Thursday, January 12, 2012

Catching up on 2011: vacation

I filled my last memory card up over the holidays, and now I am forced to transfer and back up all our pictures from the past several months! Seems like a good time to catch up on blogging.

Here goes!

We took our first real family vacation with kids this year. We have been on short day trips and to visit family, but not an actual vacation. It was very hectic and lots more work than I anticipated, but well worth it. It was a blast to watch the girls experience the beach for the first time!

Thankfully, Harper had the walking thing down to perfection. I think that made it easier. I can't imagine having a crawler on the beach or even at the pools. She had been going through a fear-of-grass stage so it took her a little while to get adjusted to sand as well.

Some of our favorite pictures:

Ella viewing the ocean for the first time (not including the time she was 10 months old)
Ready for a week of fun!

Eating sand...
Just lounging!





Hanging out at the baby pool


Visiting Uncle Bryan, Leigh, and Seamus in Charleston!

A few pictures our last night
Typical!
Harper's first birthday was the last day/day we drove back home. We had a mini celebration the night before.
"It's her party, and she'll cry if she wants to"...I think she was upset to have icing all over her hands
Birthday princess on our way home:)

1 comment:

mimi said...

sorry the trip was hectic for you; but i will never forget the sound of the girls voices in the morning when we would get up. such a sweet and wonderful sound.