Family Beach Vacation

We just got back from a week long vacation at the beach with wonderful family. The girls and I went down on Monday and Jonathan joined us Wednesday night. It was such a nice getaway and I could have definitely stood staying another week. I have to say that taking a vacation (at the beach with heat indices of 105) with a 7 week old was a little different than your normal beach trip, but thankfully we had lots of help. If you were to look at my pale skin, you would never imagine that's where I spent a week. We took it relatively easy and enjoyed lots of swimming, eating, and playing with babies.

Harper's smile really came out this past week. She had smiled at us a few times starting at 6 weeks, but now she's doing it all the time.

Payton has been doing very well with her swimming lately. I guess the daily practice this week allowed her to really take off. She is swimming short distances completely by herself and is quite the little fish.
Harper loved hanging out at the pool in her swing in the mornings while it was still cool and the condo was still shading the pool. We bought some portable fans to put by her, but in the middle of the day it was still too hot even in the shade with fans. She was such a good girl all week. She just goes with the flow!

Thursday night we took the kids to the track and let them ride the kiddy rides. They had a blast! I think the swings were a favorite for Payton.





Payton had a blast having Ella and Chase around throughout the week.






Ella's 3rd birthday is next weekend, so we went to her party at Kangaroo's. It is very similar to Frog Legs, just much bigger! To say that Payton had a blast would be an understatement. When I put her to bed Saturday night, she asked if we could go to Ella's birthday party again the next day.










Saturday afternoon we took Payton out to the beach in an attempt to get some pictures. We had to wake her up from her nap, and she wasn't really into it. All I could do was laugh when I saw some of the picture we tried to take of all four of us. The wind was crazy and Harper was not a happy camper. There's always another time!











We had such a wonderful time enjoying each other's company, and I think Jonathan was just thrilled to have some time off of work to relax. Thank you so much to everyone who made this trip happen. Also thanks to everyone who helped with the girls. Without the extra hands around to help when needed, it wouldn't have been near as successful!