mali got her 2nd tooth!

finally got a pic - it's a bit weird - the angle and all - but here it is!!

mali's second tooth finally came in yesterday! now she has two on the bottom and they look hilarious! of course i can't share a picture because there's no way i can hold her mouth open, hold her tongue back, and snap a picture all at the same time! however, if i ever capture it by freak accident, i will definitely be posting the picture!

oh, and we finally got a new camera, now i just need to figure out how to the get pics on the computer so i can post them!! tons more to come...

getting our sillies out...

so, my camera is broken (so fun) so i can't take a picture of this fun moment and share it with you. however, my computer isn't broken (yay!) so i can just tell you about it!!

b is standing in front of the tv "getting her sillies out" which consists of her signing along to the "get the sillies out" song, waiving her arms in the air and shaking her boo-tay! she's having so much fun... maybe we all need to that every once in a while... thought i'd share!

"more"

b was feeding mali some veggie puffs the other day and we asked her to teach mali how to say "more" in sign language. mali could care less, she just wanted her big sis to keep shoveling them in her mouth!!

jumping princesses...

braidyn's friend lilly came over after school yesterday and they couldn't decide between dress-up and the trampoline ...so they did both!!

the best night in florida...by far!!

our last night in florida, we wanted to find some peel n eat crawfish because that's one of the things i miss the most from living in baton rouge. well, we found an amazing little place that was so great in every way. it is called elmo's and the service was incredible and the music was fantastic! b was a little skeptical of the freaky little things we were eating so she kept to her chicken fingers - and mali to her fries. but we had a great time and the food was incredible!!

jabbo and friends!!!

while eating, we were blessed with some great music and b quickly made a new friend! this is braidyn and her new friend, jabbo. they had a great time singing and dancing together ... and gracing us with some entertainment while we ate! later, one of jabbo's friends came to join us and she was quite a gal! she had maltese puppies in her limo so we took b out there to see them. then we came back inside for some more dancing!!

thanks, jabbo, for the great night! it was definitely the best night we had in florida by far!!

www.jabbosjingles.com

and, of course, there was dancing!!

we pretty much had the place to ourselves so we decided to live it up and boogie on down!! we were doing the hokey pokey, the chicken dance, and the cha cha slide (our favorite!)

we were very impressed with braidyn's ending pose as shown in the last picture. by the way, she came up with that one all on her own!

we couldn't resist another day at the beach!

this was an amazing way to finish off our trip to florida. we spent our last day at the beach again and it couldn't have been more perfect. the weather was warm, the breeze was just enough, and the sand was so fun to play in!! i just have to point out b's fashionable and super adorable swimsuit - we got it for free - long story!! ok, it's a blog - i'll give you the short version!! we found this awesome kids boutique in one of the shopping areas within our resort. my mom found out that if we went on one of those time share tour things that we could get fairly large shopping gift certificates - so, of course, i signed up!! needless to say, we only had to endure 90 minutes of torture for some pretty cute clothes for my pretty cute girls! nana and posh, thanks for your sacrifice!!

more beach pics...

a wedding on the beach...why didn't i think of that??

the main reason we went to florida was for my cousins wedding ... and it was amazing! the weather was perfect, the sunset was gorgeous, the beach was beautiful - it was just incredible! what a wonderful, majestic, artistic creator we have!! here are a few pics from the wedding ceremony

family pics after the wedding...

first pic - our beautiful family (minus mali who was catching zzzz's)
second pic - my amazing parents
thrid pic - my cousin alan, his wife joy, and their daughters libby and ashlyn
fourth pic - my aunt and uncle, jennifer and brian, parents of the beautiful bride
fifth pic - an amazingly cute couple we just happened to find walking along the beach - we just had to take their picture!

still more...

pic 1 - chris and b taunting the water
pic 2 - my cousin ashley and i
pic 3 - b was SO elated that she got to help ashley carry her dress across the beach. she felt so special!!
pic 4 - braidyn helped get the dancing started!
pic 5 - chris and joy, my cousin -in- law (is that a term?) relaxing at the reception. you can't see mali but she was napping in her carseat - storing up her energy for the party that's about to get started!

and the pics keep coming...

first pic - my mom with her brother brian and his wife, my aunt jennifer (parents of the bride!)
second pic - my cousin haley (sister of the bride) and her husband bob (who officiated the ceremony!)
third pic - father, daughter dance (the live band was AMAZING!)
fourth pic - mali enjoying the live band! she was kicking her legs and giggling - she was getting her groove on!!

first trip to the beach!

this is braidyn and mali's first experience ever at a beach - and the gulf of mexico at that!! it was SO beautiful and the weather was great! there was a cool breeze and the water was kinda cold, but other than that, it was so much fun!! here is a slideshow of our first trip to the beach ... because we took SO many pictures!!

aunt christy!!

aunt christy decided to drive up a day early and we were so excited to see her! she arrived just as we finished our meals at a great seafood place so we ordered her some crab legs and enjoyed watching her crack into her dinner! being the bossy older sister that i am, i made her wear the bib - thanks for amusing us christy!!