I have been so bad at blogging this year. I may give it up completely. It seems that everyone has Facebook, anyway. If you don’t use Facebook but read this, let me know. I just don’t feel motivated, but keep checking back, I haven’t given it up for sure.
Poor Alaina was really sick last week. She threw up and ran a high fever for most of the week. Of course, Tyler had to be out of town for the same week. Nana brought pedialyte pops for Alaina. Can you tell she enjoyed them?
Nana also brought applesauce to Alaina. She liked this too. She didn’t have much of an appetite and couldn’t keep much down.
Alaina wasn’t feeling great yet, but her new puppy from Amy helped cheer her up. She had a few minutes of energy, as she tried to climb on the table.
Luckily she started feeling better by the weekend, when the warm weather arrived. We had fun cleaning up the yard and playing. Alaina is finding new things to get into, like the dirty old sandbox. We need to get rid of it and get her a covered one.
Alaina is learning a new sport. She doesn’t seem to roll far in the gravel but has good balance.
Some random pictures from home. I have not taken many pictures lately. I think I will start taking more once we can get outside and play.
Getting into trouble in the firewood box.
Alaina is getting interested in the potty. I hope this summer we can work on potty training.
Shopping or stuck?
Tyler and I got away for a long weekend. We left on Thursday and went over to the coast, stopping at Tybee Island Beach. It was pretty warm, just really windy. We walked on the beach, out on the pier, and sat until the sun set.
We left and drove to Jacksonville, FL to spend the night. We got up the next morning and headed farther down the coast, stopping at one northern FL beach. By today it was in the low 40s in the morning. We jumped out, took a few pictures, and hopped back in the car. We stopped in St. Augustine after breakfast and it had warmed up a little. Still really windy. That was the theme of our trip- high winds. We drove through St. Augustine and stopped at the lighthouse.
We then headed down to Port Canaveral to get on our cruise ship. We cruised on The Monarch of the Seas with Royal Carribean. It was really nice. The crew was all very friendly and the food was great! A cruise wasn’t our first choice for a vacation, but for the price and time we had, it couldn’t be beat. On our first night, about 1 hr and 45 min into the cruise, they announced we were turning around and heading back to port. There had been a medical emergency. We knew it would put us behind, but it must have been serious for them to go back. They did say the next day that the patient was in stable condition. Yikes! Anyway, we made it to Nassau, Bahamas 3 hours later than planned. We still had about 4 hours until sunset. We took a ferry over to Paradise Island (where Atlantis is.) We found a public beach, walked a ways, and layed out for a couple hours. Again, it was nice but would have been nicer without the 20 mph winds. We took the ferry back and stopped at the straw markets right as they were closing. I did some speed shopping and we headed back to the ship.
The next morning we woke up, hit the decks early, and noticed that the wind had stopped! It was early and already so warm. We took a tender over to Coco Cay, Bahamas. It is the cruise ships private island, so just beach, food, and water activities. Perfect! It was low 80s and great today! We walked down the beach, found some of the last groups of chairs, and layed out for a while. The water was really clear and shallow. We started walking out in it. You could walk forever and not get in past your knees. Then we started heading down the beach farther, in the water. We ended up swimming a little and then walking to the end of the island. It was so nice. You would have never known there were a possible 2500 people on the island. We didn’t see too many until we headed back for the free beach barbeque. After lunch, we took the interior nature trail back to the end of the island. We crossed over to the beach and sat a while and then made our way back.
It wouldn’t be a vacation without a sunset picture. We had a great time! Coco Cay was our favorite part. We would have been fine staying there both days. We’re glad we got to go!
Alaina “made” a cute little bug mailbox at Mother’s Day Out. They had a little party and she came home with lots of cards and candy. I didn’t realize people would send in chocolate candy for a one-year-old classroom. She got to try some, and I helped her finish the rest.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I didn’t reaize until Sunday that I had forgotten all about Alaina’s Valentine’s gift. What a bad mom! I’m glad she’s too young to know the difference. She got a new coloring book, crayons, and a card that had a dog magnet.
Here are some pictures similar to the ones I took last year for Valentine’s Day.
Here is one from last year. Alaina has changed so much!
We drove up there the other weekend. The weather was perfect! It was actualy the day before we got the big snow. Crazy weather! I’m just posting a little out of order. I had lots of cute ones that I didn’t want to leave out.
We finally got a good snow. It snowed enough to close schools early and then have a couple more days off. This isn’t quite as exciting now that I’m not teaching, but I still get excited for everyone else. Alaina had to miss Mother’s Day Out again. She’s only been three days so far. She’s going to have a hard time getting used to it if she can’t ever go. I think it will be back to normal now. That’s more snow than we have gotten in years. I’m glad we have gotten a few good ones this year. I found some ski bibs that I kept when our renters left all their junk in our house. They were a little big, but kept her dry. She didn’t have too much fun in the snow, but I think I may have over-bundled her a bit. Can you tell? Jammies, ski bibs, hat, mittens, big coat with hood. Hahaha! Poor thing.
Liking the ski bibs!
…but do I have to wear this, Mom?
Of course she liked to lick the snowman!
I’m a little late in posting, but Alaina got to build her first stuffed animal at Build-a-Bear. She, or we, picked out a dog. Nana wanted to be the first one to take her. We all had fun. I had never been before either. She had fun picking out a heart for it and helping put the stuffing in him. She kept running back over to step on the pedal again. She got a cute Groundhog’s Day shirt for him to wear, so we named him shadow. Thanks Nana! All I had was my little camera, so not the best quality pictures but still fun to have.
We had a fun lunch with Lindsay, baby Andrew, Kelly, and Kate and then had a delicious cupcake. We got home, and I just knew it would be naptime, but it wasn’t. Alaina has not been sleeping well lately. She’s been waking up numerous times during the night crying and waking up before 6. What? I really hope this is just a phase. Maybe she needs a night light? I try to let her fall back to sleep on her own, but sometimes I have to go down there. She usually wakes up in the morning just talking and babbling, but she’s been crying when it’s still dark out. This has been going on for a week now.
I should know to never tell a kid to say, “Cheese!”
Yay! Spring is on it’s way! I know you’re so excited, Mom.
