Disney World, Anna Maria Island, and Father's Day

We just got back from a very busy week. We drove down to Orlando last Thursday and stayed with Kelly, Brent and the girls. Ansley and Madison had a great time with each other. On Friday, Rob and I left Ansley with Kel & Brent while we drove down to Anna Maria Island for a wedding. Anna Maria Island is about 15 minutes from Sarasota and is absolutely beautiful! Rob and I had a great time hanging out with friends and seeing his old roommate from Atlanta, Ryan, get married. We headed back to Orlando on Sunday and celebrated Father's day.... All the girls came down with a cold while we were there and had runny noses. I can't imagine being sick when it is so HOT outside!

Ryan's Wedding in Anna Maria Island, FL

Happy Father's Day Rob! You are such a wonderful husband and father, we LOVE YOU!!!

Ansley & Maddie trying to both make the sit-n-spin turn...

Ansley playing with Hailey

We were just hoping Ansley would feel better on Monday because we were going to go to Disney World and already had our tickets. Thankfully she had no fever and was very excited to go see Mickey & Minnie :) With 100 degree weather we knew it was going to be an extremely hot day at Disney World. We took our time and drank a TON of water. Ansley's face was so flushed from the heat, but that didn't stop her from having a GREAT time! It really is a magical place and we had the best time. We can't wait to go back!

seeing the Magic Kindgom for the first time

happy girl!

meeting Mickey & Minnie... can't tell from the picture but she was so excited!

watching the parade

within minutes of being in the car

we got our pink Minnie ears :)

We want to thank Kelly & Brent again for watching Ansley for us while we were at the wedding and for letting us crash with them during our trip! We had a great time :)

Heidi Cay turns 3

This past weekend we made a very short trip back to Atlanta. I had originally planned on coming into town for long visit but it just didn't work out. I had a hair appt. on Saturday (which I was really excited about) and we had Heidi Cay's 3rd birthday party later that day. I was so glad we were able to make it back for her party since we missed it last year.

Ansley had a blast at the party and absolutely loved the slip-n-slide! She really couldn't figure out how you get down the slide so she just decided it was easier to crawl down. What ever makes her happy, right?!?

Heidi Cay "The birthday girl"

one of my new favorite pics of Ansley

crawling down the slip-n-slide

Emma Kate checking the slip-n-slide out

Heidi Cay's turn to go down ...

Oh, how I miss Publix cakes...they are just so yummy!

We also met up with Uncle Boo & CC for dinner at La Paz after the party. We had a great time hanging out! They haven't seen Ansley since Christmas so they were in some need of Ansley time :)

To finish off our weekend, we took my dad "Pop Pop" out for an early Father's day breakfast on Sunday. We went to one of my favorite places, J. Christopher's, YUM! .... Even though it was a short trip, we had a great time and it is always nice to get back home for a little while!

Cooling Off & Stretching

Cooling Off ...

At the end of the summer last year I bought a new kiddy pool for Ansley. I didn't realize how big it was (definitely could fit about 5 kids in it). While Ansley was napping yesterday I filled up the pool so the water would be warm by the time we got our suits on and outside. I put our slide partly in the pool....She loved it! Ansley just kept going down the slide into the water, then would get out, and do it all over again. She was in heaven!!!

Here is our little fish:

Stretching...
After we played outside in the pool we got ready to go for a walk. While I was getting my shoes on I noticed Ansley doing something she obviously picked up from her daddy. Rob always stretches before we go walking. He walks half of the route with me and then goes off for a run and then I finish my walk. I asked her what she was doing and she said "what daddy does"... I found her stretching! HA!!! It was possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen her do!

Here is our future (best-dressed) athlete:

Pool Days

We had a great weekend and finally got to enjoy the pool. My mom, "Nana", came into town to help me paint our kitchen. While we were busy painting, Rob took Ansley to the pool. She had a blast! Nana and I took a little break from painting and went down to the pool to watch Ansley play in the pool :) We were able to finish the kitchen in one day...THANK YOU NANA, because it would have taken me 2 days to paint it by myself!!!

We also headed back to the pool on Sunday. We will definitely be hitting up the pool a lot this summer since pool time = long naps!!!!

Saturday

Saturday afternoon playing with our watertable...can you tell she is sick of me taking her picture?back at the pool on Sunday... sporting the pink shades

I've been Tagged!

Lisa Sanders tagged me so it is now my turn ...

Here are the rules:
1. List Six UNIMPORTANT Things That Make You Happy.
2. Mention and link to the person who tagged you
3. Tag six of your favorite bloggers to play along, and comment on their blog to let them know they've been tagged.

My six UNIMPORTANT things that make me happy are:
1. going to the pool and laying out; however, that doesn't happen anymore... atleast the top half of me can get some sun while I am in the water with Ansley :)
2. down-time while Ansley is napping to catch up on emails and surf the internet
3. sitting and reading a magazine without distractions
4. walking
5. When Rob and I actually get to go on a date :)
6. Painting ... I get stressed at first but always love the finished look and when others are happy with the work I do!

Ok, so now it is your turn .... Ashley, Stephanie, Katie Tucker, Suzy, Mandy Riley, and Kel you have all been tagged!

a little of this and a little of that....

Sorry it has been a while since I have posted but we haven't been doing too much. Ansley has found her new-found freedom with the bed situation and it isn't really going well. We have had a lot of no-naps and late nights before she finally falls asleep! She is also having nightmares and waking up at least once a night so we have all been a little sleep-deprived lately. I am hoping this is just a phase and it will soon pass. If you have any ideas to get her to stay in her bed during nap, please let me know. I am really out of ideas....

Should be napping but instead at the door

Last Thursday was Ansley's last day of school. I was a little sad because it has been nice to have 2 mornings to myself a week and now I am not sure what we are going to do all summer. Plus, Ansley will not be going back to Williamson Chapel next year, she will be going to our church, Davidson United Methodist. It will be great to have her school only a couple of minutes away and to be going to school with kids she will see on a regular basis. But WCP was a great school and her teachers were awesome. We will really miss them next year.

I took a picture of Ansley on her last day of school to document how much she has changed in the past 9 months since she first went to school. She is so independent now and absolutely LOVED school. From the first day, she never looked back and was so excited to be there with other kids.... such a wonderful feeling to watch her so happy!

May 22, 2009 - last day of school "water day"

September 2, 2008 - first day of school

As for our Memorial Day weekend, there isn't really much say. We didn't do a whole lot. The weather was so crummy with rain every day. We were able to get outside one day during the break from storms to enjoy the park. But other then that we just stayed inside. Rob and I took advantage of the bad weather by getting some house projects done (so again, nothing too exciting).
at the yacht club watching the boats come in and the ducks swim in the lake

throwing rocks in the lake... our favorite thing to do

We are ready for this rain to be over with so we can start going to the pool and just being outside! We hope everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend!!!