Only When I'm Pregnant - 23 Weeks

Nesting has overtaken me!  Every free minute I have, I'm thinking of ways to reorganize and planning what's the next thing I need to clean.  Kevin is probably getting fed up with all my ideas, but they really are good suggestions!  A lot of the "suggestions" just require him to build something or fix something... we still have 17 weeks or so to get it all done :)

I'm throwing around the idea of making Baby #3's bedding.  I found some patterns that don't look too overly complicated.  I know I've never really sewn anything, so this may seem like a bigger challenge than I think.  I'm going to go price some material this week and pick out some colors.  I know it will be cheaper to make it than buy it, so that's my motivation!

Chocolate and Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri's from Cheeseburger in Paradise are my only big cravings this week.  Looking forward to next week when I have another doctor's appointment!  (And hopefully a new computer so I can stay more up to date with my blog!)

Souvenirs

We brought home some fun things from our trip!  Here's a quick look at the goods!

Matching Bass Pro shirts for everyone, Destin shirts for the kids, jewelry and scarves for me, a new purse, fudge, an ornament for our Christmas tree, and Kevin got two signs for the "man cave".   Kevin also got a new pair of Nike shoes from the outlet but I forgot to include them in the picture!

Go Karts - FL Edition

Kevin decided he wanted to take Hayden to race go karts while we were in Florida.  Kevin took Hayden once and I took him the second time.  Hayden liked riding with his daddy better than his mommy because I  kept going too fast! 

The track

Off they go!

Down the hill...

Mommy's turn :)

 Allie was too little for the go karts, but she was much happier riding the horse!!!

Random FL Pics

There were a couple days on the beach that we had to deal with lots of seaweed!  It was crazy that the next day it was all gone!

Not sure what kind of pose this is from Allie...

We walked past this lake everyday going to the beach. 

Kevin asked me if he should wear these pants with that shirt.  He was being 100% serious.  I'm so glad he has me to dress him!  Oh my!

 Little photo shoot with Allie in the condo :) 

Sheriff's truck patrolling the beach!  I'd like to have THAT job!

I thought Hayden and I both needed our picture next to the "HD DRIVE" since we are both "HD"!

We found this "Welcome to Destin" sign while driving around.

Wish we would have spent more time checking out the harbor. 

Kilwins

Our favorite stop on our whole trip was Kilwin's!  We went there three times during the course of the week!  Their ice cream is a-maz-ing!  They have displays full of chocolate covered everything, a dozen different types of fudge, and caramel apples topped several different ways!  It wasn't cheap, but it was so good it didn't matter!!!  Kevin got the same ol' boring vanilla ice cream every time we went.  The kids both got vanilla too (must take after their daddy)!  I got the chocolate ice cream the first trip.  The second trip I tried the salted caramel ice cream and it was so so so good.  I ended up getting it again on our last trip (along with a box full of fudge for the ride home)!

The kids ice cream came with 2 eyes on top :)

To sweeten the experience, on our first trip there, we were sitting at one of the only tables inside looking at pictures of their moose mascot with customers.  I was floored to see someone in one of the pictures I recognized!!!

It was my sister and her husband and her brother in law!  I called her when we left to tell her she was famous, and she didn't know her picture was hanging up there.  It was a neat surprise :)

Beach Pictures

We spent anywhere from 3-5 hours on the beach every day.  Allie was scared of the ocean, but on the last day we were there, she wanted to get her toes wet.  She loved the water splashing her feet.  Hayden loved the beach, the sand, the water - everything! - as soon as we got there!  The weather was 85-90 everyday.  It did rain one evening once we got the kids to bed, but the skies were sunny every day!  Here are some of my favorite beach pictures from the week. 

She didn't know what to think of the sand on her hands.

Sand on her feet is a lot cuter than sand on my feet!

Trying to get her to warm up to the water, but she wasn't having it!

Nap time on the beach.

There was a little crab in this shell that washed up.

I was trying to help Hayden build a sand castle.  It wasn't very impressive, but it was fun!

We found this crab in the midst of all the seaweed!  He wasn't fond of us and Kevin was able to get him washed back out in the water.  Ewww!

Planes were flying over us every day!  Allie learned the word "airplane" and "helicopter" this week!

Pretty beaches!

Hayden LOVING the water!

Beautiful blue skies and water!

Could look at this view all day, every day!

One benefit to staying on a private beach is it's never very crowded!

Kevin and I decided we'd like to have one of these houses :)  In our dreams!!!

Bass Pro - Destin

 Kevin was looking forward to going to Bass Pro almost as much as going to the beach!  I really enjoy the stores too.  They have lots of cute jewlery and it's always fun to see what animals are all over the store!  Although it was little, it was full of good shopping and things to see!

You'd think I told them to make a funny face - but I guess having the sun in your eyes just makes that happen without trying?

The door handles were fishing poles!  So neat!

Hayden and Allie sitting by the aquarium.