::Father's Day 2013::

we had such a fun father's day celebrating rob.  we all love him to pieces, so we made sure to make him a special breakfast early that morning...


later that day, grand-dad and nana came over for a long afternoon at the pool.  we ended the day grilling on the back patio and had rhubarb pie for dessert...yum!


rob had plenty of gifts to open...a world's best dad trophy and all sorts of handmade goodness.  it was a great family day.


We're hoping that all of our dads enjoyed their special day.  I'm feeling blessed at what a wonderful daddy my kiddos have :)  Happy Father's Day to you all!

::Growing Baby #3:: Chapter 5

we just got home from florida, so i wanted to take a quick look back at the past week.  i was 27 weeks pregnant while we were on our vacation, so my sweet hubby took this one of the three of us...


and then, insisted on taking this one, which of course, was super awkward :)


i made the 12 hour drive with no problems at all...my feet were on the dash the entire way, so no swelling there...ha!  our week was marvelous.  my sickness is gone...finally, and i wasn't completely huge...yet :)  all in all, the timing couldn't have been more perfect.  cheers to the third trimester!

by the sand & the sea ::part three::

i had a bit of trouble picking the last of our beach photos to post, so y'all might want to grab a glass of iced tea before you sit down.  either that or scroll really fast :)  we headed out for an early lunch at bruno's pizza...yum :)


and then, with rain in the forecast, decided to drive around a bit and check out the area for future trips.  we ended up here...


and if we'd only known that paradise was on the other side, we would've started our vacation in this very spot.


it was beautiful....


the dunes were under preservation and rightfully so...




the waves that day were quite large...


so, we instituted the "toes in the water" policy for the day :)


the beach was untouched and just beautiful...




we were all completely clothed, but still managed to enjoy the beach.


at least most of the time...











i finally decided that we needed to head back to the condo, put on our bathing suits and spend the most time here possible, so that's exactly what we did...


we were so excited to be able to spend the day here.












bro was supposed to be in this photo, but i guess i was never quite convincing enough :)  oh well.






they loved it.




and we made one more "mermaid emma" since it was our very last day :(


at sunset, the kids grabbed their buckets and we went for a walk on the beach...


they collected tons of treasures along the way.




this was my attempt at our family photo...cue the lol.


once he finally cooperated, the sun had gone down and i forgot to change the settings on my camera.  the end result was a super dark photo, that i had a good friend do her best at correcting :)


for dinner our last night, it was the red bar...


thanks to our sweet neighbors for the recommendation.


best. food. ever.


after dinner, we headed back to Seaside for our movie under the stars.  amazing.


this was my view for most of the night...bro used my round belly as a pillow :)


we were so sad to end our vacation.  it was wonderful in every way and we know exactly which beach we are heading back to on our next go round :)


sweet dreams to my sweet angels...


it was a fun week at the beach with you both...memories for a lifetime :)

by the sand & the sea ::part two::

even with our late night the night before, we were back at the beach for a day of fun...27.5 weeks preggo and counting...


i'm not sure who likes to dig in the sand the most...emma?


carson?


rob?  or me???  ha!  we all love it!


that evening, a shower was forecasted, so we showered up and headed to fudpuckers.  we decided to try out the tourist trap for at least one evening :)


carson loved the alligators...


and so did miss emma...


they were pretty big and quite creepy :)


we met pearl, the albino alligator...creepier.


and then, of course, had dinner...


love her.




while we waited for our food, carson played swimming sea turtle :)


and then, he figured out how to work my giant camera...


he loved it and was completely obsessed!  i think he did better than most adults :)


next up was feeding harassing the alligators.


emma crafted this pose all by herself...


this is more of what i was hoping for...




more shots by carson...


we had a full day and turned in for a good night's rest :)