Loving the Beach Day #1

(This one is out of place)Kylie is checking out the shark from below!

Lunch at Sharkys!

Eating Beachside after we arrived in Panama City Beach!


Kylie, are you about to pour out that salt again?

Yum, Popcorn shrimp, frn fries

Woah, mom. . .this shark is my size!

Trying the shark hat on in the gift shop

Ansley is looking up into the shark's mouth

Daddy and his girls by the big shark at Sharkys

Ansley, watch out!

She's not scared!

Sunset at Panama City Beach, Day #1

Gia and Kylie singing, "If you're happy and you know it. . ."

.....shout hooray!"

Finally, vacation time is here! We have been looking forward to this week for quite some time now. We started our week by driving down to Dothan and spending the night there on Friday. We ate breakfast and drove the rest of the way down on Saturday. It was much easier breaking it into 2 segments than it would have been to drive the whole way in one day. We got here about lunchtime. The first thing we did was go and have lunch at Sharky's. It was so yummy and relaxing to eat outside on the beachside deck.

We arrived at our condo and couldn't check in right away so went walked through and ventured down to the beach. Let me just tell you how BEAUTIFUL the ocean waters in Panama City still are. There has been so much talk about oil, that we truly felt it was an answered prayer to walk out onto a white sandy beach with clear blue/aqua water washing ashore. We are staying at Aqua in Panama City and it is beautiful here. It feels like you are at a spalike resort. Its very family oriented and has a wonderful pool and hot tub. I will try to post pictures of it later this week. We are staying on the 17th floor and it is high! Everytime the girls get close to the railings, it takes my stomach, but the view is awesome! We haven't been to PCB in many years, but feel we made a great choice in lacations. We are so close to lots of good places.

My mom and dad, and sister got here about 5pm. We ordered in take out from Shukums! Can't wait for Day #2!

Yes, In Fact, These Are My Children

Gosh, you literally CANNOT turn your back on little Kylie for even a second. I love this baby, but she definitely does not give me a down moment.

Without giving all the details, we decided on Sunday during our visit to the ER that her nickname is "Trouble"! Hopefully this is a phase and will not follow her into teenagehood!!

Today, I had to vacuum my stairs since they are looking really bad. So I take a few minutes to get that done, just downstairs. Doing both floors would take too long. The kids are awake, that would be trouble.
So I come into the kitchen and this is what I see. . . that is flour. . . a whole bag of flour. . . EVERYWHERE!! Kylie had pulled the bag off the bottom shelf and decided to have a little sensory activity!!


This is the inital moment, after I grabbed my camera. . . notice her smile . . . she is trying to convince me not to get really mad!

Then her sister gets in on the action! They were pretending to be on the beach. . nice girls! I guess they were practicing up for our trip-ha!

Sort of scary there, Ans!

Kyky!!!!! What have you done??

Happy 2nd Birthday Kylie!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Kylie!!

Her big day finally arrived. . . Kylie's 2nd birthday!
It was 4:46pm 2 years ago that our lives were changed dramatically for the 2nd time. She started her urgency to come into this world before I even opened my eyes on Thursday, May 29th, 2008. I had only asked she wait until I finished work for the year before she made her arrival. . . and she did. She gave me a nights rest before she let me know it was time. Once I figured out that, yep, I am in labor. . .she progressed pretty quickly. . . we waited. . . at least as long as we could before we left for the hospital. We needed the 7-9 am rush hour to end for the morning! (If you live north of Atlanta, you know what I am talking about. We all have our fear of trying to make it down GA 400 to Northside Hospital during peak rush hour-yikes!) However the doctor was swamped that day and kept me waiting for a while--4 hours. (At least I had my epidural in place). She entered the world silent and gray. What a scary few minutes!! No one was telling me and Chris anything. As it turns out she came out sunny side up (which is the opposite of the way she was supposed to come out) and was cord shocked from having my cord wrapped not just once around her neck but twice!! She was a very active little thing in my belly apparently. That hasn't changed very much-ha! She is still a very active little one!
Chris and I couldn't agree on names this time. We went back and forth over so many of our favorites, but none seemed to be "the one". We thought we would look at her and know. Nope! It took us until the day we left the hospital to name her and after much praying, her name came to her daddy during the night. . . Kylie Elizabeth and it suits her perfectly.
We are so blessed to have her in our lives. Our lives have been enriched by her spontaneity, her wittiness, and her spunky and outgoing personality. She never meets a stranger and isn't afraid of anything. She always greets you with smile that will light up a room. How can you overlook that precious dimple and those chunky cheeks? Her eyes. . . from the moment I saw them, I knew they were amazing. . . .big and blue and are the window to her soul--lively and vibrant.
God blessed us with an amazing little soul: precious daughter and best friend for Ansley and I thank Him for her each and every day. Happy Birthday Kylie!! We love you more that you will ever know!!
The party was a ladybug themed party! We thought it suited her perfectly right now. We invited our families and thier BFF's "E" and "Fia" and
"Mama" (as Kylie sometimes calls her) better known as Mrs. Lyndsay! We ate cake and homemade ice cream that I made both from scratch! The cake looked cute, and tasted pretty bad. However, my strawberry homemade ice cream was delicious! I am glad we have some left over. We grilled our for dinner and had watermelon, which is a favorite of Kylies. However, she always pays for it the next day with an upset tummy! Poor baby! We had such a good, easy time just relaxing and playing in the back yard. We are truly blessed with a wonderful family and great friends. We are so grateful for each and everyone of you and so thankful you came. The day wouldn't have been the same without you. We love you!

Yes, I did make that cake! It turned out cute, had a good taste, but bad consistency! Next time I will stick with the cake mix from a box!

The Birthday Girl!!

Kylie and Aunt JuJu

Getting a picture of everybody smiling is a near impossible task!!

Opening her first birthday gift. . .

Oh boy! "A jumpy thing" as big sister calls it! Now, I can get out some of my extra energy!

Kylie and Uncle Shawn

A funny picture of our friend "E"

Ansley and Eden having fun

Kylie loves her cousin Noah!

This is a cute picture of them both coming out head first! All the grownups were a little worried how this was going to end!

Yum, I love watermelon, but watermelon does not agree with me!

Ansley and cousin Eden!

"Happy Birthday to You!"

Loving all the attention!

Too funny--she decided to eat her cake with her feet on the table. . . that is the spontaniety I am talking about-ha!

Kylie's BFF "Fia"

Proud Big Sister enjoying homemade strawberry ice cream-yum!

Again, loving the attention!

Gia and Kylie

Oh my, Gia had to try out the new jumpy house. Look at the girls faces, its priceless, as were our-ha! :-) That's our Gia!!

Trying out her new bubble blower from Uncle Shawn

Between both girls, the presents were unwrapped so fast, I didn't even get a chance to take any pictures! Thanks everybody for all the great gifts!

Just ask her to show you her teeth, and this is what you get! I love this face!

Kisses for mommy after a very LONG day!

Just sit still for a moment girls! This is the best picture we could do! :-) Next time, we will take pictures before the party!

Slip and Slide Summer Fun!

We had a blast outside on our Slip and Slide last Saturday. The water was SO cold, but it didn't seem to bother the girls so much! I am very glad we have a fenced in backyard! It wasn't a pretty sight of me and Chris-ha!You won't be seeing us in any pictures! However we could get down it pretty fast, but the girls would get stuck and we would have to push them down. Ansley loved it, but Kylie did not! She would firmly tell you "No!" when you tried to push her down. Here are some cute pictures of Kylie and Ansley, more of Kylie. Ansley would rather be in the video, which we will try to post later.