Orange Beach

We just enjoyed a fabulous week at Orange Beach with Pop, Mimi, Gina, and Paw Paw. We were so fortunate to get out of town ONE day before Hurricane Isaac arrived. It seems we have flirted with hurricane season way too much this summer! We love our trip to Orange Beach because Pop and Mimi provide the royal treatment. Between my very-specific grocery list and my 3 year old who requires 12 hours of full entertainment every single day, I'm sure they probably needed a 2nd week without us!

We always get to celebrate Gina's birthday every year with a nice dinner at Cobalt.

These two also enjoyed a couple of date nights without Mommy due to Carter's super early bedtime!

The condo that we stayed at has a pool, lazy river, and a slide so there was tons of entertainment for Blair each day. She decided to give the slide a try this year. She looks terrified on the way down, but soon realized that it wasn't that bad ;)

Blair has become such a big girl this past summer.  She has stopped sucking her thumb AND learned to swim! The swimming came gradually, so this was our first trip to the beach without any flotation devices. It creates a little more work as of now because I have to stay near her at all times, but at least I know that if she were to fall in a pool, she could get to the side and wait for help.

And little sister just chilled out as usual. She saw about 30 minutes of beach every day after her lunch. Her skin is SO sensitive that she just can't handle the heat very long. She did cut TWO teeth while we were there, so we kept her teething rings close by at all times (Thanks Aunt AK!). 

The weather was SO nice, and Blair played SO hard every single day. She loved the sand and loved making little friends out on the beach every day. She was so sad our last day because most of her friends had left, so she was stuck with the adults. I am looking forward to the day when Carter can get out there and play with her (although please don't grown up too fast baby Carter). 

And last but not least, we took our first trip to Build A Bear while we were vacationing. Blair is obsessed with Hello Kitty, so she knew which "friend" she wanted the minute we walked into the door!

Thanks to Pop and Mimi for a wonderful trip! There is no way you have rested up from the 7:00 am wake up knocks, flying kites on the beach, and the not-so-lazy river! Take another vacation, you deserve it! LOL!