Hannah's first day of Preschool

Well, what do you know?! I'm actually writing a blog in a timely manner!  I'm so far behind on all the others that I figured I would just go with the most recent event and get to the others when I can.   

Today was Hannah's first day of preschool!  It's hard to believe that our little girl is actually old enough to attend preschool.  We had originally planned to wait until she was three but with news of Georgia coming in October we decided it might be good for her to interact with other children a couple of days a week instead of staying home with me and the baby.  I try to get her out and about as much as possible but I know it's gonna be a little more difficult at first when her sister arrives.  

I think we made the right decision because she has been so excited about going ever since she went to orientation last week.   This morning I reminded her that she was going to school and she was bouncing off the walls to get there.  She had to get her backpack on and bring a few other unnecessary belongings with her that I secretly left in the car.  The whole drive there she was Miss Chatty Kathy.  She couldn't stop talking about all the things that she was going to do at school.  She was going by the things they got to play with last week during the orientation.   When we got to her classroom she sat right down at the playdoh station and started playing.  I kissed her goodbye and she just kept right on playing without skipping a beat.  No tears on her end but I have to admit that I shed a few myself on the way to the car.   I'm gonna blame it on the pregnancy hormones :)  I'm actually glad that she was excited to go and didn't have a hard time adjusting because it would have been that much harder to leave her.  

Orientation last week...

 All dressed and ready to go!

At pick up time, she made it very clear to me that she was not ready to leave.  She had the cutest little tutu on and was making a bracelet out of wood beads.  After repeatedly telling her that we would be back Friday she was finally ok with leaving.  On the way home she had to tell me all about her morning.  The snacks they ate, the things they did on the playground, and so on.   It was only for three hours but you would have thought she was there all day by the things she was telling me.  I'm so glad she enjoyed her first day at preschool and look forward to the many fun days ahead!  

Home Sweet Pensacola!

Going back to Memorial Day weekend, we took a trip down to Pensacola, Florida.   Since baby Doughty will be due at the end of October, we will be staying put for the holidays this year.  We figured we better make our Florida trips this summer to see everyone since it will be a while before we can make it back down there.  We just recently purchased a van so it made the 9+ hour drive much more comfortable. I always said I would never be the soccer mom driving the minivan but now I am!  I have to say I actually really love it and it makes traveling so much easier.   Guess you can never say "never" and the Seminole flair makes it a little more hip :)

The day before we left, Hannah woke up with a 102 fever and maintained it off and on throughout the day.  I can pretty much always count on her picking up something before we leave for a trip.  I can't tell you how many times I have taken her to the doctor the day before going out of town.  I usually would not have taken her in for a fever but I wanted to make sure everything else looked good.  Of course it did and was just diagnosed as a virus.  I hate when my baby girl is sick but I sure do love the cuddle time!

She did not sleep well the night before we left and only napped about a half hour in the car but it sure didn't slow her down much once reaching our final destination.  For Memorial Day weekend we stayed at the beach house and tried to enjoy as much of the beautiful water as we could.  

 Trying to bury daddy :)

 Little Mermaid Hannah

"More surf, daddy!"

Boys being boys!

On our second day we took a little break from the beach since Hannah was still a little under the weather and visited Pier Park to shop and have lunch.  It was so hot and humid that we didn't last too long shopping.

 On Memorial Day we headed back to the beach in the morning.  

Paul and Hannah dug some holes and made "Olaf" out of sand.  

 It was a beautiful day but Hannah wasn't much into the beach that day.  I don't think she felt good and everything was irritating her.  She had to wash herself off constantly because she didn't want the sand all over her.  After about an hour there, she said "goodbye" and started walking to the car.  She was not in the best of moods so we knew it was time to go.  

That evening we drove to Pensacola to spend the rest of the week there.  Tuesday morning we drove out to Perdido to spend the morning at my dad's place.    We took Hannah to the pool for a little bit and then to the beach but she was pretty much over the sand at this point.  Dad cooked out for us and we enjoyed a great lunch.

 

We cleaned up and drove back into town to meet up with some of my closest friends from middle/high school.  I hate that I forgot to take a picture of these precious friends but we had a good time catching up on life.  I always enjoy spending time with them even if it's only for a couple of hours.  The Lord truly blessed me with these friendships.  We sure did miss you Sarah!  

Everyone was back to work Wednesday but we got to meet up with Gigi for lunch at one of our favorite spots, Cactus Flower.  

Thursday we met up with Gigi and Pop at one of Paul's favorites, McGuires.  We always get some interesting looking pictures at this place...

Hannah kissing the moose

That night we headed over to my Aunt and Uncle's house for a wonderful dinner.  It was so great to see everyone.  Hannah got to meet Sierra's bunny, Daisy, and loved her!  

Playing games with all the cousins 

Friday my mom and I spent the day doing a little shopping while Paul surfed.  

Saturday morning we made the long drive back up to Charleston.  Thankfully Hannah was feeling better and took a longer nap this time but thank goodness for the DVD player.  It was such a lifesaver!  Next trip we make to Pensacola we will be a family of 4!