Rehoboth Beach Vacation

HI!  We made it to Rehoboth!  We love the beach!  It was so good to finally get away on a real vacation - we had a whole 2 weeks! 

Matt in full relaxation mode.  After all that work @ the hospital - it was time!  The girls loved having Daddy around every day.

This little gal loved her first time @ the beach.

After a day @ the beach, Lucy usually wanted to just put on some jammies and rest on the sofa with a good book.

The girls hanging out on our bed before bedtime.

Pool fun!  Both girls love the water - and again, super happy that Daddy is with them all day.

Yup - Mom and Dad came to visit with us - and spend time with the girls.  Matthew and I were able to go out alone while Nanny and Pappy hung out with the girls.  We had free time to do some damage @ the outlets and walk on the boardwalk in the evening.

so fun and sassy.

The ocean is just amazing!  I love seeing this amazing creation by God.  My mom, sister, and I could live at the beach.  I could sit on the beach for hours and just marvel @ the beauty He has created.   

Dad relaxing (Dad- you are always relaxing!)

My girl loves her grahams!

beach lover!  girl after Momma's heart!

Lucy and Momma's sandy toes

Nanny and I took the girls to the boardwalk for one last time.  Matthew had gone home with Dad to go to the camp with " the guys."  (Dad, brother, and uncles)  Let's just say - that was interesting.  And what Pop Pop used to stay, "What happens @ the camp, stays @ the camp." 

 

playing whack-a-mole with Nanny

Looking @ all the action on the boardwalk

So long beach - see you next summer!

Hello Nanny & Pappy's house.....

coming up next!

Vacation Part 2

 

Disney - Part 3

Lucy and Nanny outside of the Hundred Acre Wood ride.
Annabelle with Daddy (she adores her daddy! - I can get her to smile at me while I'm smiling - but she'll just look at Daddy across the table and just smile and smile!)

Lucy and Daddy ready to ride Dumbo

Our resort at night

Cinderella's castle at night

All in all - we had a great time. Not relaxing, but it was a good trip. I was so thankful that Mom was there with us - Lucy loves her and it was fun for her to spend time with Nanny in their own room. We'll definitely go back but not for a few years! Lucy really liked the parks, but she was more interested in fountains, meeting characters, and feeding the birds. After about an hour at the park she asked if "we could go back to the hotel to swim." Very thankful for a good trip - it certainly is a magical place.

Disney Part 2

Our lovely room attendant, Nilda, took great care of us and even left us some cute animals (pictured here with Miss Annie). Lucy stayed with Nanny and loved it - they were next door to us. They had some swan towels every day and she also left some towels in Mickey's shape on the beds.
Our second day in Magic Kingdom, Lucy had an appointment at the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique to get her hair, nails and makeup done for her birthday present. Here she is picking out her hair accessories with her Fairy Godmother-in-training.

Getting some finishing touches on her hair.

All is done! After this her Fairy Godmother-in-training put on a birthday sash and spun her around to look at herself in the big mirror. Her reaction?......she burst into tears and cried, "I don't like it!" Oh boy....I felt bad for her Fairy Godmother - but Lucy recovered - a photographer stopped her outside and took some shots of her next to Cinderella's fountain.

And what do you do when you get all princess-y? You meet Cinderella in her castle, of course, and have lunch with the princesses!

The castle was beautiful!

Lucy met all the princesses. Here she is with her favorite, Ariel.

Mommy and Daddy's favorite, Belle, came over and gave our Annabelle a kiss on the forehead.

Disney Part 1

Here are some starter pictures of our trip to Disney! We had a really good time - but truth be told - it was rough with a newborn! We planned this trip before Annabelle was born so it all looked "easy" then. But we were glad that we were able to take Lucy for her birthday and spend some good family time together. Our resort was amazing - we stayed at Port Orleans French Quarter. We we go again (in about 4 years!) I'd love to stay there again. The food court was ok - but the rooms, pool, and the resort grounds were just amazing. We had such a pretty view from our room (which we never got a picture of). The picture above is of Lucy in front of one of the Christmas trees in the resort lobby.
She was so excited to meet Daisey - and kept telling all the characters that "she missed them so much!"

Our newest cutie giving Daddy some lovin'.

Having a good day in Epcot - dressed as Snow White.

Stopping to pose with Nanny!

Annabelle rode around in style and this was the only way she would sleep. We couldn't get her to sleep in the carseat in the stroller. So I got to carry around 13 lbs. of baby for 6 whole days.

Our little family pic with Mickey and Minnie

Our first day we ate at the Crystal Palace and met Pooh Bear and his friends. The food was so amazing with such a variety. Definitely worth it to eat there.

More Random Beach Pictures

Checking out the water on the bay side. We had just gotten to the beach area, then had dinner. Lucy was off to collect shells and run after the birds.
Digging with daddy!

Cutie cousins

Pappy and his girls

Lucy drew this picture on a place mat at the restaurant where we were eating. She said, "This is my Daddy. He is so sad that he isn't with me." (Daddy had to fly home to go back to work.)

Me and Sissy

Mini-Golf! Lucy just loved this - I have a cutie pic of Tallie in a straw hat, but that is for her birthday picture on the blog - and an aunt always need to embarrass her tween niece.

Lucy napping - how adorable is this??? I bought her this Cinderella (who she has recently just fallen in love with!) and she hasn't stopped sleeping with her yet.