Thursday, June 23, 2011
Mooma and Grandad's Big Adventure
Mooma and Grandad came out to Florida for a visit since they didn't want to go too long without seeing their favorite grandchild. Jessica and I picked up Mooma and Grandad at the airport in our new spaceship. It's a very comfy ride.
The first local attraction we showed Mooma and Grandad was the Pensacola lighthouse.
Grandad wasted no time when it came to playing with Jessica. He knew that play time could be squeezed into just about every moment of the day. Here's Grandad and my little monkey in the tree.
Grandad and I climbed all 177 stairs to the top of the lighthouse. Mooma stayed at the bottom with Jess because babies aren't allowed, for safety reasons. Halfway up the tower I realized that it probably wasn't a good idea for me to go up either... I had to stop and catch my breath about every 10 steps, this pregnancy is taking it's toll on me.
After the lighthouse, we stopped by the Naval Air Museum... mostly for Grandad and Jessica.
Jessica takes naps whenever and where ever she pleases. This little girl managed to keep all three of us exhausted for 5 days straight. Jessica's motto: Play hard and play hard.
After dinner we like to take a walk down to the water. I usually give Jessica cold watermelon rinds for her to chew on during the walk to keep her happy. 
After we took Mooma and Grandad on their first watermelon walk, we gave Jessica her first real bubble bath.
This next set of pictures shows how Jessica can go from climbing all over the place like a wild little monkey to sleeping in a matter of minutes.


We took the whole family over to Fort Pickens for a little exploration. It was a really cool place that had a lot of small passageways and nooks. I was attacked by fire ants, they were all over the ground and they love the way I taste.



Of course there was shopping too, this is a visit with Mooma after all. It was great to know that Jess and I both got to enjoy ourselves on a shopping trip. Jess got to play with Mooma and Grandad the whole time while I shopped. Here Jessica is pushing her own stroller.
And, making funny faces at Grandad while she discovered that blowing air through her new teeth makes a funny noise.
Jessica got a balloon when we went to Applebee's.
We did more shopping at the Foley Outlets. Mooma and Jess got to ride the carousel all by themselves.
They also found a mechanical horse. Jessica is a natural on plastic horses.


There was nonstop playing back at the hacienda too.
Jessica is learning about airplanes. A plane flies over about every 5 minutes while we're home, so she points in the sky and gets an inquisitive look on her face and I tell her it's an airplane. She tries to say airplane too, but it always comes out as some version of Dada.

And that concludes our wonderful week with Mooma and Grandad, I hope I didn't forget anything.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Father's Day 2011
Jessica gave her daddy another wonderful Father's Day this year. He got another travel mug with pictures of the two of them from their first year together as father and daughter. She also dressed up in a special Tennessee shirt for him...
and charmed her daddy with her beautiful smile.
Then we went to the beach to celebrate.
Mooma and Grandad were visiting us over Father's Day weekend.
A cute shot of our little family at the beach.
Jessica eating some watermelon before she went skinny dipping to wash all the stickies off.
That little girl sure knows how to have a good time. I don't know who enjoyed Father's Day more, Joe or Jessica?
A cute shot of our little family at the beach.
That little girl sure knows how to have a good time. I don't know who enjoyed Father's Day more, Joe or Jessica?
Monday, June 13, 2011
Surf's Up
We spent last Saturday at a birthday party for Jessica's friend, Ella, at Opal beach, which is just east of Pensacola Beach. It was a very nice day and Jess got her first real taste of the ocean. As the following pics show, she thoroughly enjoyed her day at the beach.
She liked splashing around in the waves with daddy

And wading in the water with mommy
She got to try out her new flotation vest. She is modeling it in this picture.
She also got to dress up in the same outfit as mommy. GGP made matching skirts for us. You can kinda see Jess' skirt in this pic.
She liked splashing around in the waves with daddy
And wading in the water with mommy
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