Paradise- Day Three!

Here we are this afternoon! After GA got up from her nap and Russ and I got back from lounging at the pool (thank you Mimi and Pepaw for watching GA) we headed for the beach. Marcie, Keith and Jack had gone earlier in the day and they had the best time, so we had to see for ourselves. And we were not let down, Grace Ann had so much fun and kept saying (over and over) "I swimmin', I swimmin'" and then after we had enough of the swimmin' we played in the sand. She was really unsure of the sand and kept on trying to touch it, but she was just paralzyed with this new activity. But after Russ and I pushed her hands in she went to town. Not so much making anything, but throwing sand everywhere screaming/giggling, "Daaa-deee, we made it! We made it!" I'm not quite sure what we were making, but we WERE making it! Russ and I laughed so hard! So far we have been enjoying the neighborhood and not making hard decisions, like pool or beach?

Paradise-Day One and Two

Well, we have made it to Watercolor, Florida and let me just say that it is AWESOME! After a pretty good flight to Panama City we headed to Seaside, where Russell's folks rented a house for us. The house is equipped with all the comforts of home including bikes, which everyone rides to and from the beach and all around this perfect little resort town! Our first few days we went to the beach, loaded up on groceries, and staked out the best pools. The kids were exhausted after swimming two times a day and thankfully they sacked out early! Here are some pictures of our first few days. (They are out of order...later ones in the front and earlier ones at the end.)

These two are wild and crazy!

Pepaw reading Brown bear, brown bear

They are ready for a fun ride! All they did was giggle the whole way to the beach/pool .

A view of the house (downstairs area)

Jack likes his bed!!

Let me in...

Mimi and GA hanging out on the swing on the front porch of the house.

We're Here!

Beach to Bay 2010!

This year for Beach to Bay we had a neighborhood team with our friends! We had the best time, even due to the horrible rain, lightning and thunder that some of us had to run through. The festivities began with a spaghetti dinner on Friday night with 10 adults and 6 kiddos under the age of 3! Needless, to say there were some wild kiddos including a certain Sebring little girl! We ate lots of spaghetti, talked a little strategy and laughed a lot! Then, on Saturday morning, Russ and I woke up to pouring rain and thunder. But we knew this was a rain or shine event (there were 14,000 people running) and we packed up and headed out. Due to the weather, traffic was really bad and I way miscalculated the drop-off times. Russ did the third leg (4.36miles) and I was doing the fourth leg (4.69miles). I dropped him off and parked (not such a good idea) and had a terrible time getting to the hand-off and I was 30 minutes late. Russ ran faster than I thought he would! Poor guy had to stand in the pouring rain, after he had been running for 48 minutes! So when I finally got there, I had no time to stretch, so I just grabbed the baton and took off! Thank goodness for another friends' hat to keep the rain off my face. But with a little praise music, some MJ and a little Lady Gaga I made it to the next hand-off in 55 minutes. Then I had to walk another 2 miles in the rain until Russ found me to pick me up. It was a busy morning, but definitely memorable. The sun finally came out around noon and we headed to Cole Park to have our free pizza and beer. Poor Russ, they ran out of beer by the time we went through the line. I told him next year we had to run faster to get to the good stuff! Well, enjoy the pictures. I will post some more of GA soon. Here Pop-pop took some cute ones last time he came to visit!

Half of the team: me, Russ and Mike
view of cole park

These signs bring back memories of making signs in college for ADPi events and highschool football games.

The favors: our endorsed water from our sponsors!

The partyposter of the legs everyone was running with our nicknames

Lindsey and I with a little hand-off practice

(Her husband, Mike ran with us.)

The spaghetti girls!

To my friends Janai, Jill and Aleisha ( all expecting girls):

Look what awaits you! Silly and fun little girls with big pink bows!!!

And do you see what too much spaghetti will do to you?

GA and her friend, Brooke sharing giggles

The Runners: we look fierce!

Relay for Life and visit with Grann and Pop-pop

This weekend, GA and I traveled to Cleveland to celebrate Relay for Life with my mom and Rick. We had the best time and GA wore herself out telling everyone hello and waving! She was a handful but we just laughed at how she would go up to anyone and say hi! So here are some pics from this weekend:

Here she is waiting for us to leave.

About to go down the slide.

Do you see any pirates ahead?

Mom, me, Ga and Rick

Both of my folks are cancer survivors!!!!

GA loved watching the team that dressed up like clowns.

She ran at least a half mile and boy did she hit the hay that night!

She was a little Relay for Life mascot!

How cute are they?!

GA really has taken to coloring! She was showing her Grann how it's done.

Easter pictures and more...

Here are some pictures from our Easter weekend and this past week.

It's getting harder to take her picture with a frontal pose and with a smile at the same time. She is all over the place!!

I thought this pic turned out cool.

Me and Russ

Our attempt of a family picture!

Easter Egg Hunting with AG

GA loves play-doh!

A sweet father/daughter Easter pic.

She loves to be picked up by Russell "elevator style."

Digging into the easter basket and goodies...

GA's Easter basket and new back-pack!

Where in the world are the Sebrings?

First of all, I have been a total blog slacker! I have very few pictures from March and we did so many things! I feel terrible!

Spring started full swing with us and we have been hitting the pavement non-stop. GA and I went to Dallas at the beginning of our spring break for Cousin Jack's 3rd birthday. Not only did GA enjoy the cupcakes but boy oh boy did she discover these wonderful things known as "steps" or "stairs" to be exact. Jack had his party at "My Gym" in Frisco and this place had all kinds of gymnastics and play equipment. So like I said GA went straight for the stairs and for a whole hour I held her hands as she went up the stairs and down the stairs, up the stairs and down the stairs....I think you get the idea. It was WAAAAAAAAAY fun! But really who knew that stairs were a phase/fascination? I was talking to a friend of mine and she said her daughter went through the "stairs" phase, too.

So then we traveled to the great Mississippi to visit my family in Columbia/Hattiesburg! Enjoli, Camden, GA, myself, Mom and Rick loaded up for a road trip east! We had a great time going to the Hattiesburg Zoo and eating lots of good food! I love that southern fried catfish and caramel cake! I have to say that my brother, Buck, was such a trooper for me and Enjoli. We had no mode of transportation, since we were staying with my dad and he let me drive his new car and we put in two huge carseats. (He just turned 16!) What a way to spend your spring break, catering to your big sis and sister in law and letting me boss him around. Thanks Buck, you are the best little brother!!!!!!

Okay....more about my sweet Grace Ann! She is so much fun to play with! We are super busy at this house because we have become avid fans of Little People, Barney and Elmo and we have to keep up with Murray and the Word on the Street!!! (MOMs of Toddlers you know exactly what that is!) She is talking so much and taking any opportunity to tell me and Russ-"No, no Mommy or No, no Dad-de!" Oh brother and the funny part is she wags that finger as she is saying it! What a priss!

Our newest venture is the "Potty!" She has been going to the potty at her sitters and so we are slowly transitioning to being fully-potty trained. I haven't had time to read much about the subject, but I plan to be more aggressive once summer begins. I am very surprised she knows what it is all about and she loves to flush and say "Bye-bye, tee-tee." So who knows it could be a struggle or a breeze.....I'll let you know.

Well, that's it for now! We had a great, relaxing and peaceful Easter with just the three of us. GA loves the plastic eggs, even with no candy! SCORE!

I will post pics soon, I plan on taking some post-Easter dress pics this weekend!

More recent pictures!

I know that you all think she's perfect, but every once and awhile she has to go to timeout.... and as you can tell she is not a fan! She does look pretty pitiful though!
GA and Cam love playing in the kitchen!

Yay...this is SO much fun!

My sweet red headed lady!

We went to Rockport to eat at Charlotte Plummers and we introduced her to tarter sauce, which she LOVED!!