Mother's Day

Mother's Day this year was GREAT!

Just like last year we spent it at the beach (except last year we stayed there all weekend - this year we had too much going on the day before). It was a surprise that we were going there - Jimmy told me he had plans but wouldn't tell me what they were until that morning.

He was too cute - he woke me up REALLY EARLY to tell me that there was a card on my nightstand - it was from Charley and was SO CUTE. It told me we would be going to the beach!! So excited...I LOVE THE BEACH! Then after that surprise - Jimmy gave me a card from him with $$ in it to buy me some new skinny clothes (as he called them) :) Could it get any better!!

Though he did put a stipulation on me getting rid of all my too big clothes that I have been holding on to for post pregnancy next time. He said for me to get rid of them for good - that if I needed bigger clothes after we have our next baby - we can get them then. Though he said since I will be so much smaller before we have our 2nd baby that I shouldn't need bigger clothes after...I hope he is right!!

Here is my little monkey on the beach - she didn't mind the sand on her feet...

But when it came to getting it on her hands...that was a completely different story!!

This is one of my favorite pictures from the day...Jimmy loves to (carefully) toss Charley up in the air and she LOVES it...and just look at the blue skies!! Oh and the tongue...this girl always has her tongue out of her mouth...as you can see here and in these older pics at the bottom of the post :) (and there are more tongue pics to follow in an upcoming post!)

Another one of my favorite pictures!! She really is a monkey...she tries to climb on, up and over everything!! She was loving that she was big enough to climb on this bench on the boardwalk and that I'd let her stand on it!! Jimmy was just to the right there...so don't worry!

And she was LOVING the boardwalk...she loves to see birds...and where are there more birds (seagulls) then on the boardwalk...she was in HEAVEN!! :) (Margie...I have a feeling in a few years Charley will be following Nature Girl around picking up wounded birds!!)

Another highlight of the day was taking Charley on her 1st rides!! I wasn't sure how she'd react, but as usual...no emotion! :) She took it all in, looked around and just chilled! I'd have loved to have seen some excitement or emotion - but not like the little boy in the one next to us, who was about Charley's age and screaming!! So I'll take what I can get!! Here we are in the little hot air balloons...

And here she is with Jimmy on the merry-go-round. It is tough to get good pictures of a moving merry-go-round! She held on and even a few times reached forward and patted the horsey :) I love her!! I can't wait to take her on her first real horse/pony!! I am scoping that out for this summer!!

And last but not least...my two most favorite people in the whole world...who made my 2nd Mother's Day just as memorable as my first!! I love them and love this picture!! I hope that spending Mother's Day at the beach is a tradition!! Because that would be great!!

Oh yea...I got lots of great deals at the outlets too!! A bunch of size 10 pants :) and a few shirts!! Now the mission for the weekend...the closet clean out!! I have to say, it will be very nice to be able to look through my closet and have everything fit and be brand new!!

Since this post is delayed from last weekend...and I am writing it at the Honda Dealer while my oil is being changed and tires are getting rotated...I did have my WW meeting this morning and am down 1.6 pounds!! So after a gain of .6 3 weeks ago, and 2 weeks of staying exactly the same...I lost the .6 and another whole pound!! WOO HOO!! Have a great weekend everyone!!

And I hope all my Mommy friends out there had as great of a Mother's Day as I did!!