And when we got home from the beach...

Quinn had a blast at the beach, but she was sure glad to be home "with her own dear things", as the Driskells say.

She had a so much fun reacquainting herself with her toys and just being goofy. Here are a couple of videos of her own private dance party-- personally, I can't get enough of her "shaking it"!

(turn volume up)
Quinn's Happy Dance




And she is really getting into it here...

Beach Vacation

We just got back from a wonderful beach vacation! We rented a house again this year with the Verdigets in Seacrest. It was so nice to get away and we had such a great time! Looking back, it is hard to believe an entire year has gone by since our last vacation.

The girls are so different from a year ago, mainly because of their mobility and their ability to speak their minds/share opinions-- it make the trip more fun, but also WAY more exhausting!

Here are Blair and Quinn one year ago

















And this year...


Well, Tara & I each just took a class to better learn how to use our cameras and much to Felix & Dean's dismay, we spent much of the time practicing--- we took over 600 pictures each during the trip! It was hard to narrow it down, but here are some of my favorites to sum up our time at the beach.

Quinn LOVED the water, both the beach and the pool!

Nana Kat came out for a few visits...

The girls were NEVER thrilled when it came to picture time...

But we managed to capture a few smiles along the way!

They were ALWAYS going somewhere

This one just about sums up our trip!

I love this picture with Nana Kat!

We also managed to sneak in 2 date nights!!

The girls were really sweet with each other, little buddies

30 Week belly picture!!

We had such a nice time and what a way to kick off the summer!!

Mother's Day Weekend

It took 19 months, but a week ago Quinn started saying and has now perfected her "Mommy"--- sooo cute and just in time for Mother's Day!

Once again, we had a WONDERFUL Mother's Day Weekend!  Mom and Laur came for a visit and it was sooo nice to see them. On Mother's Day we went to brunch, relaxed and then Dean cooked us all dinner that night!  For the rest of the visit we played outside, went shopping, and just had fun hanging out.  We were very sad to see them go and Quinn is still asking for them!

Here are some pictures from the weekend.



Cheese!!







Before Mother's Day Brunch





Playing before bedtime


I couldn't have asked for a better Mother's Day Weekend!!

Nashville Floods

The Driskells came for a visit this week!  Nashville has been having terrible weather the past few days, and much of it was without water or power, so they escaped for a few days to our house, we were so excited!!

The girls had a wonderful time together, Quinn is still asking for them...here are a couple of shots:

FOUR of the Driskell girls & Aunt Poppy


It was very hard to get the cousins to sit still for a picture, all three are so filled with energy!



Audrey's handiwork:


And here is an attempt at a PJ picture


In other news... Quinn has been sleeping in her big girl bed for over a week now and is still doing GREAT! She has "escaped" twice, but called for me each time and gone back to bed willingly.

And we are just about to the 3rd trimester with Kathryn-- here is our latest belly pic!