Our Little Get Away

The Oregon Coast
Day Two - Thursday

August 13th, 2009

Thursday was our beach day. We always have so many other things we would like to do while we were down at the coast but we always find at least one day to just sit on the beach. There is this great beach down by the Mo's restaurant in Lincoln City that my mom just loves. It has tons of logs for the kids to play on. So just to warn, there is lots of pictures!

We started the day off at my parents beach again, we loved it there too!

Brody fell asleep in the car on the way over, and actually stayed asleep!

He keep peeking around Natalie's chair, I thought it was so cute.

My Mom playing some ball with the guys. I believe she hit 3 home runs too, better then any of the guys!

Stuart fits right in with the guys. Him and Dan throwing Evan into the ocean.

Anya has always been such a good Aunt to Brody, they have a great relationship.


I always have to get in the water at least once, no matter how cold it is. It was actually a very nice day out, but the water was still freezing...that is until your so numb you don't feel it anymore!

Natalie brought these shovels and Brody absolutely loved them! He had a great time playing and digging in the sand.

You cant get much cuter then a little baby foot in the sand!

Stuart and Evan had fun with the skim board. I think Stuart forgets hes not 14 anymore though, he had kind of a rough night with his neck and back after that haha.

My mom loved taking pictures of Brody in the sand.

It started to rain so we left the beach for a while and went swimming at my parents hotel. Once it cleared up we went to the beach right below where they were staying.

Brody adores my mom, and she adores him too, I swear sometimes he thinks she is his mom!

Brody found the long grass quiet fun to play with.

Natalie and Erika. These two were such an amazing help with Brody! They are always so great with him, always willing to do something to make things easier for me, Thanks so much!

I absolutely adore my parents relationship, they are so in love with each other even after all these years and kids later. My Dad loves my Mom with everything he has, he would do anything and everything for her. My Mom thinks the world of my Dad as well. I can only hope that someday Stuart and I will have a relationship just like theirs.

Starting the camp fire up. Brody didn't last too long tonight so my Mom and I took him back to the house for a bath.

Erika and Emma, cute sisters!

Our Little Get Away

The Oregon Coast

Day One - Wednesday

August 12th, 2009

Every since I was little I can remember going to the beach as a family. I absolutely love the beach and always have. Some of my favorite family memories are of us at the beach. We always go with at least one other family with makes it so much fun. It hardly ever fails that the Burnett's go with us..we love spending time with the Burnett's, they are like family to us. We also love it when we can go at the same time as the Blair's, all the kids have so much fun together. I was so excited this year to not only be able to go with my parents but to also have my new little family with me as well. It was so much fun being there with Stuart and Brody. Last year when we went I was about 9 months pregnant with Brody, its crazy to look at those pictures and then see our new pictures from this year...so much can change in just one year!

(Just to warn you all, I might have gone a little over board on all the pictures, but Brody just looked so cute in too many of them!)

Stuart somehow got the idea stuck in his head that we were leaving at 4:00am..yes I said AM, haha if anyone knows me very well they know I am not a morning person. I am becoming better now that I am a mom, only because I have to though. Well we ended up waking up at 4:00, so there went his plan but we left our house at 5:20am..which is still very very early for me. Brody did really good in the morning. I took this picture not too long after he woke up, we thought it was so cute that he was stretching his leg up on all the luggage that was piled next to him.

No Brody is not driving, hes just sitting on Daddy's lap in the outlet malls parking lot. Anya freaked out when she first saw this picture, haha like we would actually let Brody drive. My parents went to Camas the night before and stayed with the Burnett's, so we meet up with them at the outlet mall and drove together the rest of the way.


Brody was sooo excited to be out of the car by the time we got there! He had had just about enough. I think he looks so cute and grown up in this picture. He looks like a little toddler, I still cant get over the fact of how fast he is growing.

The first thing we did was go out for some fish n chips and clam chowder. This is one thing I defiantly love about going to the beach, I will get it every time we eat out and never get sick of it, I'm not a big seafood fan..but when were at the beach that's all I want to eat. Brody didn't mind the clam chowder either, but didn't care too much for the fish. This is us at the beach access by the house my parents and the Burnett's rented. It was a beautiful beach but a big time pain to get to, way to many stairs!

Brody's first time on the beach. I wasn't too sure how he would like the sand but he ended up loving it right away, must of gotten that from mommy!


We of course had to bury him. We went easy on him though and just did his legs, didn't want to scare him his first time at the beach.

Of course he ended up eating a little bit, we knew that was going to happen. Everything that little boy touches sooner or later goes to his mouth. Surprisingly He didn't seem to mind it that much though.

We kind of considered this our Honeymoon too. We didn't go anywhere right after we were married so this was our little get away and honestly I loved spending it with everyone! They were great and gave us our alone time too but it was so much fun being with our family and friends.

My Dad and Husband. They already have a great relationship and I am so grateful for that. It has always been important to me that whoever I married would get alone with my family and my family would enjoy him as well.


Brody liked it, but he just ended up getting a whole bunch of sand stuck to his mouth!

My mom actually caught a picture of Stuart kissing me!! I don't know if it will ever happen again so don't get used to it. I have no idea why he is so uptight about it but he doesn't like to show affection in front of other people.

Brody playing in the sand with Uncle Evan, Erica and Emma.

Bro's First Pool

Bro's First Pool

Wednesday

July 1st, 2009

I had been wanting to get a little pool for Brody for a while now that its been getting pretty hot out. There was some really nice ones at Wal Mart that even had little palm tress hanging over them, but they cost $25, so I was putting it off. We went to Win co the other day (don't tell my Dad, haha wont make him to happy) and I saw this pool for only $10, I couldn't resist so I grabbed it. Good thing I did too cause Its getting sooo hot out. I didn't even have to leave the water in very long and it was already warm enough. Brody absolutely loved the pool, and of course he had a full audience to entertain too...everyone wanted to see his first time in the pool.

He loved splashing, he didn't even care that it got in his face and eyes. He just got the biggest kick out of splashing!

He also loved how the sides sunk in when he pushed on it. And yes this is a normal thing for him, he has to at least TRY and eat everything that he comes in contact with.

My Little Climbing Monster

My Little Climbing Monster
Sunday

June 28th, 2009

Ever since Brody started crawling he has been all over the place, he's unstoppable I swear! It's almost like now that he can actually move around on his own he thinks that he has to explore everything. And I love it I really do because I see how happy it makes him, but oh boy can he get into things. He makes mess after mess. But like I said I love it and I love him! It also keeps him a little more entertained now that he can find new and fun things on his own. The most recent new and fun thing he found was the stairs..yes the dreaded stairs. My Mom for some reason absolutely refuses to get gates too, so that doesn't help much. Brody started going up the stairs a little on day, but then my Dad thought that it would be fun to show him how to get all the way up. Yea, that didn't make my Mom and I very happy. My mom told him "Are you crazy? Your not the one who has to be home with him all day!" He hasn't seemed to hurt himself so far, hopefully we wont be having any brutal falls anytime soon!

He knows he's doing something naughty!