Vacation

Two weeks ago Micah, Audrey Claire and I went with Memaw and Hunter down to Ocean Springs for a week. (I'm just now posting because I spent last week catching up on laundry, housework and both kids had checkups at the doctor!)

We stayed in a house right on a private beach and it was amazing! So quiet and peaceful. We enjoyed eating lots of fresh seafood, shopping (way more than Hunter would've preferred), a children's museum, and just hanging out in the sun. Seth had to work during the week but got to come down a night when we first got there and our last night. We really had a blast. Be prepared to be completely overwhelmed with pictures:)

Stingray that was just casually swimming right at the edge of the water!! I almost stepped on it, had a heart attack and dropped my phone in the water all in a matter of seconds.

Playing with Graypop the night he came to visit!

He has a nickname for everyone in the family. Notice they had written her's in the sand- "Winkie"

Micah enjoyed lots of naps in this swing throughout the week

There were several big windows which allowed me to sit outside but keep a good eye on him.

Hunter and I went fishing one day and he showed me up big time. He caught several fish within the first 30 minutes we were out there. One was this flounder which, by the way, does NOT look like the flounder I remember on The Little Mermaid.

I'd never seen one in real life. It was flat with both eyes on one side of his body

and nothing on the other side. Weird.

Miss Priss caught a fish too!

Ok worth with me here. If you look really close (I mean, REALLY CLOSE), you can see a white speck in the distance.

One morning as everyone was napping, I was sitting on the balcony enjoying the quietness and all of a sudden, 3 dolphins swam by! I was so very excited and immediately went to get my camera. They were much closer when I first saw them but my camera had been inside and immediately upon bringing it outside, the lens fogged up. The lovely thing took years to defog and by that time the dolphins were well on their way. I was so upset I couldn't get better pictures, but they are there I promise!

All of the houses on the road we stayed were completely washed away during Hurricane Katrina. Some have been rebuilt but they are way more empty lots than occupied ones. There was an empty lot on either side of the house we stayed. In one of the lots was a huge tree that I was determined to get AC in for some pictures. By the end of the week and with a little help from Hunter, I finally managed.

The next few pictures are from The Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport. It's a children's museum with lots of activities and kid-sized exhibits like a TV station, hotel, barber shop, restaurant, train, airport terminal, and grocery store.

Art class!

"Curting with slissors" as AC would say.

So focused, she's a little cross-eyed!

Finished product

Driving another airplane like Uncle Justin!

These pictures only represented a little of our week. There were several times I didn't get out the camera, instead I just enjoyed the moment!

Weekend Wrap-up

This past weekend was, as usual, very busy. It started Thursday night when we went to Wesson. Audrey Claire has enjoyed getting to spend time with Uncle Hunter who's been here this summer from Texas.

I worked in Hazlehurst Friday while Seth was busy doing this:

I was very grateful to be inside where it was cool:) Audrey Claire spent the day in Crystal Springs doing this:

Friday night, we enjoyed eating at one of our old favorite places to eat- El Sombrero in Brookhaven. We ate with Seth's parents and Tucker. I had every intention of taking pictures while we were with them but my child decided to act like a crazy woman in the restaurant! That could have something to do with the fact that she is now 6 months away from being 2!

We came home Friday night for Seth to work Saturday. Audrey Claire and I had a much needed day together running errands around town. We went to an indoor inflatables place (LOVED IT), the mall, Big Lots, and Cellular South to see Seth. Before getting in the car to go, she had to talk to the cat-cat. She hasn't shown much interest in him lately but that day he caught her attention for sure.

Later that night, we met some friends-Greg, Kay, Zeph and Kati Brooks. We went to church with them when we lived in Cleveland. They now live in Wesson and Zeph made the All-Star baseball team this year. Playoffs were being held in Hattiesburg so we got to go to his game! We hadn't seen them in a little over two years and seeing that Kay was pregnant with Kati Brooks last time we saw them, I was really excited to visit with them!

While at the game, AC found some old pacifiers in her stroller from "back in the day". Haha. She loves playing with them when she finds them.

Here's Miss Kati Brooks. How beautiful is she? Her curly hair and eyes are gorgeous! She cracked me up the entire game. Since Audrey Claire is such a terrible eater, it blows me away when kids actually want to eat. I think KB ate the whole time we were there! Here she is enjoying a pickle. And she never once made a 'sour' face!
I had a really cute picture of the two girls playing together but accidentally erased it from my camera!

Here's the All-Star himself, Zeph, sliding into home!
He has grown up so much in two years! Here he is after the game posing for me:)
Since we seem to be in the car a lot here lately, Madison let Audrey Claire borrow her travel pillow. We've only used it once but on the way home from the game, I looked back at Audrey Claire and she had put it behind her head. It was a little past her usual bedtime so I guess this was her way of saying she was tired.
That child knows what Momma is doing when she gets the camera out. She kept making silly faces at me so I kept snapping.

Once again, we have a busy week ahead of us. Posting will probably be random but I will do my best!

Fun Spring Break

What a fun week we had! As I said the other day, we went to Copiah County to visit family over the weekend. I forgot that I used Memaw's camera while we were at her house so I do have a few pictures from the weekend.

She loved walking and playing in the grass

Hangin' out with Uncle Hunter

She walked around like she owned the place!

Playing in the dirt. (She DID NOT get that from me)

What a mess!

I let her play about five minutes before going inside to get cleaned up. Those were not her "play in the dirt" clothes!

We also went to Jackson to visit Mawmaw June (she was the one we surprised). Here are some pics from that visit-

She looks so grown here.

Somebody was getting sleepy
So she laid down!

(Don't worry, the dog doesn't use that bed! It's just for toys)

She loved playing on this bench. She kept trying to climb on top of it.

Another picture where she looks like such a big girl!

We tried forever to get this child to go to sleep. She wouldn't be still for anything. Mr. Donnie gets there and five minutes later, this is what I see!
Group shot before we heading home-
Playing peek-a-boo on the way home-

Mad, tired and ready to be home in her bed!