We had our first real family vacation in Orange Beach, AL with the Scarborough family. Rose had a blast. The ocean has some oil-age, so we spent most of our time in the pool(s) and air conditioned condo (with cable!). Rose loved having a lot of freedom and being spoiled non-stop by Lou Lou, Pops, Uncle Chris and Aunt Sara. Our friends, the Kurtz's, joined us half-way through; which we also thoroughly enjoyed.
Rose is now 15 months old. She is now a pro at walking and is nearing full-fledged running and tip-toeing. She is a true princess at everything she does (shocker!) and is JUST LIKE HER MOMMA! She is currently teething big time. Since she has been a late teething bloomer, so she has 6 teeth coming in at one time. She has sprung 3 teeth, Blake and I are currently taking offers to sell our souls for the remaining 3 teeth that are coming in (just kidding, unless you have a solution!). There are some days that we have a perfect angel and somedays where we are seeing the "terrible two's" rear it's head. Here are some of Rose's new things she's doing: shaking her head "yes" or "no" to everything (sometimes, making herself fall in the process), launching her food across the room, naked baby time with a towel on her head, loving on her momma all the time :), wanting to go outside all the time, feeding Taylor, her paci and bottle and stacking anything and everything. She knows how to work her Pa, Jama and PMa everytime to get what she wants :) She is currently a fan of spaghetti and ham but hates bread, greens and her sippy cup if it has milk in it.
We are also enjoying watching some of our friends beginning their adventure down the path of parenthood and are thankful that we aren't getting up every 2 hours with a newborn (hehe).
Blake has finished 3 out of 6 classes for his Bachelors. He is so close to finishing - come on December! I am so thankful to have him around the house to help out and to be able to have the opportunity to give him time to find his way in this world. Rose and him are almost inseparable (but she still loves me the most), and it's been a blessing that he's been able to have this time to bond with her.
Blake and I will be taking our first "couples vacation" to Indy this upcoming weekend (thanks Mom and Dad!). I am hoping to not obsess about my princess too much. We also will have our annual family camping trip in a few weeks and then birthdays galore. September will be busier than August, but we are looking forward to it.
Hope you are all well and happy. Enjoy the last bit of summer while it's here, I know we will!
Some pictures and videos from our trip to Orange Beach, AL
Kiss Momma through the glass door.
Haha...her butt cheeks are stuck in her towel :)
