Mini-Vacation

Alicia, Layton, Maggie, and I headed down to the bay last Wednesday for a mini vacation. Thursday and Friday we took the kiddos to Magnolia beach for the afternoon. I haven't been there in years and forgot how close it is to Port Alto....we will be visiting more often!

Funny story....
On Friday, my mom met us in Port Lavaca and went with us to the beach. As you can see in the pics below, Alicia and I had our lounge chairs out in the water so that when we laid on them we were a little bit in the water. The beach had very few people on it and there were a few boats and barges passing by as well. So...as we were enjoying our afternoon of fun, we suddenly noticed that the water was getting deeper where we were sitting-the water was over our chair. So Alicia got up and pulled her chair out and got a beverage, but I didn't because Maggie was also sitting on mine and was playing. We contiued to chat and then I suddenly noticed that the water was gone- we were only sitting on sand. I looked up and saw some large waves coming and yelled to the others. I didn't think to get up because even though they were big, they weren't "that big." Well....I was wrong!!! The waves crashed on the beach and sent our stuff everywhere!!!! I grabbed on to Maggie so the waves didn't take her like they did her toys! Alicia and my mom took off after all of our stuff and gathered it back up while Maggie and I sat there in shock and were soaking wet!
Lesson learned: When a barge goes by, it pushes water up to the shore, sucks it back out...then the waves come!!! So MOVE when you see them! haha

That night the rest of the family came down- Jackson, Slade, Beverly, Dad, Chad, and Robin. Since Dad, Chad, and Robin were fishing in a tournament the next day, they were busy that night, but the rest of us headed to Seadrift and had dinner for Alicia's birthday at Bubba's- YUMMY!! On Saturday we lounged around while the boys played golf in Palacios, and Sunday we celebrated Father's Day with our family and Slade's.

Here are a few random pics....

                                                 Day 1 at the beach

Maggie crawled around playing and then suddenly decided to lay down in the middle of the floor and go to sleep....that was a first! 

                                                    Day 2 at the beach

                                           Singing on my new toy from Aunt Les and Uncle Jack

Can't figure out why these two rotated themselves on here but on my computer they are the right way!

Summer Fun....Kinda...

It's week two of summer, and so far it has been okay! I was really hoping Maggie would realize we are on vacation and she would sleep to at least 8:30 each day....ya right! That has happened once since we've been off!
I've been trying to clean closets/drawers but the little rascal doesn't let me. She's right behind me digging through my piles. This morning my mom kept her for a few hours so I could go to the gym and get some cleaning done. I was able to get done with her closet and drawers! YAY!!! Now it's on to my room!

Maggie has also been going through this fussy/attachment/not eating phase....and it needs to stop!! haha I rock her to sleep for her naps, but as soon as I lay her down, she SCREAMS!! I even rock for about 20 mins after she falls asleep to make sure she is good and out.....still doesn't work. She even does this about 3 nights a week. HELP!!! We even do the tough love and let her scream for a while...but she doesn't put herself to sleep. :( As for eating..sometimes shes a pig...sometimes she won't eat anything! I've been hoping/praying that this is all due to teething...but I still can't find any bumps on her gums.

Alicia and I are heading to the bay on Wednesday for a few days of R&R so hopefully she won't do this the whole time we are there!

Here a few pictures from Memorial Weekend and other stuff.