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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Perry Frances is 3!



This sweet-as-can-be, strong-willed, silly, energetic, clever, hilarious, smart baby girl of mine is THREE!!!  I don't even remember life before her!  She makes our lives more lively, more joyous, more fun, more stressful, and BETTER in every way!  

A few random thoughts about our big three year old right now:

* Perry is very into hair.  She always says she loves my hair.  She always comments on people's hairstyles and points out if they have a ponytail, braid, or "bum" (bun).  She says she can't wait until she's bigger and can have a braid.
* Perry is very, very sweet.  She is good at giving people compliments!
* She is very creative.  She always wants to do "activities" and "art projects".  She is always seeing things in a different way.
* Perry is a girl's girl!  She loves dresses.  If I ever want her to wear anything besides a dress, she complains (every single time) and says "but it's not twirly!").  She also loves baby dolls and princesses and anything related to them.
* She has an extreme personality.  Ha!  My mom described her perfectly recently.  She is "very...everything".  Mostly, she is very high energy and very silly!
*  She is very into what she can do when she's older.  She always says "When I'm bigger, I can..."  Some examples are drink coffee, have earrings, have a margarita, be a mommy, have long hair, take showers, etc. 
* Perry is very strong-willed and stubborn.  The tantrums are frequent, I'm afraid.  Girlfriend knows what she wants!
*  She loves reading books, which makes me happy!
* She is truly the best big sister ever.  She loves Luke!  So much that she wants to pick him up and carry him everywhere.  She smiles when Luke wakes her up in the mornings.  She is constantly giving him hugs and calling him "my cutie little buppy".



I decided to have Perry answer a few questions to document her at 3!

What is your name?  Perry
How old are you?  3
What is your favorite food?  Strawberries
What is your favorite color?  Purple
What is your favorite book?  Dinosaurs (we don't have any books about dinosaurs?)
Who is your best friend?  Rhett
What is your favorite tv show?  Frozen
What is your favorite animal?  Bunnies
What do you love to do with mommy?  Play
What do you love to do with daddy?  Read stories
What do you love to do with Luke?  Laugh at him
What is your favorite toy?  Dog (not sure?)
What do you love to do outside?  Water beads
Where is your favorite place to go?  Freddy's
What do you want to be when you grow up?  Dancer
What makes you happy?  My birthday cake

Excuse me, but wasn't it just yesterday that this little girl was born?!



We love you past the moon and the stars, Perry Frances!

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Beach pictures

Here are some pictures from our little photo shoot on the beach in Florida!


























Florida

We had a wonderful family vacation to Florida last week with my side of the family!  Vacationing with littles isn't exactly relaxing, but we made memories and had a blast!  

All in all, the kids did fine on the road trip.  Perry didn't sleep or watch as much tv as we were hoping, but we made it. ;)  We stopped in Baton Rouge for the night on the way there, and John was excited to show off Mike the Tiger to the kids!



We made it to the beach house around 4 on Saturday and decided to check out the beach after dinner!  Luke absolutely LOVED the sand!





The house we stayed in was a great setup.  John, the kids, and I all slept in the same room, but there was plenty of space for all.  Perry slept on this cute little twin pullout thing, and Luke slept in the closet.  Ha! :) 



The next day was Father's Day, so we decided to go out for a yummy seafood dinner and ice cream!







The adult kids went out to dinner sans little kids (thanks to my parents!) in Seaside one night, and it was so yummy.


The rest of the trip was filled with beach time, pool time, sandcastles, seashell hunting, board games, a water balloon fight, eating, drinking Miami vices, and lots of quality family time.  Luke was perfect at the beach - man, he's so chill!  He was so content just playing in the sand, sitting by the water, anything.  Perry had a blast on the beach, too!  Here are some pics in no particular order to document.


























We had a photo shoot on the beach, but I will do a separate post on that because this one is getting long.  John, the kids, and I drove home on Thursday (the kids did remarkably well) because I was in a wedding that weekend.  It was such a fun trip!  Take me back!!!