St. Augustine Tour...

David and I bought my parents a Red Train Tour of St. Augustine for their anniversary. Since they now live in St. Augustine, we thought it would be the perfect gift. Unfortunately, it's taken us until April to finally find time to take them on the tour. But I am glad we waited because the weather was gorgeous.

We stopped at the carousel first so Addi Kate could take a ride...she LOVES the carousel!

We then made our way to the Red Train Tour. It takes you all around St. Augustine and the driver shares the history of the city.

We then visited the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum, which was very interesting. Then we headed to the fort. 

We ended the afternoon with dinner at our favorite St. Augustine restaurant, The Conch House.

A good time was had by all!!!

Bubble...

Addi Kate sure does love BUBBLES...and she likes to say BUBBLE too :)

Easter 2014...

We had a GREAT Easter 2014!!!! 

Addi Kate was so much fun this year...she enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs, played with her cousins and friends, ate at the "big girl" table, and loved on her family. 

Her excitement is definitely CONTAGIOUS!!! 

 Addi loves hanging out with her big cousins, Litsa and Eleni.

We searched and searched for Easter eggs...

 

But I think Addison's favorite part of the day was eating what she found INSIDE the eggs :)

This girl also LOVES flowers...she takes after her Jilly and her Momma :)

We had a blessed Easter this year...I still can't believe we are a family of THREE!

Easter Bunny 2014...

We took Addi Kate to visit the Easter Bunny this weekend. After waiting in line and watching all the other kids sit in his lap, we weren't quite sure how she would react. 

She started to pucker up and wanted us to pick her up, but she soon realized that the Easter Bunny was nice after all :)

Easter Bunny pics were a SUCCESS!!!!

Dyeing Easter Eggs...

This year was Addi's first time to dye Easter Eggs...and she had a blast!!! Mommy's OCD was on overdrive with all the mess, but it really was fun watching her make such a mess :)

I read on Pinterest that it would be easier to put the egg in a wisk...this way they can hold the egg without dropping it and cracking the shell.

 

It really did work and it was easy for Addi Kate to hold the wisk instead of the egg.

She was SO proud of herself!!!! And Mommy and Daddy were too :)

I also read that if you added a little olive oil to the dye, it would make pretty eggs. Unfortunately, this didn't work out quite so well, but Addi enjoyed playing in the olive oil and dye!

She kept watching us pull the eggs out of the cups with the big spoon, so she decided to give it a try.

Addi was amazed at the color of her hands :)

Although we made a HUGE mess in the kitchen, we had such a great time watching our girl explore, learn, and dye her first Easter Eggs.

Happy Easter!

Weekend Review...

Our poor little girl got bit by an insect this past week. Addi looked perfectly fine on Wednesday night before she went to bed, but when she woke up, David noticed some small little bites on her face and her hand. We're not sure where they came from, but think that either a mosquito or some other type of bug must have been in her bedroom :( By the time Thursday night came along, the bites had grown! 

 I stopped by the doctor's office and showed them a picture of  her bites and they said as long as they didn't feel hard or started oozing, they would be fine. They recommended we put Neosporin on them to help heal. They don't seem to bother her at all, but they look terrible and make me feel so sad :( I'm hoping they go away soon!!

Addi's great uncle, Jeff, gave her this Snoopy and it is by far her favorite stuffed animal. She sleeps with Snoopy at night and I can always tell when she's read for bed because she'll point at him in her crib and want me to give him to her so she can snuggle before going night night.

 The weather has been gorgeous lately, so we went for a boat ride. Despite the fact that Addi kept wanting to get in the water, she really enjoyed our time on the boat. She played and even attempted to drive the boat. We need to take Addi out on Pop's new boat soon!

We are looking forward to great weather this weekend too for Addi Kate's second Easter. She'll be able to participate in the Easter Egg Hunt and I can't wait to see her face when she wakes up and sees what the Easter Bunny brought her this year.

Outside...

All this little girl wants to do is play OUTSIDE! She loves the outdoors...and I'm so glad :) 

We took her to a local park to play on the swings and the slides.

 We also took her the beach to play in the sand. 

Did I mention that Addi Kate LOVES pointing out the airplanes???

 

We also discovered that Addi REALLY enjoys the waves and running toward the water. Every time we turned around we had to run and bring her back.

 

I hope she always enjoys being outside!