Heading home from Florida

One more post from our trip to Florida. Here are photos from our trip home. We stopped in Live Oak for dinner with Greg's dad and his wife Rachel and then drove a few more hours. We stayed the night and then drove 12 hours back to Columbia. It was a long trip with a toddler and dog in the car, but we were grateful to be home.

On the swing.

"whoa!"

Hanging with her grandparents. Ready to sleep in the car.

My new favorite photo.

Another stop at Cracker Barrel.

St. Louis Arch. Only two hours left until home.

Florida Visit in March, Part 2

We enjoyed park play time and visiting our friends Rose and Scott and their two little ones. Evangeline loves Allison (3) and Luke (1). Evangeline is right between the two of them and loved playing with them in the back yard with bubbles.

 

We also got to see our friends again at Church on Easter Sunday. Evangeline loved the Easter Egg Hunt at the Chapel and looked adorable in her Malley and Co. dress.

Bright sun on Easter Sunday on Palm Beach Island

Evangeline in her dress and the Intra-costal waterway.

Sitting in church before the service.

Easter Egg hunting with Aunt Edge.

Couldn't wait before the wrapper came off. So impatient.

Beautiful friend Rose and her son Luke. Me and Evangeline.

Allison and Luke with their eggs.

Evangeline and Luke.

Florida Visit in March, Part 1

In March we took our second trip driving down to Florida. With Wylie, Evangeline and our stuff in our small car the trip was not the most comfortable, but it was worth visiting Alabama and Florida to see family we had not seen since last summer. Here are some favorite photos from our trip.

We started the trip early to avoid an impeding snow storm. That meant we got an extra day in Birmingham with Edge. We also stopped in Live Oak to visit with G'ma Rachel for lunch on the way down.

Drinking "Milk" was our favorite car activity.

Enjoyed our multiple stops at Cracker Barrel.

Evangeline hiding at Momma Goldberg's Deli in Birmingham, AL

Evangeline loves her Aunt Edge.

Visiting G'Ma on the farm in Live Oak, Florida.

Meeting the goats.

Walking around in downtown Live Oak.

We finally arrived in West Palm Beach after two days of driving from Missouri. Evangeline loved the Florida "heat" although everyone we met thought it was really cold outside. In reality it was 50 to 80 degrees the entire time we were there. Which was great weather considering Missouri had a high of 38 during spring break.

Hanging out with Nana.

Spending time with Grandnana.

Walking to the park. Our daily outing in Wellington.

Evangeline loved the fountains all over Florida.

And the swings.

A shot with mommy. Someone looks tired.

Cuddled up in the pack and play with Sammy the frog.

Feeding and meeting Nana's fish.

In downtown West Palm Beach at City Place having Ritas's

Another trip to the park

She loves slides!

Playing in the baby pool with ducks.

10 Months of I love yous

Evangeline is in to everything, I love this one of her under a table.

Morning play time in her Mizzou Onesie.

Evangeline is close to 21 lbs, however, this month she had a stomach flu and lost a lot of weight. It was so hard for Greg and I to watch her sick, but with a lot of extra love and sleep she's almost fully recovered. I cannot believe I have a walking 10-month-old. She babbles and loves to dance. She's very fast.

Evan playing with mommy's baby blanket.

Only two months until her birthday! Time goes by so quickly. I remember the last two months of my pregnancy very clearly, but they seemed more like two years than two months.
This month we visited Greg's mom-- Nana Candy--and Grandnana in Florida.

To wrap up the summer, we went on a portion of the Missouri Wine Tour. Well two of ten stops, Evangeline did not make it very far. We also celebrated a year in Missouri and of knowing our friends Brenda and Kyle, by going to Chipotle--where we first went the Saturday of birth class. I also happened to be Brenda's birthday.

Hanging out with our sick little miss P.

We spent the week before classes cleaning up around the house and wrapping up summer projects. Evangeline got some quality mom and dad time in. Greg even painted the wall of the back porch and installed a new baby gate in the basement.

New baby gate in the basement.

Evangeline loves to read on the Ipad with Greg in the morning and play her Dora alphabet game of course.

Evangeline went to her first two birthday parties this month for our neighbors Arlen and Sophie. She loved playing with all the kids.

With Marcus at our neighbor Sophie's birthday party

At library story time.

Playing in the basement with daddy and mommy.

Greg and I also started back to work and school this week. So having a sick baby and starting work/school made the week extra hard on our family.

It's the end my first official week in the Missouri Journalism Ph. D program. Although I am tired and my brain is a bit overloaded, I am so glad to have this opportunity. During orientation I made some new friends, and learned a lot about myself and Mizzou (that I did not know even though I've lived her over a year now).

I'm going to be spotty with blogging with the graduate school commitments, but I'll try my best to post something here periodically to keep you all updated.

Florida Summer Adventure

Here are some recent photos from our trip to visit Greg's Mom and Grandmother earlier this month. Greg's sister Edge surprised us and was there when we arrived. We even got to see some friends, and Evangeline took her first trip to the beach. It was a nice vacation before returning to the life of graduate school and work.

Greg playing with Evangeline

Saying goodby to Nana and Aunt Edge at the Airport.

Evangeline loved watching the planes on the tarmac and the people loading luggage.

At the Blue Note Cafe in the Memphis Airport Enjoying a Biscoff Cracker

Evangeline looking at photos of dogs with her Grand-Nana

Playing the piano at Grand-nanas

Playing with Aunt Edge.

On the piano with Grand-nana and playing in the living room.

On Flagpole beach in Palm Beach with daddy

Digging in the sand with Allison Heard

Hanging out with Allison and Luke Heard

More adventures at Grand-Nana's

Love this duckie towl that Nana Candy gave her. She's got a great pouty face.