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.

Three Weeks and Thriving

Evangeline had a great third week. It was marked by sleeping six hours most nights and rolling over (see the video below).

She loves story time with daddy which consists of the books Goodnight Moon and Daddy Kisses most nights. She still hates bathtime and getting her diaper changed (what baby does not).

This week Auntie Edge visited and made Evan two super cute hats. She also brought Evan her own Moosler stuffed animal. She and her boyfriend Chad also made Evan a toy box for her toys when she gets older.

At her two week pediatric appointment Friday Evan weighed 8 lbs and 7 oz. She is now almost 22 inches long (one more inch since the hospital). She is tracking things great and loves contrasting colors. Especially stripes and "happy round objects" like the eyes on her owl toy and the round yellow snail on her vibro chair.

We took our first trips out in public this week. We went to Orange Leaf twice, Sophia's for Auntie Edge's birthday, Babbo's Spaghetti House, downtown Columbia's shops (pictured above), church and Target. Next week family come to town on Wednesday for Thanksgiving! We are so blessed to have my parents, sisters, our friend Mike from Washington, DC and Greg's aunt, uncle and cousin joining us. We'll be sure to share photos.

Sorry this is so short but Mama has a lot going on this week. Good news is I will be teaching at Mizzou in the spring. I'm also working on Ph D applications and taking the GRE the week of Thanksgiving.

One more thing: some people wanted to know why we have password protected our blog. We just feel that Evangeline deserves a little privacy and as university professors we need to secure this site to provide her with that. That said, we would love to share this with friends and family so if you know someone who wants to read the blog just shoot us an email at theperreaultfamily@gmail.com and we'll grant them permission to read our posts.