Big Girl Bed!

Well most of you know that our little rug rat is having a lot of trouble sleeping in her bed at night. After many nights of screaming "I'm scared," and a few nights of making herself sick from crying so much, we had to do something. So from the advice of everyone, we were told to put her in her toddler bed. So, as much as it killed me to watch my baby go from a crib to a big girl bed, we did it. We also bought her a new tv for her room, which was an awesome purchase. Maybe we can keep Barney from playing on our tv so much. Last night, she layed in her bed, watched Barney, and within 30 minutes feel asleep. She woke up about 1:00 standing beside our bed. I took her back to her bed and layed with her a while, but she really had a hard time going to sleep. However, for the first night, I'm not going to complain. Daddy and I got a few hours of good rest, while she slept great too. Everyone says its just a stage, so we're praying so. She is the best baby girl ever, but night time is somewhat rough. Like everything else in life, we'll get through it.

Watching them Take Off

After a delay coming home, we finally made it back in a bit after midnight. Our flight was delayed about an hour and a half. It could have been worse. Ally was a champ at flying. She did amazing on the plane, and was glued out the window of the airport watching all the planes take off. You would know when the plane took off from Ally's scream of excitment. Great trip!

Family Pictures

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What a wonderful vacation. We honestly were completly surprised at how much Ally enjoyed the water. Every morning she was ready to go to the beach, so much that we almost left our paci in the ocean. She was really ok with it until nap time of course. We leave in the morning for Orlando, and then board the plane about 7:40 tomorrow evening. We are going to do a little shopping between time. We will be very sad to leave. The weather has been absolutly perfect everyday, Ally browned up like a biscuit, and mom and dad we enjoyed spending time together.

We were able to capture some great family pictures on the beach. I'm already planning on ordering my 20X24 picture for my living room wall. It was so funny getting Ally to smile for the camera with no one standing behind the camera. We looked like big dorks on the beach telling Ally to look for Barney in the camera and say cheese. Boy, she had fun doing it. Of course, not only did we look for Barney, we also looked for BJ, Baby Bop, and a farmer. (don't ask why) Either way, Daddy did a great job! We look forward to our next visit to the beach.

Day 4 Vacation

Today we spent the day on the beach and the pool. After dinner we went to the beach for family pictures. These are not the good ones that daddy took, these are just a few snap shots that mommy captured while Daddy was setting up. As you can tell, we are going to have one sad girl come Friday. It's been great listening to her giggles as the waves hit her feet, and the screams of excitment about going to the beach! What a blessing!

Brown as a Biscuit

Getting ready to head to dinner. Brown as a little biscuit.

Big Stuff in the Little Pool

Miss thang being big stuff in the baby pool. She went under about 5 times and it didn't seem to bother her in the least bit. By the way, if you know Meredith Denton, the flower girl in Wes's and I's wedding, Ally looks just like her with the ear band on. Too cute!

Day 3/ St. Augustine and Pool!

Today we spent the morning on the beach and the pool. Then after lunch we headed up to St. Augustine which is one of the neatest towns to visit. Lots of good shops, good eating, and the coolest park ever. Ally was sweating bullets when we left. This evening was beautiful so we decided to take a walk on the beach and head to the pool again. Although, Ally is small, she is like a fish in the water caring not at all when she goes under. Having a great time.

Pictures at St. Augustine!

Somewhat excited about the swim in the pool. Can't you tell!