Vacation at the beach

This past weekend we took a much needed mini vacation to Galveston. It was interesting to see how it is doing since the hurricane. The beaches are in major need of cleaning as there was seaweed everywhere. The Strand was empty and most of the shops are still closed. There is still a lot of work to be done. Not that Galveston was all that great to begin with but it's sad to see the town so down. So on to the fun stuff. Haley had a good time at the beach. She was freaked out by seaweed but as long as we kept that away from her she was having a blast. We visited Moody Gardens on Sunday when the cold front came through. She loved the fish and birds always pointing out "bird".
Matt and I came back home on Monday to get some work done on the house and Haley is staying with Grandma the rest of the week in Galveston. Today the report was they went to the 3-D imax about dolphins and whales. Haley kept trying to touch the dolphins...too bad Matt and I missed out.
On the baby front, I had my 13 week checkup last week. The baby is doing great measuring right on track but I'm on orders to eat more and relax, apparently I have high blood pressure. The dr. wasn't too worried yet so hopefully my next appointment will go better. Guess this is a good excuse to eat whatever I want and veg out on the couch for awhile, at least until Haley comes home on Friday :)
Enjoy the pics.

Haley and Daddy at the beach (which by the way, 2 piece bathing suits are great except at the beach. I have never seen so much sand get in a swim diaper!!!)

Funny faces feading the birds in the morning

Checking out the penguin (hard to see with the reflection)

Hanging like a monkey

Ready for the beach!!!

Haley and Mommy at the beach (yes, that is all seaweed in the sand)

Dance Class

Dance class has been, well, interesting. I was able to go one day and watch but I'm pretty sure I was a big distraction. Haley wanted to show me how she can swing like a monkey from the ballet bar instead of doing her dance...oh well. The next week the report was even worse. Grandma reported she cried the entire time and didn't want to participate in anything except the scarves, and then cried when those had to be put away. So I was beginning to think my girl was going to be a gymnast instead of a ballerina. But then there was this week. While she didn't want to put on her outfit, which is another story I'll discuss later, she finally got it on. This time she did everything the teacher asked and was great! Our little angel was back. So I guess there is hope...we'll see.

So on to my other story. Haley is going through her naked phase. She is in to taking off her diaper and running crazy. Sounds funny until she took it off with a suprise in it. Luckily for us that happened at Grandma's house. Unlucky for Grandma, Haley picked the suprise off the floor and set it on her couch....GROSSSSSSS. Needless to day, getting dressed in the mornings has been a task to say the least. Our trick is to let her dress an animal too. So many of her animals, Duck, Giraffe,Tiger (we have original names for them huh?), have either a diaper on or a shirt. Whatever works.

On the baby front, I've been feeling great, just really tired which is why the blog as been suffering. Today is 12 weeks. I go back to the dr. this week to see how baby #2 is growing. No sickness yet!!

Enjoy the pics from dance class.

Pretty princess

Watch me mom!

Our little monkey