Fun in the Sun - PCB 2013

Our girls had such a great time at both the beach and the pool this year!

Emily loved the sand and she enjoyed the water (the last beach trip we took she ran from it....so she's definitely warming up!)  

Emily getting ready to cool off in the water...

Hannah had lots of fun playing in the water once she warmed up to it, but the sand really wasn't her idea of a good time.  Once we finally put her in the chair in the picture below she quit crying and just decided she would hang out and relax.:) 

After a little while she even sat up and started playing with her shovel in the sand....never leaving the chair of course.  I've got to say I understand where Hannah's coming from though....I love the beach but I don't love getting sandy.  I love to sit in a chair, feel the breeze, listen to the waves and read my book!!  

Her sister had sand from her head to toes and didn't mind one bit.  

This is a hole that Emily and Papa worked to dig.  She's actually standing in it!!  

These girls love to get thrown in the air!!  

I caught Hannah's picture right as Bert was catching her but I loved her big smile!!  

Emily asked me to throw her up one time, and I told her that was Daddy's job.  I'm not even sure I could get her in the air at all, but definitely not this high!:)  

Uncle Stan, Aunt Katherine, Papa and Hannah just hanging out in the pool!  

Hannah talked Uncle Stanley into throwing her up...she loved it!  

We went to dinner at Boon Docks and the food was so good!  We've been to this restaurant the last two years and we'll be back.  

Family Photo...

Uncle Stanley with his nieces and nephew...he loves them!:)  

After dinner we headed over to the race track for the guys to ride race cars.  These guys are very serious about their annual vacation race car driving.  This year they were bumping and knocking each other (as usual) around like they were driving bumper cars and Stanley actually got called off the track in the middle of the race.  I felt bad b/c I have know doubt that my husband, brother-in-law and Dad were just as much to blame, but Stan was a good sport about it!:)  I'm sure he's planning on getting them back next year.  

The whole family!  

We had such a great time on vacation, and we're so thankful for our family!:)  Next year we'll be added one more sweet little one to this picture!  Can't wait!  

Jacob Turns 2

This sweet boy turned two while we were on vacation!!  So fun!  We got to have a party for him on his actual birthday (Aug 9th)!!  

We had a low country boil for his birthday dinner and it was sooo good.  We decided we probably need to make this meal a yearly vacation tradition!  

Emily was very interested in helping Jacob open his presents.  She stood right beside Aunt Katherine just waiting for them to tell her he needed help.:)  

Happy 2nd Birthday, Jacob!!  The Watts' family loves you and we're so thankful for you!!  

Cousin Love

Jacob, Emily and Hannah had lots of fun with each other all week!  

Aunt Katherine was letting them watch a video on her ipad while they all drank some juice...cuties!!:)  

Hannah was laying on Bert's knees and Jacob kept coming over to give her a kisses.  She wasn't sleeping, even though it looks like it in the picture below...she was laughing at Jacob giving her kisses on her forehead.  

In the two pictures below it looks like poor Jacob is getting dragged around by his cousins.  Haha!  He might have been letting them pull him around, but it's only because he didn't mind.  We saw over and over last week that all three of these toddlers have their own opinions and they're not afraid to let you know what they are.:)  

I'm thankful our girls have such an awesome, kind, loving, fun "big" cousin!  Jacob is actually 16 months younger than Emily, but he's already bigger than her and I doubt she'll catch back up!:)    

Pier Park

One night we headed over to Pier Park for dinner at Five Guys and to let the kids ride some rides.  They really have built up a fun, family-friendly atmosphere at Pier Park...it was great!  

Our first stop was to ride the train.  We loaded up in different cars and got to take a ride down the street.  

Emily loved waving at everyone we passed!  

Hannah kept saying "Choo choo!"  

Jacob wasn't so sure about it at first, but once the train took off he loved it!:)  

Next stop was the carousel!  Hannah actually had her own horse....we just put her on the back of Em's for a picture!:)

Uncle Stan volunteered to ride these airplanes with Emily.  They actually go pretty high, but our girl loved it!!   

The cars in the picture below was Emily's favorite ride!  She kept talking about getting to drive a car with her friends!!  She loved it!!  

Emily was on her last ride (cars) and Katherine and Brett had started walking toward their car with Jacob, so Papa decided Hannah needed one last ride.  We had one ticket left so he and Hannah hopped on the carousel while the rest of  us were paying attention to Emily.:)  

When I turned around this is where I found them!  She was so excited...smiled the whole time!!:)  

Papa Stan did too!  I love the picture below b/c I feel like it captures just how much Papa Stan loves his grandbabies!  

We had such a fun night at Pier Park!  I seems like every year they add more and more rides.  This year Hannah was still too short for a lot of the rides, but watch out...next year she'll be taller and I doubt she'll let her big sister ride anything without her.:)  

Waterpark

On Monday we went to Shipwreck Island water park.  Let me just go ahead and say that I L.O.V.E. waterparks.  When I was growing up we would go every year while we were on vacation and it was most definitely one of my favorite parts of the trip.  I especially love Shipwreck Island b/c we've been going to that park since I was 2 years old.  This year was a little different as I was pregnant with our sweet baby and couldn't ride the rides.   A little sad for this water-park-loving-girl, but I'd do (or not do) anything for my sweet little one.  The kids kept us so busy that I didn't hardly have time to miss riding the rides.  We had so much fun in kiddie land.  We had a huge cabana just for our family, so we had plenty of room to spread out and we were able to enjoy the shade when we needed to get the kids out of the sun for a bit.  

The picture below was their favorite slide....they probably did it 456 times.:)  

Hannah took a nap on my chest while Jacob took a nap on Papa Stan's chest about halfway through the day.  Emily got to play with Mimi and Aunt Katherine while the little one's were taking naps.  She was so proud and excited...she kept saying "big girls don't have to take naps when they're at the water park do they, Mommy!?!?"  

It really was such a fun day!!  We all loved it!!  We'll be back, Shipwreck!!:)  

Roberts Family Vacay 2013

Last weekend we got back from our annual trip to Panama City Beach!  We had such a great time!!  There were 10 of us in one condo, but that's how I like it...I love it when everyone's together!!:)  Emily (3), Hannah (18 months) and Jacob (2) had SO much fun playing together!  They really were too sweet.  We were so thankful to my parents for treating all of their grown kids (and their grandkids) to such a fun vacation!!

Mama with her girls!:)

You know I love family pictures!  You can even see Baby Watts....18 weeks in utero in this picture.:)

On Tuesday night, Mimi and Papa Stan sent the young adults out for a night on the town while they kept the grandbabies.  Bert got to pick out our restaurant as he won the family March Madness bracket this year.  He picked Angelo's Steak House and we all agreed he made a GREAT pick!! Seriously, the food was amazing!  We had to tone down our excitement over how good the food was when we got back to the condo b/c we didn't want Papa Stan to get jealous of how good the steaks were!:)  

After dinner we headed to the movie theater.  The movie that everyone decided on (Wolverine) wasn't exactly my cup of tea, so I dropped them off there and then headed to Starbucks where I got a decaf caramel something (I don't remember the name, but it was good!), snuggled in one of the comfy chairs and read my book in peace and quiet for two hours...so relaxing!  It really was a win-win for everyone.  They liked the movie, and this book-loving-mother-of-two-little-ones loved the alone time!:)  We had a great night!  Thanks to Mimi and Papa Stan for insisting we go and for taking care of the kiddos!  

This was the first of many....more vacation posts to come....

Baby Update

I'm 17 1/2 weeks pregnant right now and I'm feeling great!  My nausea is totally gone (was gone at about 12 weeks with this pregnancy...much earlier than with the other two), I feel like my energy level is back to normal, and other than REALLY wanting boiled peanuts and a little baby bump that is definitely showing these days, I sometimes feel like I'm not even pregnant.:)

About the boiled peanuts craving: I'm not sure if you would it a craving.  I've wanted them for about 3 weeks now and still haven't gotten them.  I'm still able to sleep and function, but I think about them often.:)  I've been asking around as to where we can get some, but so far I haven't heard of any close to Greenville.  I've considered having Bert drive somewhere, but always decided it wasn't worth his time away (we like having him home), gas money, etc.  Bert suggested that I could get some in a can at the grocery store.  My response to that suggestion was "gross."  I didn't know they even came in a can....  Anyway, we're heading to Panama City tomorrow and my dad has assured me that we will have several opportunities to stop and get me a bag of boiled peanuts on the way down to the beach.  Woohoo!!  I'm excited.  I just hope we don't pass the boiled peanuts when all the kids are napping because I would hate to mess up their nap just so that I can get some boiled peanuts, but we're STOPPING!

My absolute favorite part about pregnancy is being able to feel the baby kick.  It's just the sweetest, most incredible feeling to feel the baby kick and know that there is a human being inside of your body...moving around...kicking....growing. Last night as I was laying in bed and I felt the baby kick for the first time.  I cried.  I was just so in awe...it's not like I haven't felt a baby kick before, but it's so amazing to me every time.  I felt like the baby was saying hey and he/she was doing okay in there.  Thankful to God for blessing us with our children, for allowing me to carry them for 9 months, for planning every detail, for forming them in my womb and for allowing me to be a part of the whole process.  God didn't have to allow the mom to feel the baby kick all throughout the pregnancy, but He did, and I'm thankful for that little blessing.

I have my 20 week check up in a little over 2 weeks.  Can't wait to get to see our sweet baby again as they do the "big" ultrasound...check the baby out from head to toe and tell us the gender.  It will be fun!  We're praying for our sweet little one....so thankful for his/her life!:)