First Vacation!

We went on our first family vacation. We were brave and went to Daytona, Florida. Yes, I know we were crazy for driving over 7 hours with a 5 month old, but you did AMAZING! We had homecoming Sunday morning at church, and then left around 2:15 after fellowship. You cried for the first 20 minutes because you HATE your carseat, but then, you slept about 6 of the 7 hours that we drove! We made one stop at Wendy's to eat.

The next day was beautiful! It was around 45 degrees in Union, but a beautiful 80 degrees in Daytona without a cloud in the sky. We ate breakfast in the hotel room that morning. I started feeding you breakfast and dinner the Saturday before we left. You were really not a fan of the rice cereal, so I just started doing a fruit in the morning and a vegetable at night. I am going to try oatmeal mixed with fruit soon though. I tried bananas, but you broke out with some little bumps after I did it. However, we had also went outside for a while that day, so you may have just sweated. I do just a half a container each time. Sometimes you drink a bottle immediately after you eat, and sometimes you wait a little while.
Mama and Daddy took you out to the beach, but we were a little paranoid about the sun. We pushed you in your stroller, but the wind was blowing pretty bad and we didn't want to get sand in your eyes, so we didn't stay out for long.

 

That night, we went out to eat at the restaurant in our hotel. It was really nice with a great view of the ocean. You ate sweet potatoes and we ate chicken with shrimp. That night, we took another walk on the beach.

The next day we visited Daytona Speedway to take a your. This is a picture of you just relaxing before heading out.

 We took a 90 minute tour of the speedway. Daddy loved it! We put you in the baby bjorn and you basically slept the entire time. Everyone was amazed how well you did.You and I both love the baby bjorn because you are so close to me. I am going to be sad when you out grow it!

You also did great on the way home. We stopped and went to church at Gantt Street that night and went out to eat and Daddy's favorite restaurant, Zesto with Preacher Rowell and his family. We had a great time fellowshipping with them. We got home around midnight and you were asleep of course. I had so much fun spending so much time with you and daddy. I did NOT want to go to work the next day (we came back on wednesday). Daddy and I cannot wait until we can take a 1 week vacation with you! You are a great baby to travel with. We love you!!!!

5 Months Old!

I know I say this every month but it is hard to believe you are 5 months old. You cut your second tooth and have hit another growth spurt. You are in 6-9 month clothes, well closer to 9 months. You are still in size 2 diapers, but you will be out of those soon. You are now eating half of a container of baby food at night. You have tried squash, green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, bananas, and peaches. You like squash, sweet potatoes, and carrots the best, but you are a great eater!! You eat in the bouncy seat, bumbo seat, and your hair chair. You are rolling around everywhere! You roll from back to stomach and stomach to back. You are pushing up really high with your arms and want to crawl so bad but haven't yet. You are sitting up more on your on. We put you in the boppy seat in case you tip over, but are sitting up really well.
I have started waking you up before I leave so that I can spend some time with you and feed you a bottle before I leave. I feel much better doing that.

You are getting so big! Mama and Daddy love you so much and we love spending time with you!

First Overnight Trip

I have to take so many CEU courses each year to keep up my Speech Pathology license and my best friend, Brandi, from grad school and I try to take the same courses so that we can see each other. Well, since we both are new moms and have babies, we were not ready to leave them behind just yet so we made it a family trip. We had bible study Thursday night and did not leave until around 9:00 that night. Lee drove and Lucas and I sat in the back seat. We were a little nervous about driving that far with Lucas for the first time but he was a champ and slept the entire way! When we arrived, of course he woke up with us moving all of the luggage, but he was so sweet and just smiled. After we got his pack-n-play up, I rocked him to sleep and he slept the entire night!
The next morning, Brandi and I had class the entire day. However, we were so excited for our children to meet so we got together during our lunch break. Elliott is 11 months old and they became instant friends. That night, we all went out to eat at Bone Fish Grill.

                                        Proud Daddys with their babies. Lucas is the same size
                                            as Elliott even though they are 6 months apart!

 Saturday afternoon, we went to eat at a BBQ place for lunch and then met Elliott, Von, and Brandi at the Charleston Aquarium. Lucas made it about 30 minutes and then fell asleep.

At the end of our trip, we took a mommy and baby pic. We were sad to say goodbye!

You were a great traveler and did really well for your first overnight trip!