Attempted Escape..

DENIED!

When Daddy dresses Caroline..

She sometimes ends up looking like this haha. But we sure love him for trying! :)

Go the F**k to Sleep - read by Samuel L. Jackson

This had me ROLLING!!! (Don't listen to it with kiddos around!)

Peek-a-boo

5 Months!

I'm 5 months today!

My cute church dress

Successful run!

Madison helping Caroline feed herself.

So, we had a fun weekend just the two of us.  Seth's grandmother passed away, sadly, so he had to fly up to Baltimore this weekend.  We really, really miss him, but we stayed nice and busy this weekend, so it wasn't all bad.  Saturday, we picked up a SWEET jogging stroller from Amy (Woo, thanks!) and went to Kohl's to buy some Father's Day presents.  Then, Madison came over while Candy and Shannon went to the Lady Antebellum concert.  They were so sweet together.  Madison was very helpful and helped me with everything for Caroline.  We had a great time.  Then baby and I got up this morning and joined the Weinfurters and Heinigs (people Seth works with) at church.  Caroline stayed in the nursery and apparently was all smiles and sweetness for them.  I love how her entire face lights up and smiles when other people smile at her.  She is just SUCH a smiley baby.  Afterward, we were pretty worn out so we took a nice, long nap together.  Then, since we'd been a little lazy this weekend (I usually try to catch up on Army Wives when Seth is gone..) I decided to try out that cadillac jogging stroller.  Caroline was squirmy and not enjoying the heat at first, but I'd say a quarter way through my first mile, she was knocked out.  I stopped running just to make sure she was still breathing because she fell asleep so quickly! That thing has SUCH a smooth ride and she slept through my entire run.  I was SO happy!  But, let me tell ya...running while pushing 16 pounds is no joke! I got a great workout in!

And I have been TERRIBLE about measuring Caroline next to her little alligator friend, but I remembered to today on her 5 month birthday.  I cannot believe she's 5 months already! She's changed so much over the last few weeks and can now do the following:
-Roll from back to stomach and the daycare says she's rolled back to her back, but I haven't caught her yet.
-Hold her own bottle (yay!)
-She LOVES playing peek-a-boo and it's the quickest way to get a giggle!
-Once she's on her stomach, she gets up on her knees and can get up on her arms, but tries to pull the ground as opposed to moving her arms.  It's pretty funny to watch.
- So far she LOVES butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, peas, and pears.  She does not, however, like bananas so much...weird.
That's all I can think of right now, but I love the funny little personality she is developing.  Her smiles and giggles melt my heart and make my days so much sweeter.  Here's to the next 5 months going by more slowly!

Adelily festival

Caroline had so much fun today at the Adelily Festival with one of her BFFs, Madison. She just loooooves other kids! (Even when it's a billion degrees outside...)

Memorial Day weekend in Florida

Photography  by Siobhan Simeone

Caroline LOVES Vivianna

I'm ready for the beach, Mom!

Workin on my tan..

So we packed up the house, ok only half of the house, and headed down to visit the Simeones this weekend in Navarre.  We got there kinda late Friday night, so we put baby straight to bed and enjoyed some delicious margaritas with Steve and Siobhan.  Needless to say, we were hurting the next day.  So, once we were all recovered we packed up the babies and went to lunch.  After some yummy, greasy burgers, we headed to Destin to walk it off in the wonderful sunshine.  The water was PACKED with boats.  I'll admit, it was the first time I REALLY wished we were vacationing babyless.  But, we decided that healthwise it was better to vacation with baby, haha.  Afterward, we went to an AH-MAZING frozen yogurt place, 32degrees. SO good.  Caroline was such a great baby all weekend.  She LOVED Vivianna and would laugh at her and give her the BIGGEST smiles every time she came around.  I think it's because she has so much interaction with babies that are a few months older than her at the daycare.  She didn't fuss at all and just enjoyed rolling around on the floor with Vivi...yeah, she's a MAJOR roller now.  We all went to bed early on Saturday because we were still tired from the margaritas traveling the night before.  Sunday we all lathered up with sunblock, overpacked, and took the babies to Navarre Beach.  It was beautiful and breezy and Caroline loved it! I took her in the water for a little while, but it was getting close to nap time, so I layed her down and she passed right out.  It looked so peaceful taking a nice, long nap under an umbrella with the beach breeze and waves crashing in the background.  I think all this water/sun tolerance we've been training our little pale child with is working! Which is great because the cruise is only two months away!!  Sunday night, Steve and Siobhan watched Caroline while Seth and I went to the Pensacola Fish House for dinner.  The restaurant was great.  The view was amazing, right on the water, but the shrimp and grits were nowhere near as good as my dad's....but the food was still good.  Monday we had to pack up and head back, which was sad.  But not before my very talented cousin took pictures of Caroline.  I can't wait to print and hang them!  I hope everyone else had a relaxing, enjoyable holiday.