The Coast.

So after the last crazy week we had, we headed down to the coast with Brad so that he could work. I had switched a day that week and so I actually had off that Sunday so we took full advantage. We packed up on Sunday and headed down to Houston to visit Uncle Mike and Aunt Kristi. They moved into their new house recently and we had not had the chance to see it yet. The house is so perfect and they are working so hard to repaint everything and fix some small things up. We loved it and Harper took full advantage of the playground across the street. Kristi and I took her over and played for an hour or so before Paw Paw and Gigi showed up to visit. We spent the whole day with all the family and then watched a movie before bed. We had such a great time visiting them and hope to be able to do it again really soon. On Monday morning we got up and headed out to go to the coast for Brad to work a few days. They are building two houses right now so he is going to be traveling down there quite a bit more now. So we are trying to go more to be able to hang out as a family in the evenings. Turns out that Tuesday we had some rain so we were able to hang out a little more due to rain delays..


I love this picture of the rain in the distance. I can not say I was too sad about the extra family time...:) We always have such a good time when we go down there. The alligator in the pond behind the house came out and basket in the sun one day and we were able to see it's full body for the first time.Usually we can only see his head from a distance. He was so much bigger than we thought . Probably about 9 feet. Emma no longer has full outdoor privelages.We wouldnt want her to be lunch.




Also on one of the other lakes in the sancutary the ducks have figured out that they are safe during hunting season. So everyday we would drive Harper over to see the ducks. Their were literally hundreds on this one pond. When we would drive up they take off and its beautiful to see them take flight over us.We also went down and played at the park in the evenings. Harper would say over and over "SLIDE".





Each night after we would get home Harper would lay up in our bed and watch shows on the Ipad. Man what a rough life she has.




While we were in town I picked up Harper a wagon full of sand toys and each night we would go down to the beach and play in the sand. Harper loved it , but was a little confused on why she couldn't play in the water. Just a little to cold.




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Also the house is not as baby proofed as home so I was constantly trying to keep this monkey off things.



We took Emma on this trip and left Riley with the Warren's . It is just so hard to travel with both dogs. So Emma went on Vacation too. She took full advantage and napped most of the time.






On Thursday we headed home and Harper did great in the car. I keep hoping she gets use to the travel , so that we can go down easily from now on. Brad always says when we get home how much he loves being home. But I cannot lie, I love being down on the coast. Funny how he views it as work and I view it as vacation! Yet he views home as rest and I view it as WORK.. Ha Ha. Either way Harper was happy to see her playroom and back to work this weekend for mommy.