Myrtle Beach Trip

We went on vacation to Myrtle Beach with some of our very great friends... the Bailey's and Wilson's. We had a great time!!! We took some 400 pics but with my limited amount of time I have only a few of them on here..... my awesome blogger friend Katie however has TONS on her blog so you can check there if you want to see more. On to the pics!

We rode with the Wilson's and Izzy and Nathan had blanket wars! As you can see Nathan is winning :)

Izzy's name in lights at the children's museum
I think she was missing the ferrets- she really liked the chinchillas

Practicing in the boat for grandpa.... I am ready!

Driving with Daddy

Izzy in a bubble!

Izzy and Nathan in a boat- it was on a water bed mattress so it made it life like :)

Bath time :)

We ate at a huge seafood buffet and I had to get a picture of them with this boat!

Nathan eating crab!

His first Ice cream

We went out to the beach for some pictures and fun.... this was Izzy's first time on a beach and she was thinking... what is this stuff??

We didn't plan their outfits.... but aren't they cute??

She saw a dog ad was doing her best to chase it!

Walking on the beach with daddy- so sweet!

Nathan was very brave- running to the water

Izzy needed a little more convincing and Daddy's hand :)

Building a sand castle with daddy

They found an already made castle and had fun smashing it down!

That is Stellan's name in the sand..... he is a little boy we pray for who is in SVT- to see his story click here- Stellan

Sandy toes....

Overall we had a great time and we are so happy to have great friends to share it with!!!

Madison's Birthday Party

We celebrated Madison's first birthday at Chuck E Cheese's. It was alot of fun. It was the first time any of the kiddos had been there and it was interesting to see what they thought about it all. Zachary was the bravest in the beginning. He went right up to the stage and watched the mechanical animals perform. Izzy and Nathan had nothing to do with that. When I carried Izzy up there she held on the me for dear life! Later on when we were eating Chucky himself came out to meet and greet. Nathan was the only one who held it together. Everyone else was not happy! The food was great- the company was awesome! Madison has graduated into the world of 1 year olds!

Opening her presents
The 4 musketeers

How sweet!

Izzy loved the Bob the builder tractor and threw a fit when it was time to get off.

Madison loved this ride......

Izzy wasn't so sure

In the end we used up the rest of our tokens for tickets

Afterwards I went to Carters where izzy picked out these sunglasses.... isn't she COOL!!!!

More Easter Fun!

SO on actual Easter weekend we had an Easter egg hunt at City Lake Park in High Point. It was free and apparently the whole Piedmont knew about it! It was busy! I was glad to have mommies and daddies there to help keep up with the kiddos. It also helps for photos :)

We had to wait awhile for them to "hide the eggs" or so we thought.
Family photo

Then they came out with huge trash cans filled with candy and proceeded to dump it all out on the gym floor while we watched! They did throw down a couple of eggs too.

This is us being swarmed by candy hungry kiddos~!

Easter Sunday Izzy went to church with Daddy. I worked the night before but stayed up long enough to get some SUPER sweet Daddy daughter pics! Isn't she cute in the dress Grandma Diane got her??

Giving her baby sweet kisses!

Her first hair bow!

Awwwwwwww

Posing on her couch- is she a camera queen or what??

All dressed up and ready to go

After church she opened her Easter basket

Looking forward to more holidays with her now that she knows what to do......

6 weeks!

So thought I would post a little update. I went to the OB on thursday and I am 6 weeks! Got to see the heartbeat and everything looks good! Going back in 3 weeks for checkup :) Not feeling too badly... nauseated but not throwing up. For those of you who knew me when I was pregnant with izzy this is a big improvement!! I threw up everyday several times a day from 4 -16 weeks. I am not getting my hopes up too high yet... but I am feeling pretty good! I got an ultrasound picture but I have to figure out how to use my scanner... right now it isn't hooked up to the computer. You can't really see anything anyways.... just a big blob :)

First Boating trip

So our friends Katie & Chad just bought a new boat! It is really nice! They invited us out on a trip and we were super excited! Weren't sure what Izzy would think but we were ready to go for a ride. Izzy was a little unsure at first and wasn't too excited about the lifejacket but she ended up having a great time! Thanks for inviting us guys! We look forward to more fun in and on the water soon :)

Izzy loves her some Katie!

The water was pretty chilly but that didn't stop our little ones!

Izzy kept trying to leap off the boat!

These two kids are good buddies

"Here I will get you out of this thing"

The ducks swam up close... Izzy liked them and now can say duck! They flew up in our faces and Katie and I both jerked our kiddos back and screamed... too funny!

More splashing... we were back in a cove so they could take off their lifejackets, then off came the pants, diapers, and soon the shirts :)

Splash, splash, splash!

One of my most favorite pics!

Smart momma Katie brought some jammies... just what they needed- since their clothes were soaked!

Cuddle cuddle cuddle... such sweeties

Izzy had all she could do... and passed out on the way back to the dock.

Awake again in the car

Thanks again guys! We loved it!!!!