Vacation

We recently went on a little weekend vacation. We left on a Friday morning and came back on a Monday. We flew to Orlando and then took a shuttle to Port Canaveral and left on a cruise from there. We went on Splendor of the Seas it is a Royal Caribbean boat. We took my sister to help with Grace. We got them their own room down the hall from us.

Our first stop was Nassau in the Bahamas and then Coco Cay. Coco Cay is an island that Royal Caribbean has bought that they use exclusively. It was gorgeous. The weather was so beautiful, Not to hot and breezy. Grace was not afraid of the ocean at all. She would go straight to it, walk by it and let her feet get wet and go all the way out to her knees. It was so precious to see her play in the sand and water. At Nassau we went to Black Beard Cay and stayed the day there it was beautiful and relaxing. At one point Grace went in front of all the beach chairs that everyone was sitting in and starting dancing to the Reggae music that was playing and everyone was clapping at her, it was so cute!!!!

Grace had a rough time on the boat. She was tired and crabby from when we got there until we got home. She loves to sleep in her own bed at night and she pretty much cried her self to sleep every night we were there. She went to sleep at 1230am on Friday night, 237am in Saturday night, and 1230am on Sunday night. It was rough!!!! Then come morning time she was so mad that we were waking her up to do things. She ate like a pig everyday and flirted with multiple waiters, staff, etc. We would walk in and people would say "Hi Grace!".

The flights were tough as well. We gave her Benadryl on the way down there and she slept in Jamie's arms the entire flight. The way home- Not so easy!!! All in all we had a wonderful time and made memories that I will never forget.

Shawn's 2nd Birthday

Saturday we went to my nephews second birthday. It was at my brothers house. They had tons of their friends there and my family came. Grace hadn't seen him in awhile so she had fun playing. My Grandparents were there and it was nice to catch up with them. Here are a few pictures from that day.

Sesame Street Live

We took Grace to Sesame Street Live, and she LOVED it! To say that she loved it is an absolute understatement, she was in total awe the entire time. We weren't sure if it was going to work out because of the weather, the forecast was calling for heavy snow to start the evening of the show.

We sat in the fourth row and the seats were amazing, I think that is what made the experience for her so cool. She would clap, dance, and scream to the music. Jamie bought her an Elmo doll when we first got there and she now sleeps with it every night.

27th Birthday

Yikes yesterday was my 27th birthday. I don't feel twenty seven. It disturbs me how fast the time goes by. I feel like life is just passing us by before we know it. I am trying to make each and everyday special and count.

My mom had a little birthday party for me Sunday evening. She had chips and dip, pizza, cake, and ice cream. All of the kids were home and hung around to spend some time with me. Jamie and I love hanging out over at my parents house because there is always someone helping us keep an eye on Grace.

Yesterday on my actual birthday, Jamie and I went to LaPachanga's. It is a Mexican restaurant that we like. It is in a shopping plaza right next to my parents street so they kept her and we ate all alone. Before we went into the restaurant we stopped in Once Upon a Child, my second favorite store. Usually Jamie never goes in with me but since it was my birthday I quilted him into it, and he helped me pick out things for her for next summer. I don't think he could believe how cheap the prices were. It was precious to see his face when he said "Oh we should get this for her, she would look so pretty in that, etc". He is so crazy about her and such a great dad. I love it!!

It was the most perfect birthday!!!

Renovations

Early last week our refrigerator went out. It went out the day after I restocked with everything a small army would need!! We went to Sears to pick out another one and pretty much everyone we wanted they had said couldn't be in till Friday or Monday because of New Years. That wasn't going to work for us, we needed one that night!!

Finally I said can we have this refrigerator that I am looking at right now, can we pack this up and take it home and the lady said "oh you want a floor model you can only take a floor model if it is on clearance". So we looked around and the only ones on clearance were fancy shiny stainless steel ones. Oh darn imagine my dismay that we were going to have to upgrade and get such a nice one. We ended up getting an awesome deal on it. So were checking out and it came to our minds that Oh no now nothing is going to match. We ended up getting a new refrigerator, microwave, and dishwasher that evening. My dad had already gotten us a new stove for Christmas so that saved us some money.

So within the next few weeks we plan on - drum roll- getting new cabinets, counter tops, and back splash. Our kitchen is so outdated and I think that even thought this will be pricey it will be well worth it when we go to resell next year. So wish us luck and I will take pictures of all the appliances as they get delivered and installed, until then I will be enjoying my new beautiful refrigerator!!!