Lots of updates!

I finally have gotten some updates done. Check them out!

• Yummy Tropical Smoothie!
• Crib Update
• Do you know the Muffin Man?
• Utensils!!!
• Helping Da Da
• A visit from New Jersey
• Busch Gardens

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my moms birthday! We hope that you have a great day. We love you very much and would not know what to do without all of your help, guidance and love!

Hugs and Kisses!!!

Yummy Tropical Smoothie!

I had to take Blair to the doctor because she had thrush. She did as well as can be expected when her mouth hurt and she does not like the doctors office. We had to drop her prescription off at the pharmacy and wait for it so I decided that we would get Tropical Smoothie while we waited. It was a BIG hit. I let Blair have some in the car and then she finished the rest at home. She loved it and did very well drinking from the straw and then drinking from the cup. She made a mess but at least she loved it!!!!

Crib Update

Blair is doing SO well in her crib. I brush her teeth and put her to bed. She just lays down and lets me cover her up and then goes to bed. She is even sleeping at least 9 to 10 hour at a time!

Do you know the muffin man?

Our neighbors across the street have given us tons of baby stuff. Our latest "gift" is this little scooter. They were more than happy to pass it along. Only a little while later, did we find out why they were so happy to get rid of it... It has two buttons on it. One plays "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and the other one plays "Do you know the Muffin Man?" Blair love buttons. She loves to press them repeatedly, over and over and over and over and over again. It doesn't matter if the song is still playing or not. She just loves to press the buttons. Most toys will continue with the song even if the button is pressed again. Not this one. This one likes to start the song from the beginning every time the button is pressed. So this causes us to get the remixed versions of the songs. So it goes something like this... "Do you, do you, do, do you, do you know the Muffin, do you know, do you know the Muffin man, the Muffin man, the Muffin man. Do you know the muffin man who lives on Durry Lane?" And then it just keeps on repeating until Blair decides that Twinkle, Twinkle is a better remixed song. But she loves it so what can we do but listen to the songs over and over and over again!

Utensils!!!

Blair eats off of my plate a lot. She had started to grab at my fork and try to put it in her mouth. I went and got her a cute, purple fork and spoon of her own. She did so well on her first try and loves to use her fork and spoon. She does much better with the fork than the spoon. It is nice that she can feed her self now, but sometimes it makes more of a mess and it defiantly takes more time than fingers.

Helping Da Da

Nick was washing the Jeep and he had the cooler filled with water and bubbles. The girls from across the street decided that it would be fun to play in. Blair watched them for a few minutes before she joined in the fun too!

A visit from New Jersey

Nicks sister and her two kids came down from New Jersey for the weekend. We had them and Nicks parents over for a cookout. They have not been down here for quite a while and had not met Blair yet. I only got a few pictures from the day, but we had fun!

Busch Gardens

We were able to have some family fun on Sunday and we took a trip up to Busch Gardens. We went with two other families from our court so that we would have plenty of hands and eyes to watch over the 3 little girls. It was so hot!!! The first thing that we did when we got into the park was go to the new Sesame Street area. There are a few kid friendly rides and there is also a water area and a show put on by the characters. Nick and I took Blair on the worm ride and Blair was not a humongous fan but she did OK. Blair did not like the big characters either. I tried to get a picture with Ernie, but Blair just cried! After we finished with the few rides that were in this area, Blair and I got some Dippin' Dots and watched our friends go on Escape from Pompeii. I had forgotten Blair's breakfast in the car, so Dippin' Dots was her breakfast. After our snack, we headed over and put the little girls on the Little Gliders ride and the Hot Air Balloon ride. Blair like the Little Gliders ride! We headed over to Apollo's Chariot and Nick was awesome and stayed with the girls. Our next stop was to grab another snack for the kids and some cold drinks and take a break from the heat. During our break, we played a few games and got Blair a stuffed duck and a Scooby Doo. Blair loved the duck and was so excited about it. Almost everyone wanted to go on Roman Rapids and get soaked so Elliot and I stayed behind with the girls. Everyone came off of the ride SOAKED! We took another break and headed out to the cars to eat lunch. After lunch, we headed over to Griffin. And that is when the lightning and thunder started. We ended up waiting about an hour between the storm and then making sure that the storm had passed before the ride was open again. I stayed with the girls while everyone else went and rode. Our next stop was a 4D ride called Corkscrew Hill. After that, we stared to walk over to the Big Bad Wolf and the rain started again. We hung out in one of the shops and waited for the storm to pass. Nick and I had bought food passes online so we decided that we would have dinner and then leave. Everyone else we were with, went home before we ate. Since the day was mostly rainy and they had to close the rides, we were able to get rain passes to go back another day. I think that we are going to go back for Hallowscream in October. All in all, it was a fun hot, rainy day.

Eighth tooth

Blair's eighth tooth came in about a week and a half ago. I meant to post but kept forgetting...