at the beach. We actually made it on the news because there were so many beach brawls, and one happened to break out right by our car. lol.

We then went to Daytona 500 race track and Kyle was in Heaven!
We drove back to the hotel and had Michele and Roger come stay with us that night. We took Bailey night swimming and she loved it!

We hung out that night, went to bed, and then woke up the next morning and headed over to Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure. It started raining and we were nervous about going but the weather worked out perfect and kept the lines very short. We upgraded our tickets and went to both parks and were done with both by 3:00pm. We got in our car and drove off and the rain started pouring. Just in time!

Then we went to Ponderosa for dinner and then walked around Old Towne. Michele started feeling sick and started throwing up. They ended up leaving in the middle of the night and Michele landed herself in the ER with food poisoning/gall bladder attack. Needless to say, we will never eat at Ponderosa again.

So we woke up Friday morning and it was still raining. We didn't let that damper our day so we put on our ponchos and went for a walk through the nature trail.

This is Baileys new funny face. She thinks she is so funny and pipes off that smile and makes everyone laugh.

Then we tried to take her swimming in the rain and it was just toooooo cold! We ended up going into our huge jetted tub and making our own hot tube.

Saturday we left the hotel in Kississmee and drove to Seminole. We had lunch with Kelli, visited with Shannan Tyson and her momma, and then we headed out to the beach. The weather was around 60's-70's and really windy so we couldn't enjoy the sun as much as we had hoped.

But we bucked up and had fun anyways.

This was Bailey's first time on a beach and she was loving life. We gave her a shell, and of course, went straight into her mouth, followed by handfuls of sand. Oh well!!

We headed back to Micheles that night and had Sam, Jackie, and Kamryn come over for a game of Cornhole and Smores by the fire. We stayed up until the wee hours of the night talking, and freezing our butts off outside, but had tons of fun!!

Sunday we headed down to Ft. Myers for the Red Sox vs Mets Spring Training game. Weather was beautiful this day and we all got fried, including poor Bailey's little arms. Everyone called her a boy this day but Kyle was still proud of his little girl in her Red Sox gear.

Sunday night we headed back and stayed the night with Tiffeny and the girls. They LOVED Bailey so much and all had a blast together. I have never heard Bailey laugh so hard and she did when the girls were playing with her.

Monday we went to Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks and met up with Alicia for lunch.

Then headed to Fred Howard beach and it was FREEZING!! Kyle and the girls were brave and even got in the water, while Tiff, Dad, Bailey and I sat on the beach completly wrapped up in towels, shivvering.

That night we went to CiCi's pizza and then spent the rest of the night bowling. Yes, I worked EVERYONE! hahah, had to show all the boys up :)

Tuesday came way too soon and we had to say goodbye to everyone. We had so much fun hanging with Taylor and Aliyah. They were such good helpers and awesome cousins to Bailey. I can't wait until we can see them again.

We spent the last few hours of our time in Fl at Clearwater Beach!! Best beach in the world.

Again, it was really chilly so we were all bundled up. Bailey loved her first swing ride and she giggled everytime she went up b/c it tickled her belly.
Oh, the famous turtle on Clearwater. I have many pictures with this turtle.

Bailey loving the so so soft sand. She didn't eat it that time tho.

We had a wonderful vacation to Florida and I almost convinced Kyle to move back. It was so nice to see and visit with so many people and to let Bailey see and explore new things. We plan on headed back to Florida next April for a wedding!!??

We got home from Florida and 2 days later was our 4 year anniversary. We celebrated low key and had Kyles mom come watch Bailey while we went on a little date. It's crazy that I have been with Kyle for over 5 years now. He is the best husband I could ask her. He puts up with me so well, even when I'm being annoying :) I love you Kyle and thanks for all you do. Kyle is a wonderful father as well and loves his little girl. I am so blessed to have both of them in my life!!

Did I mention:

• Bailey crawls so good
• She waves so good, and will find anything or anybody to wave at.
• Shakes her head up and down including her whole body.
• She head butts her carseat every time we put her in it.
• She babbles like crazy and I just wish I could understand what she was saying.
• Throws her binkie out of her crib now
• Loves to sleep on her belly
• We are going to Florida next week!!
• Oh yea, and my Mom and MARRIED!!!!!!!!

So much to Blog!!

Where do I start!!

Lets start at the first of Febuary:
Bailey started crawling the beginning of Febuary (7 months). I am trying to download a video if I can figure it out. She is so cute. She started just pelvic thrusting the floor and then she got real excited and started kicking her legs. Then the movement began. Now she is a pro! She goes from across the rooms, and even made it into the kitchen last night. She will get up on all fours but doesn't like to crawl that way. She is so adorable and fun, and I love to be with her and play all day :)

This is how I found her sleeping. I thought it was so adorable. She loves to sleep on her belly now!

Kyle dressed her for church! Didn't he do a GREAT job!!

This is how she tries to escape from her high chair if I'm not feeding her fast enough. This girl loves to eat.

Kyle thought he was going crazy b/c he was certain he put her pants back on her. lol, she crawled out of the because the legs were too long on them.

My smart girl, thinking so hard with her fingers perfectly interlocked!

She does so good sitting up too!

My best friend (one of them:)) Katy had her baby on Feb. 10 at 2:50 am after trying a VBAC and laboring for 2 days on pitocin. Her body didn't want to do it so they gave in and had the C-Section. Kya Jayne Watson was 8 lbs 1 oz. 19 in long. She is healthy and beautiful. Thanks for all the prayers for them as they had a traumatic experience with their first born son, Keegan.

Then Bailey got really sick so I took her to the Dr. and she had a mild ear infections and RSV. I'm grateful I work in the ER b/c I just took her in and suctioned out her nose so she could breath for a few days. She couldn't sleep unless we held her upright so needless to say, we didn't sleep etiher. It's been 2 weeks and we all still have a leftover cough and some runny noses. Tis the season for RSV. This is us both sick and she was so cuddly!! She loves to give momma kisses.
Valentines Day:

Kyle is such a sweetheart! I love him so much and I truly am lucky for my wonderful husband I fell in love with! He treats me so good and I couldn't have asked for a more loving man. He puts up with my stupid, silly, hilarious actually jokes, that he sees no humor in. He just shakes his head and moves on. haha. He always helps me around the house, cooks dinner occationally, is perfect with Bailey, rubs my feet (even my long nasty toes), thinks my after baby body is still beautiful and sexy, tries all his might to make me laugh, and whenever is woken up by me in the middle of the night, he sits up in bed and greets me with a huge smile and hug. (If he ever wakes me...watch out, the beast is awake) lol. So I had to work all weekend and while I was at work he snuck out with my sister and went to Costco. I woke up one morning and told me we were playing HOT and COLD to find my present! So being still a little cranky from waking up, I was getting irratated b/c I didn't think he was doing it right. Well, I finally found it and it was an:

Yep! He got me an Ipod Touch! It's amazing, I love it! It will come in handy on our trip to Florida in 2 weeks! So then we were all sick so we stayed home from church and just hung out, which hasn't happened in a long time. Then we put Bailey down for a nap and got through half of a romantic quiet dinner.

It was very low key but that is fine by us. Kyle got some basketball shoes for his gift. That's what he wanted!

Craft Night:

Annalee came over yesterday and we made fabric roses and hair bows. It was so much fun. We haven't hung out in forever! We were missing Allie though, just wasn't the same. The fabric roses were so cool and so easy to make! They can go on hair clips or even on a head band.

Annalee displaying them all in her hair!

Weekend in Wyoming

This was the first weekend I have had off since Bailey was born so we were trying to have a get-a-way. We were suppose to go to Vegas with our friends but that didn't work out. So Kyle's cousin was getting married Saturday in Wyoming so we thought we should head up to Wyoming. We stayed with Kyle's brother Jared and wife Heidi. They are awesome and we always have a good time up there. We arrived Friday afternoon and the boys and kids took off to go ice fishing all night. Heidi invited some girls over and we had girls night. Well, we mostly talked about our children and then we watched Emma. I have a hard time following those British type movies, so I kept asking questions and then finally gave up and just played with Bailey and Bryell. Good thing Beth wasn't that into it either. lol. Then the guys came home late that night and we all went to bed.

Saturday we woke up and hung out. The boys and kids went sledding while Bailey and I took a nap. Then the awesome wedding began. Now, I'm from Florida so I've never seen anything like it. They got married in a barn. Everything was Camoflauge including the wedding dress, wedding party attire, cake, centerpieces, and I'm sure there was more. The wedding party danced down the isle to some country song, quick ceremony, danced back down the isle, served BBQ beef sandwiches, fruit punch, and shelled peanuts. To say the least, it was very interesting. Oh, everyone was in jeans but Kyle and I didn't get the memo soon enough so we were highly overdressed.

Groom dancing down the isle

The wedding party

Camo Cake

Bride, Groom and Kyle

We left the wedding, played games, then went to bed. Sunday we hung out and I chopped all my hair off and got highlighted. Then they made Prime Rib and mashed potatoes with lots of other snacks and watched Super Bowl. After the game was over we packed up and left.

It was good to get away for the weekend and spend some time with Kyle and Bailey. Bailey also had tons of fun playing ang getting to know her cousins.

Bath Time

Kyle was teaching his neices how to change a diaper. Bailey was loving all the attention.

Bailey riding a goat

And getting to know the horses

Family photo

Riding the pony

Enjoying the warm fire place after playing outside

Playing ball with cousin Elise

Funny faces

Cuddling with kyle

Also, today Katy is going into the hospital to have her baby. She will get checked out to see if she can have a VBAC, if not, she will have a C-Section. Everyone pray for her that her baby will come out healthy and free of complications. I'm so excited for them to get to hold their little baby girl and experience parenthood.