Hilarious!

Ok - so I had to write this so I wouldn't forget!
While I was at work today, Gary and Brianna were talking about some artwork that we had made for her room while I was pregnant with her... She asked Gary if we had made them for her when she was in my tummy - so Gary said yes... Then she said, "I was in there 'cuz mommy ate me like meatloaf!"
If you know Brianna - you know she has a really funny way of saying things and this just cracked me up!!!

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I almost forgot!

When we were leaving Ft. Myers airport we saw Obama's plane - Airforce One! Apparently, he was leaving right after we were scheduled to take off and they were going to close the airport down for an hour! Fortunately, we got out of there quick enough - but that was pretty cool to see!

Naples Day 4-6

We had a GREAT time in Naples! The kids were awesome - in the plane, in the car, sleeping in the same room, playing - they were sad to come home. It was so hard to leave perfect weather to come back to Indiana! This morning we followed dolphins as they swam along the beach - it was awesome! I was reminded that I wasn't in heaven when Brianna got stung by a bee in the ear and started screaming! Poor girl - she had all kinds of issues with allergies too (not to mention the time a seagull completely snatched a roll right out of her hand) - she still had so much fun!
Last night in Naples - all in pj's!
Loving the sunsets every night!

The kids liked the hot tub as much as I did! The famous line - "hotsy totsy"!

We tried out Sun-N-Fun Lagoon on Saturday. It would have been a really cool place if the pools were heated as well as the ones in our hotel. We definitely didn't get our money's worth but we did enjoy the lazy river!

Here is the picture of Brayden after I pulled out his first loose tooth in La Playa's bathroom! Number 2 won't be long!

Here is a video of the dolphin chase!

Brayden and Brianna playing in the ocean!

Naples Day 3

Teeter totter!

New sunglasses... Miss Destructive broke her other ones!

Gary's (and Brayden's) Squidward sculpture! Many admired his work... Although most didn't know who/what it was!

Brayden tried out the ocean - brrrr!

Eating lunchables and watermelon - much better than an $8 kid's burger!

Day 3 in Naples was very nice! We played on the beach, swam (mostly in the pool and hot tub), and found a really pretty fun park for the kids to play at! It was really warm (except when the clouds covered the sun...)! Brianna got some rash - either from sun or allergies. The biggest news of the day is that I pulled out Brayden's first loose tooth! I was afraid he'd swallow it in his sleep so I made him get out of bed so I could pull it out! He's pretty excited for the tooth fairy to visit! So cute!

Naples Day 1 & 2

Here are a bunch of pics from our first couple of days in Naples. So far we've eaten at Applebee's and Randy's Fishmarket and some random cafe on 5th avenue. We went to King Richard's Amusement Park and Naples' Pier.
It was a little chilly but here's a pic of them swimming:
Bri loved being buried in sand!

Bri sitting next to mommy! Brave kids! Brave Pelican!

Kids at the Pier next to the fish cleaning station:

Brayden on the Kiddie Go Carts - only had to be stopped by the worker twice;)

Bri on the "pink horse":

Brayden and Brianna riding the ferris wheel: Brayden and Brianna playing in the playground:

You could feed the alligators:

Trying on our goggles to make sure they fit:

Bri and I watching the sunset from our patio:

Bri chasing seagulls!




Brayden jumping off the rock waterfall!

Happy 30th Birthday to me!

Gary tried to surpise me with a party on my 30th birthday - I found out just hours before it started... He tries so hard to surprise me! Here's a picture of me and a bunch of the girls! Me standing next to the World Champion... Supriser???

Jamie and Stephanie getting into American Idol - well Stephanie was anyway!

Jamie with a new partner - Kristi!

Amy and Andrea

Jason - gave me the best CD ever!

Pregnant Mary and Kristol (soon to turn 30)

Me with the sweetest kids! Check out the cake they made!

Larry and Jamie

Let the partying begin!

Some of my family came down for the weekend to celebrate my birthday! We had a fun slumber party and enjoyed going to Cheesecake Factory for lunch!
Here's my mom with Brianna: Matthew, Bona, Brayden, and me hanging out with Merlin the birthday snowman:

Allison and Ryan:

Matthew - Me - Allison

Bona and Matthew getting ready to chow down:

New swimsuit

I bought Brianna a new swimsuit the other day to take to Florida - and let's just say she really likes it! I moved the mirror in her room and she danced in front of it for about 30 minutes! Check out the video!