Port Aransas

A few weeks ago, we took a family trip to the coast. We did meet my in-laws their also, but it was our little family of three's FIRST beach vacation. My FIL has an offshore fishing boat so we were able to do a little bit of bay fishing and dolphin watching whenever we liked.  I was looking forward to just getting away, not cooking and having some R&R. And we did just that.

This was the view from our room. Pretty nice, huh? We stayed at The Dunes Condominiums, and it was great. We will definitely stay there again. 

When we arrived at the ferry, we got Finley our of her car seat and she sat in her daddy's lap as we rode the ferry across. She said we were on a "Big Boat"

This was Finley's first time down to the beach. She was a little hesitant, but willing to go with mommy and daddy. She has been talking much more over the last few weeks at home and really big into saying , "look, mommy... pool!", every time we would pass the community pool at home. When she saw the ocean for the first time she said, "Mommy, daddy, look... BIG POOL!". Over all I think she had a great time!

This is our bay fishing trip we took. The guys didn't have any luck the day before and I actually caught the most fish the day we went. Unfortunately, we didn't catch enough to take back with us. But we sure did have fun. 

We managed to snag two family photos while we were there. 

The good thing about having a pepaw that has a boat is we can dolphin watch when we want! 

Look Who's Two

For starters, I know I am a couple months late, but I have realized lately that I will want this to look back at this. And if I don't I hope Finley will.

Back to my title - Look Who's Two! Well my little Finley girl, you are growing up to be such a beautiful girl. Your daddy and I love you to the moon and back. You fill our lives with so many laughs, tears, joy and happiness.

For your special day, momma wanted to keep it simple with just family and a few friends. The weather was windy, but enjoyable. You were able to hang out with your cousin Corbyn and ALL your grandparents. Your grammy did a fantastic chocolate - vanilla birthday cake, along with your Aunt Lisa adding some of her own creative pieces to make it look like Minnie Mouse.

She was so excited about all of us singing to her. She started clapping! 

Finley and her cousin Corbyn 

Grammy and Corbyn 

Corbyn, Finley and Sutton - she is already pulling those boys around :)

Grammy, Finley, Nana, Pawpaw, Nenaw, Corbyn and Pepaw - There is another picture that came shortly after this picture was taken that I will share in a separate post. 

Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate!

Finley's 2 Year Well Baby Check

Two year stats:


30 lbs. (90%)
35 in. tall  (90%)


Your Nana has always said if you double your height at 2 years old, we could estimate that you could be that tall when you are older. Which would mean you would be 70" or 5' 10". With a mommy that's 5' and a daddy that's 6'4", I guess that wouldn't be impossible... 


You are such a sweet little girl and always have been. At two years old, you are such a daddy's girl! At times it frustrating, but other times I love it. Your relationship with your daddy will continue to grow as mine did with my dad. 

We love watching you grow! Happy Birthday! 

Our Florida trip

One of our family vacations this year was to The Villages, Florida. We flew to Orlando with my parents to visit my grandparents. I am a very nervous flyer, not to mention we had our 13 month old flying with us.  I had been told that Finley would most likely fall asleep during take-off… What was I thinking? Let’s just say we all made it safely, and Finley fell asleep during our descent! While we were in Florida, we went to Disney World, my dad and Jeremy played golf, we ate out, Finley learned to WALK, we rode around in golf carts and spent some much needed grandparent time!

Who said riding Dumbo was just for kids! Did I mention that it was my FIRST time to Disney World?

Nana, Finley and myself going out to lunch

We would go to the square at night, and she wanted to walk the whole time!

Walking with daddy and pawpaw!

We rode the boat for 'It's a small world' and it was awesome! Finley loved it and couldn't keep her eyes off the characters!

What daddy's will do for their daughters - he said everyone must ride the teacups! And we did!

Nana and Finley at the Dumbo ride

Noni and Finley on the train around the Magic Kingdom Park

Momma and Finley in line for the carousel

Look who's driving the golf cart?

And walking again, with my Nana and Noni

We had such a great time while vacationing in Florida this summer and can't wait to go back when Finley gets bigger!