Road Trip to Nashville, TN

When we left our family vacation at the beach, we drove straight to Nashville, Tennessee, to visit Jacob's parents and to celebrate Bailey and Griffin's cousin, Andrew's, first birthday! We debated stopping halfway there to spend the night, but they were so good in the car that we just kept on going! Words can not express how good they did on all of our road trip adventure!

On Friday, we decided to take Bailey and Griffin to the zoo for the first time. They loved it, but they were exhausted and ready for a nap after we were done....so was Mommy!

 

Checking out the monkeys, Bailey finally spotted them swinging in the trees!

Now Griffin found them!  

 

They really were excited to be there...just not to smile for pictures!

Gran and Bailey looking at the elephants

  

They loved the turtles!

 

Juice break!

They had a place in the zoo where you could brush the goats....they were all about it!

Learning with Daddy's help!

  

Bailey getting a little closer!

He was having a good talk!

 It's amazing how tough Daddy's can become softies when their little girls are involved! :)

  

Telling his new friend bye! haha

This child has no fear....Bailey wouldn't even go close to climbing in this hole!

 

There they are!

On Saturday, we got to go over to Uncle David and Aunt Jessie's house to celebrate Andrew's birthday! 

 This was the best one we could get of the three of them!

Later that evening, we decided to go for a little swim with everyone...they LOVED it! 

Griffin and Daddy on the slide, and Papa cheering him on!

He loved it!

 

Bailey was a little more hesitant! 

Sweet Daddy and Bailey!

  

Aunt Jenna and Bailey

  

We had a great time getting to spend time with family and made more fun memories!

Gulf Shores 2013

Last week, we were excited to go on our beach vacation to Gulf Shores, Alabama. I was really hoping that this year would go smoother than last summer. While they were okay last year, they were not a fan of the sand or the ocean...not a good combination! When we got to Gulf Shores, our condo wasn't quite ready, so we went to walk on the beach and re-introduce Bailey and Griffin to the ocean. Griffin LOVED it right away and giggled nonstop with his feet in the water....Bailey on the other hand took a little while to warm up. After a few minutes though, she was good to go! Over the week, we had a great time and made some great memories with Bailey and Griffin! While we were there, another milestone is that Griffin learned to climb out of his bed...let the adventures begin. I will go ahead and apologize for the many pictures that I have posted, but I just had to include all of them!

Griffin and Daddy having fun in the waves!

Bailey was a little more hesitant, but loved it while Daddy held her!

Love this sweet profile picture of my little man!

Ohh....our bathing beauty! Mom, Hannah, and I were sitting in the chairs, and she came over and told Hannah to "Mooze (move) peese (please)"...what a good Aunt!

Griffin had to wave to each airplane that flew by!

Bailey is working hard to get water from the ocean for playing in the sand!

 

Having a blast!

They let me help a little bit!

My Dad and Griffin were covering Jacob with sand, and Griffin decided he should do the same! It cracked us up!

Bailey decided she would join until she realized she would have sand in her hair!

My sweet babies...having a hard time grasping that they will be two tomorrow!!!!

They really do love each other and have the sweetest relationship!

Trying to take the traditional picture in front of the shark....but they realized it was a shark! haha

Checking out the hermit crabs!

Bailey sharing Bebe's ice cream!

I'm a lucky girl!

Mom, Hannah, and I

I was so glad I got to be with my Dad on Father's Day!

Griffin loves his Poppy!

 

They made all kinds of things!

She wasn't in the mood this day!!!

Trying hard for a family picture!

Juice break!

Bailey took a little snooze on Bebe's shoulder....it was much needed!

Time to bury Griffin!

He loved it!!!

 

She was much more pleasant after her little nap! She loves Aunt Hannah!

Staring Daddy down!

Such a special bond!

Mom and Dad....I love that we got to spend the week with them!

No words to describe this one! haha

She has him wrapped around her little finger!

Hug break!

Bailey was NOT in the mood for pictures!

Silly boy!

Buddies!

We had a great time together! I sure wish that my brother, Hayden, could have gone, but he had to work! :( It's so hard being an adult! :)

I'm ready for our next vacation!!!!

Changing the blog name???

Well, the big news in the our household is that we are expecting a sweet new member to our family! It is a huge shock, but reality is setting in, and we are getting more used to our new reality! :) Jacob and I have known that we were expecting for about six weeks. While it was hard to keep the secret, it gave us times to get over our big surprise!

Our sweet baby at 9 weeks and 1 day....I love that you can see his or her little hands and feet already...yes, that's a whole body, not two babies! haha

I will say that when I first found out, I was an emotional wreck! I'm quite a planner, and this wasn't part of my plan yet! However, I have to say that I am so thankful to have Jacob as my husband because he has kept me sane! For anyone who knows Jacob, you know that he is the most practical person ever when it comes to decisions we make in our life. I thought he would be so upset because it wasn't our "plan", however, after he stopped laughing (never saw that one coming), he began to reassure me. He told me that God obviously thought we were ready for another baby because he wouldn't have given this opportunity to us if we couldn't handle it. I still laugh thinking that we tried over a year and a a half for Bailey and Griffin, now we get this huge surprise! 

I thought that I could answer some of my frequently asked questions that I am getting these days:

"Are you serious????" Answer: Yes.

"Are you sure it's just one?" Answer: Yes, that's all that I remember from my dr's appointment. My doctor asked me why I was shaking and I told him that I was just nervous it was going to be multiples. He got a kick out of that!

"Were you trying?" Answer: No, but apparently God thought it was the right time for us...I feel like every time we try to plan something, God just laughs and shows us what His plan for us is!

"How are you feeling?" Answer: Great! I haven't been sick at all, just tired and sometimes emotional! When we found out, Jacob said that explained why I had been going to bed at 8:30 or 9:00 every night!

"Do you realize you're going to have three children under three?" Answer: Yes I do...while it will be a challenge for a short period of life, I know that they will have awesome relationships by being so close in age!

"Can you fit three carseats in your car?" Answer: Nope....not in either one....we are officially in car shopping mode!

"What do Bailey and Griffin think?" Answer: They don't have a clue! However, I was amazed when I showed them the ultrasound and asked them if they knew what it was....Bailey said "Yes, a baby"! Shock...I have no idea how she knows what it is!

"You're going to need help!" Answer: Yes, I will....but luckily, we have an amazing family who helps us when we need them, as well as an amazing support system here that loves our children!

"Do you think 'just one' will be easy?" Answer: I don't know, haha, I have never done it....it will for sure be different!

These are all that I can think of for now! We are now 10 weeks along, and I am excited to be nearing the end of the first trimester! I am so grateful for all of the words of excitement, support, encouragement, and love from all of our friends and family! Those words mean so much to us! I am also SO thankful to have Jacob...there isn't anyone else that I would rather have with me on this crazy journey of our life! 

Guess I'm going to need to change the blog name to Fox Family of Five!!!