Trip Recap...

Get ready for alot of pictures...mainly for Jenny and Nana. I have no idea why in the world the underline is on!Getting ready to go, we heard it was going to be bright in Fernandina.

Des with the babies.

Where Sadie Jane spent her time. On a blanket on the tile floor.

So we had a great time at the beach. I wondered how things would go on the beach with two. Micah absolutely loved the beach this time. Fernandina Beach was awesome for families. It is a huge beach from ocean to sand dunes and from family to family. No one around us could even hear our conversation. Which I love. And Say J would nurse and then go down for a nap in her little tent and be good to go. Micah just played and played, in the freezing cold water. Mick won father of the year when he got in the ice cold pool to play with Micah. We did not go to the pool again after that. We also went to Savannah for the day to see some(very little) of the sights and watch Destiny and Hannah, two of Mick's old softball girls play for Armstrong Atlantic. Micah's favorite part was actually the fountain in downtown Savannah. Mick and I laughed so hard when he got an eyefull while waiting for it to squirt up. The fountain was like the one in Cent. Park but a lot less crowded and cleaner. We did not enjoy these pesky gnats that were at the ballfield though, for those of you down south I don't know how you deal with those...they were awful and they hurt when they bit you. We are hoping Des comes closer to home for her senior year:) We miss her alot. She also got to come eat dinner with us the last night we were in Fernandina. Micah and Sadie Jane love her and so do we, she is such a fun girl. We found some good restaurants to eat at too. Mainly we just played together as a family and had fun just being together.

Photoshoots with Micah!

Notice the hammer and the sleepy baby...not a good combo for a cute picture...but I was having a good hair day...in Florida!

I just got bonked and...

then bonked again...but at least Micah smiled because he thought this was funny.

This one Micah wanted to help Sadie Jane look at the camera...

by twisting her head...

she was so relieved that he let go!

Here he is making his silly face that he and Mick make together...

and again.

Then he thought I might want one of him drinking milk. Silly boy!

Micah is a challenge in so many ways. But he is also hilarious. Don't worry, he has no idea that we think so. But the beach trip was so much fun, and one reason being we did not spank or have to put the bird in timeout. Perfect he was not, and there were a few meltdowns...but all in all he was getting tons of attention from one parent or the other so he had no need to act out. He did do tons of things that just had us cracking up. Literally every twenty minutes on the way down, I would hear him talking and look back and he'd be clapping his hands saying"We are going to Fernandina beach!!" followed by a yippee, or an I'm so excited! I got to spend some time alone with him at the store a few days (thanks to Mick) which was so nice just to interact and talk with him without being preoccupied. He really is growing up. Because we spent alot of time using the gps thingy (thank you softball girls!) Micah was constantly telling us to turn left or go this way or that. He used to really work it for the camera, but now he is all about just being difficult and above are some of the times he did so. Enjoy the commentary!

Favorites from our Trip...

The only picture of all of us, but miraculously, we are all looking!

Our little ballerina

At the beach with Daddy.

My two loves. Look at those feet...those are Harper feet, bless'em.

First touch of sand.

My sweetest little giggler.

Fighting with Daddy.

Our fisherman

All smiles.

Hammies. Mmm..Mmm...good.

So we traveled to Fernandina Beach on Easter, (I was the bright one who scheduled our departure on Easter Sunday, not realizing what I was doing). We made it with little incident and had a WONDERFUL time! I know, I can hardly believe the Harper's went somewhere and had no sickness, accidents(that doesn't include bedwetting), mishaps (that doesn't include a "warning"), ok, well we had a good time and didn't have anything major go wrong. This was our first trip as a family and we wondered how it would go. It had benefits and drawbacks but we got good time with our family so that was such a blessing after baseball had nearly consumed our lives. I was thankful to get to run every day and go to Target with just one child at a time. I have lots of stories but also lots to unpack so for now I'll leave you with some pictures. To be continued...

Each child a gift from the Lord.

I haven't mentioned my sister lately because I haven't felt this is the place to do it. We found out she was pregnant over Christmas and she started living with my parents then. God has been good to her in a lot of ways and I pray that she just continues on the path that she has recently started on. She gave birth on April 1st to a precious baby boy, Chase. He weighed 7 pounds and 12 ounces. He is just too cute. She is doing well and I am proud of her for pressing on. Please pray for her in these next few weeks especially. For those that know me I am sure you are thinking, this sure is a surface post, and you are so right. Maybe one day I'll let out all this stuff, or maybe not.

Going for a Record!

compare the baskets:)

Micah and his Cayce Brown (he always calls her by her whole name)

Micah with Hannah, his other best friend in class.

The whole crew

A smile!

We were going for a record in both number of Easter egg hunts as well as total eggs in basket. Micah had his last (maybe) egg hunt today at school. He was definitely into it more than the other kids due to both his competitive nature and the fact that he had so much practice! I was literally walking behind him dropping eggs from his basket for the other kiddos. Although they did "redistribute the wealth" after we came inside. I had mixed emotions about this and Mick would have definitely wanted Micah to get to keep all his eggs...just teasing...we know that they are just 2 but it was funny to watch Micah look at his basket when it wasn't the way he left it. We had another family event today that I am not really ready to blog about but would appreciate your prayers. One more game and we have Mick to ourselves for a week...I can not wait and I know the babies can't either!