Week 23

We are getting back into the swing of things around here. Shelby had "Meet the Teacher" and started back to school this week. She loves her school and even though she gives me grief about going she walked right in and said "Bye Mom". Which it was such a relief compared to last year when she just cried and cried and I cried and cried. Chad and I were both off on Friday so we took advantage of our time as a family and went to Bayou Wildlife Park. We were the only ones there and got to feed and pet all the different animals. Shelby loved the tram ride and fed Zonkeys, Ostriches, Camels, Deer, Emus, Antelope, Four Horned Sheep, Horses and so on. Then we enjoyed a weekend working around the house and playing with the girls. Hayen is even sitting so well these day she got to take her first wagon ride, buckled in of course.

Week 22

I'm exhausted this week. I had to go back to work this past week and it wiped me out. I missed the girls so much this week. While I worked the girls hung out with Ishie, Mimi, Nana, and Daddy. Then on Saturday we went to Baby Aubry's first birthday party. The girls had a lot of fun and Shelby and Chad went swimming while Hayden napped at Mimi and Popa's and I got my hair done. Later that day we went to visit with Nanny where Hayden surprised us all. She stayed sitting up for a long time all by herself. She was so proud she just sat there and talked and blew bubbles like always. She is growing up way too fast for me.

Week 21

Summer is coming to an end and I am so bummed. I have loved having all of this time off with my girls. I spent my last few days hanging out with all the Gorman girls. We even took, Josh and Chad with us to see "Storytime Live", featuring Dora, The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets, and Kai Lan. They had so much fun and danced and sang along all the way through. Chad and Josh, not so much. I'm gonna miss my lazy days of summer.

Hayden is also getting to eat some fruits now, and loves Bananas and Peaches. She doesn't spit them at me, Woo hoo!

Week 20

We were still in Florida for the first half of this week. We got to go on a glass bottom boat ride, but the bummer was it was raining and too dark to see out the bottom, but we still had fun. We got to see dolphins swimming next to the boat, how they caught crab and Shelby got to touch it. She also got to hold a little fish they caught and drove the boat. The next night we went down to the boardwalk marina area that was full of restaurants and shops. We ate at a place called The Crazy Lobster, amazing, did some shopping, watched fireworks, and then the girls got to watch a cartoon they were playing on a big screen while they ate their ice cream. After the cartoon was over the girls got to get up on the stage and dance and play. Shelby even got a standing ovation from other people there and she took a bow. We headed home the next day, but not without a souvenir named Dumbo, our new hermit crab. The ride home was not too bad, could have been better, but we did it in one day and we were glad to be home.

While we were gone a lot happened. Hayden figured out she just does not like to lay back at all, so we tried in her in the Johnny Jump Up and she loves it. She loves to sit in the doorway of the pantry and talk and jump as I make dinner. It's super cute. We also started her eating baby food this week. She is not a huge fan of the veggies at all.

The Locklear family also welcomed Baby Wesley into the world while we were gone, so the girls and I decided to head down to Deer Park to meet him. He was so little and cute and Shelby enjoyed playing with Sofie while we were there. After leaving there we had a girls lunch and I took Shelby to have her first snow cone.

Week 19

So time has flown by once again, and so does another week. We went to Florida this week and we were all so excited. The whole Gorman clan loaded up and we all drove to Florida and went camping on the beach for a week. The drive should have taken 10 hours, but going and pulling 2 campers and with 4 little girls we did it over two days and it took us 14 hours of driving time. We had so much fun playing on the beach in Destin. The water, past the seaweed by the shore, was gorgeous. It was as blue as the Carribean. The girls loved playing in the white sand as well and we built all kinds of sand castles and buried each other in the sand. We went to Fuddpuckers resteraunt while we we were there and got to eat some awesome seafood, and feed live alligators. We lowered a pole with a piece of food on it in front of the alligators and they kept snapping it off. The girls even got to play in the mud across from the campsite one day. It started off as just sand but then they got a hold of the water hose, need I say more.