Hilton Head

We had a great visit with Tyler's family in Hilton Head last week. The weather ended up being nice most days even though it was a chance of rain every day. Savannah did amazing and had fun playing in the water, squealing for everyone, and showing off her new push up position. She did great on the drive and really just got fussy after hour 7 in the car. Skylar was sick most of the week which really put a huge damper on her (and sometimes our!) enjoyment of the week. She had an ear infection and terribly yucky nose which meant she couldn't sleep well...which in turn provided a whiny, tired, unhappy two year old. She even threw up in the car on the way there after only 2 hours of driving and another 7 to go. After we had cleaned up and "recovered" we had to just laugh...I mean really- did that just happen!?! I hate that she was sick- it was such terrible timing! She usually loves the water and the beach and it was sad she couldn't join everyone outside. Finally on the last day she was feeling a little better and got to enjoy the beach and the pool for a little bit. We attempted to take her out a few times in spite of sickness just so she wouldn't be stuck inside all week, but we usually ended up leaving about 20 minutes later when the whining started.
Despite Sky being sick, we had a great time visiting with everyone and getting to see our niece Caroline who thoroughly loved the beach this year. I loved all the help with feeding bottles and baby meals and really loved going out to dinner every night to super yummy food and drinks and then coming home to no dishes!
All the girls got along great and shared toys well. I think Caroline got jealous one time when Mimi was holding Savannah and she wanted us to move her so she could take a picture of just Mimi with no Savannah in her lap:)

Uncle Jack and sleepy Savannah

First time to the beach!

Aunt Minde and Savannah

Skylar, Savannah, CJ

Nap time

Heading to the beach...

Kisses from Uncle James

Savannah push ups

Swinging at the playground

Cutie!

New bow from the Aunt Minde, Uncle James, and CJ

Oh, yes we did! :)

Savannah too sleepy to wake up for a late night poopy diaper change

Mins and Caroline

Mimi and girls

Waiting outside Wild Wing Cafe

Savannah and Lori

Front view of our house

Finally getting to enjoy the beach- yay!

Savannah loved the water!

Yoga baby

Chillin in the pool

Strawberry Picking

We took the girls strawberry picking on Saturday. Skylar had a great time and Savannah was amazingly good the whole time. We went to the same farm where we picked pumpkins and they have events year round with different crops. They have lots of other fun things to do while you are there too. Here is Sky playing in the giant corn play area. I maybe would have thought twice about putting her in the pile of germy corn, but since she is still finishing an antibiotic I figured- why not. It's funny how having kids makes you think about how clean things really are.

Another bouncy house!! Skylar got to jump two weekends in a row. Tyler had fun bouncing with her this time and again- she completely loved it!!

Picking strawberries

Berry face

Yum! O my gosh the strawberries were so good! All the little kids had red faces and clothes- it was so cute.

Wagon ride back from the strawberry field

Lately...

Here are some pictures of recent happenings. We have mostly been hanging out around the house because the girls were recovering from infections and then Ty and I both got sick. Everyone is doing much better now!

Poor Skylar's chapped nose from wiping it so much:(

A little after breakfast reading while Mommy finishes the dishes

Skylar got glasses last week. We have been looking for the perfect pair and perfect fit for almost 6 months now. I had no idea how impossible it would be to fit a 2 yr old for glasses. She is doing way better than I expected with them. She still wants to take them off some especially when she gets sleepy, but is doing a great job of keeping them on for the most part. She hates it when she goes to rub her eyes and the glasses are in her way:( We think she looks adorable in them.

Pushing around her new and improved ambulance with even more siren sounds than the original...(thanks alot Gigi.)

Savannah back to her happy self!

Savannah squeals and tummy time

Savannah 6 months old

Savannah is 6 months old now! She weighs 13 lbs 12 oz and is 25 in tall. She has tons of personality and is constantly making me laugh with her funny faces and sounds...which are SO LOUD! The girl has got some lungs! Usually it is happy squealing sounds, but she also got her first ear infection this week and has done lots of screaming and crying in her loud voice too. I had no idea what was wrong with her and she just kept crying and acting very unlike herself. Glad we finally figured it out. Skylar has a sinus infection too this week...all after both of their well baby visits to the doctor last week where they were both completely healthy and fine. On antibiotics now so hopefully everyone will be feeling better soon.
Savannah still loves watching her sister and looks longingly at her playing with her trucks. I think that will be the first thing she goes for when she gets moving. She is not sitting up yet and barely wants to bend her body to sit down. She just likes to stand and is a strong archer just like Skylar was. She doesn't love getting dressed and squirms and fights the whole time. Somehow she manages to kick open the snaps on her sleeper. I have gotten her up from her nap many times and her little legs are kicking around out of her sleeper. No idea how she does that- it's like 6 snaps.
She is eating solids a little better, but it takes her a while to get warmed up each feeding. She spits the first few minutes worth of food out and then decides to eat the rest. She also just wants to stare at Skylar in her high chair so I either have to sit in the middle of them with them facing each other (which is challenging) or sit them beside/diagonal from each other and come in sideways to feed Savannah.
She is surprising me with how big she is getting. I had some 6 and 9 month clothes in the back of the closet that I found the other day. They used to look so huge I thought it would be so long until she wore them and they are fitting!
I hope she feels better soon- I miss our happy smiley little girl.