Off to Florida

I was due for a vacation and a visit with my brother and his family.  I flew out of Shreveport Thursday morning, made it to Atlanta safely and then caught my next flight to Jacksonville.  Carrie, Bella, Bryn, and Brody picked my up from the airport, oh and Russ (their new Yorkie).  I think they were all excited to see me except Brody, he slept until we got home, haha.  Bella and Bryn have grown up so much since I saw them last at Christmas.  The second we got to their house, they showed me their guinea pigs.  After I got my things in the house, it was time for Bryn's soccer game. 

This was really fun to watch.  Bryn did so great!!!  I also got to meet some of their friends.  After the game we met Scott and the Ferguson family for dinner.  It was a school night so the kids were off to bed when we got home.  Carrie and I stayed up talking and ended up watching animations of the growth of our babies online.  We watched a few alternative option births as well but I wasn't up for all of that.  Sometimes not knowing can be bliss.

The next morning I woke up to a little voice saying "Straw Milk! Straw Milk!".  I slept in Brody's room and I never realized a little person could sleep so loudly.  Bella and Bryn can in shortly after and I was up and about as well.  I rode with Carrie to bring the girls to school.  Then we changed into our swimsuits before we dropped Brody off at his school.  We laid on the beach for a few hours and I got plenty of sun. 

This is my new view of the beach.

After picking Brody up from school we had lunch at their friend's sisters new coffee / sandwich shop, Lillie's.  Back to the beach with Brody after lunch. We saw the space shuttle launch from the beach.  That was really neat to see going through the sky.  Everyone on the beach stopped and stared.  Scott came and met us after he got off work.  There is nothing like having my pregnant body in a bikini for the first time in public, better yet when your brother asks you if your te-tahs are real.  We had to laugh at that.  He said I looked funny with a belly, haha:)  Brody and their neighbor, Ella, played all afternoon in the tidal pools. 

After Carrie left to pick the girls up, we eventually made our way back to the house.  I got showered and ready, we were having dinner at an Italian restaurant downtown.  After dinner I zonked out, growing Sprout plus the sun really wore me out.  Bryn decided she would sleep with me that night and she proved to be a good snuggler.
Saturday was a morning on the beach.

Then off to the Dancing in the Street Festival downtown.  We all loaded up on bikes and made our way down the street.  The festival was really fun.  They had art, clothes, bands, inflatable kid games, face painting, fair foods, so much going on.  I bought my first baby boy piece of clothes, a super cute onesie with a frog hand painted on the front and the froggy butt on the bottom. 

Bryn, the birthday girl!

We had lunch with the Ferguson's and from their decided that we would go out on their boat with them that afternoon.  Brody was really excited about going on the boat.  So were at home getting our things ready to go and I was deciding what to wear.  Of course the kids put on swimsuits.  I knew I was going to have to pee every hour on the hour so I thought my bathing suit would be good because I might have to jump in the water to pee.  Carrie thought that was a good idea.  They had never been on their boat either, so none of us knew quite what to expect.  Well we all made it to the boat, wait it's not a boat, its a 48' yacht!  Our jaws fell to the dock and we were super excited about this boat ride. 

All the kids were down in the "hole" (kitchen, bedroom, bunk beds, table, seating, and bathroom).  No need to jump in the water to pee, just go to the bathroom!  This was very nice boat ride on the inter coastal.  Since I quickly wear out these days, by the end of the ride I was laying down.  Once back at the dock they fixed hot dogs on the boat for the kids and pregnant Christal.  Once we got home, It was off to bed, I had to be at the airport the next morning at 7am. 
Bella slept with me this time and I had to sneak out of the room in the morning to make sure I didn't wake her.  Scott brought me to the airport and I was off to Louisiana, home sweet home.  I got bumped on my flight coming from Atlanta to Alexandria, so I flew back to Shreveport.  Stephen came to pick me up and we made a  trip to the Boardwalk to eat and do some baby BOY shopping.  By our third baby store I told Stephen we didn't have to buy something in every store, but we had so much fun.  We can't wait for little Sprout to be here.
I had a great visit with the Beach family and spent some quality time with Stephen when I got back.