Reese waiting

I love going into Reese's room and having her standing waiting to be picked up. She is definitely a morning person.

Reese and that face she pulls

Ben pulled out the camera tonight and got some great pictures of Reese. I've tried forever to get a picture of her pulling her angry face. Ben got it! They sure turned out cute.

Ballerina

Today at ballet I took pictures of Eliza. I am going to hang some up in her room. I think they turned out so cute! She loves ballet. I will be excited to see if she continues to love it. I hope she does! I won't force her to do it if she doesn't want to but I sure hope she does! I love my little ballerina!

Reese 8 months (April 26th)

Reese at 8 months...
Rolls all around the house to get where she wants to be
SO close to crawling
Has her two bottom front teeth
Still loves sweet potatoes the most
Likes when daddy gives her bacon
Loves to play peak a boo
Pulls the funniest angry face
Loves the bath
Tries to pull herself up
Ticklish
Learning to wave hi and bye
Loves when mommy sings to her
Is always so excited and happy when she wakes up
Loves to play with Eliza
Goes to bed so easily
Still takes two naps
Survived her first cold
Starting to get some hair
Makes daddy, mommy and Eliza so happy!

A new baby is like the beginning of all things-wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.
Eda le Shan 

Fly Home

I was so ready to go home. I had a great time and relaxed a lot but was so ready to get home. We went to Margaritaville for lunch while we waited for our flight. At the North Carolina Airport they had white rocking chairs. I loved it! It was so endearing. The vacay is over and real life resumes!

St. Maarten

St. Maarten is divided into a French and a Dutch side. Last time we were there we mostly stayed on the Dutch side so this time we stayed on the French side. We went to a French bakery and had some yummy bread and pastries. We got to face time with Eliza because there was wifi there. That was probably my favorite part of the day!

St. Kitts

St. Kitts is beautiful. We just walked around the island today.

St. Lucia

Today was the most packed day of the cruise. We had an excursion all day. We went on a tour that took us all over the island. We stopped and took pictures and lovers bridge. We went to a local restaurant and tried a lot of local food. I was hoping the coconut cake was like Plates and Palates. It wasn’t but it was fun to try it. We went to a banana plant and tried banana ketchup. We bought some if anyone wants to come try it! We went to their sulfur volcano and mud baths. It smelled so bad! They said you get used to it but I’m not sure I ever would. Apparently the bachelor was filmed there so it has become quite popular. We went to a waterfall where mostly just the guys jumped in a for a few minutes. They said it was so hard that it hurt and was not relaxing. It was a fun and long day.