It’s been over a
month.
So much for starting
to blog more.
Throughout the last
month we’ve rarely even been home.
House sitting for my
parent’s for a week while they were vacationing in Hawaii.
Which by the way,
Hawaii is absolutely beautiful. Honeymooned there and had the most amazing
time! Never met someone un-friendly there, everyone was so welcoming and it was
like you were in a completely different world.
Anyways, they had a
fantastic trip. Us? Not so much. Actually, it wasn’t that bad. My darling
husband absolutely loved it! He was able to fish every day and be outside 24-7.
During this I didn’t get much chance to work. Darn! My mother (who is a bigger
blessing than she will ever know) always watches Sophia during the day while I
work, so when she is gone it’s a tad difficult to get anything done with a 5
month old.
June 22nd
we left for the beach. My husband and I had never gotten a chance to have a
beach trip together (minus Hawaii) and he had never been to Panama City Beach, so
this was such an exciting adventure for him and our family. We decided to spend
a week at a wonderful beachfront condo with our family, my parents, sister, and
sister’s boyfriend. Total of 7 of us, which does not even compare to Austin’s
family size on family vacations.
I absolutely love
being surrounded with such loving families.
God has extremely
blessed us.
Getting ready for the
beach… well… let’s just say I wasn’t sure where to begin, but with the help of
Pinterest I learned a lot!!
Like, whoever thought
of taking a baby bath down the beach was a complete Mother Genius!
This was the best
thing for Sophia.
We had beach chairs
and an umbrella and were able to sit the bath right in between Austin and I. We
also had a battery operated fan, water bottle, hat, sunglasses, and PLENTY of
liquids.
Our little water bug,
Sophia, had the GREATEST time! I have no complaints.
Throughout the whole
trip I can only recall of one major fussy time.
This happened at Wonderworks, we thought what a great thing to hold her up in
the astronaut space suit and take a photo of Sophia as an astronaut, well
needless to say, Sophia does NOT want to be an astronaut.
A week with family
creating numerous memories was the best thing for us this summer.
Memory is a way of holding
onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to
lose.
~From the television show The Wonder Years
We arrived home
Saturday afternoon.
Since then, it’s been
go go go go GO!
From working on
Children’s Church Lessons to Cleaning to Work.
Blessed for another
day.
Tonight, consist of
dinner with Austin’s family at Scalini’s hoping to start the process of the
arrival of our new nephew, Baby Jax.
This will make 3 out
of 4 little ones due in 2013 for Austin’s side of the family!
Children are such a
blessing and wonderful gift from God.
“See, children are a gift from the Lord.
The children born to us are our special reward.”
-Psalm 127:3
