Friday, February 15, 2013

Our First Family Vacation

With the hubby coming home in a few months I went into major vacation planning mode. He will get a month of leave this summer and we knew we wanted to do something or go somewhere just the four of us

This will be our first vacation taking the kids. I am so excited. At first we debated about going home to Wi but quickly squashed that idea. As nice as it would be to see family, we need our own family time. M needs time to readjust to being back, and to adjust to having two kiddos. Not to mention bonding with his son whom he has only spent 2.5 weeks with

We also knew we had to stay somewhere within a decent driving distance. A 10 hour drive tops.

I suggested Sanibel Island Fl. I have gone there numerous times with my family and love it. It's so beautiful. Although we have amazing beaches here in Destin I wanted to go someplace we hasn't been. Someplace that we can't drive to every day. So I called a few places and booked us a condo in sanibel. I'm so excited to spend a week at the beach without worrying about havig to drive home and let the dogs out or about driving back and forth to the beach. One week of uninterrupted family time together! I can't wait

Has anyone ever been to sanibel. Any tips on traveling or vacationing with little kids?


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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

I am

I am...

-not breastfeeding in this pic although the way E is holding my dress it looks like I am. I do however, breastfeed and plan to until E is 1. Give or take a few months before. Gianna weaned herself at 9.5 months we will see if E does the same

I am an army wife

-SAHM who does not miss working. There I said it. I have no desire to go back to work for quite some time. I love being able to stay home with the kids, although there are days they drive me crazy

-addicted to coffee. Well creamer, my coffee mug is more than halfway filled with creamer and than a little splash of coffee. I can't stand the taste of black coffee

-an avid reader. These days my stack of books consist of mostly parenting books. I'm a sucker for them

-afraid of thunderstorms. And tornado's. The worst part of living in Fl is the lack of basements.

-a beach bum. I can spend every day at the beach. Especially given a good book and a fruity drink. Although these days my beach day consists of shovels, sand pails and babies

-anxious. I have horrible anxiety and am just know doing something about it. I worry about everything and always jump to the worst case scenario. I hope my kids don't inherit this trait

-addicted to reality tv. Bachelor, Real housewives and teen mom are some of my favorites

-addicted to Pinterest and social media. Can't get enough.

-a wanna-be photographer. I just need to learn how to use my Nikon!

-a blogger because I wanted to find a way to document my life as a newlywed. Now this hobby has turned into so much more. I have met some amazing people through my blogging journey and love that I have an online journal for my kids to read one day

-honest. Sometimes too much so

-a talker. I love talking and can talk someone's head off. One of my new years resolutions is to talk less and listen more

-a planner. I like to have my days all mapped out with activities. I keep 5 planners and write in them all. I am learning to just have pj days at home where all that matters is snuggling with my kiddos

-a total mom. Watching the grammy's the other night I realized the sad fact that while I can sing and dance the hot dog dance on Mickey Mouse clubhouse I barely knew who any of the bands or singers were at the grammy's. Oh well. One day I will be cool again. Until then hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog