The Beach

We took advantage of this unbelievable weather and went to the beach, which Alina loved.

She had lots of fun throwing sand into the water!

And she liked dumping sand on herself too!

Playing

Alina did lots of playing at Bee and Bill's house yesterday in this amazing weather!

She wanted to pull and push this wagon all by herself. Later she decided to make numerous trips back and forth getting rocks to fill the wagon, then spent some time sitting in the wagon and throwing the rocks out, then filling it back up again. She is always busy!!

Then she decided it was easier to push it this way than to use the handle!

Look at that cute little belly!

Go 'Cuse!

Alina and I wore our orange for the game on Saturday! Then switched to green later for St. Patty's day :)

New Title

I thought it was time for a blog change! Although for some reason I can never change the background to the one I want and don't know how to change the font, make the picture bigger, etc. Anyway! In Grenada, people always say "jus' now," which means in a little while - maybe 10 minutes, maybe an hour, maybe tomorrow, maybe never. Like, the bus is coming jus' now, the grocery store will have milk/chicken/bread jus' now, or the store will open jus' now. I thought this was fitting to our life-
Alina will sleep through the night again jus' now.
I will get a shower jus' now.
Sean will get home from work/have a day off/weekend off jus' now.
We will know where we will be living for the rest of our lives jus' now.
I will get to all the chores that haven't been done since Alina was born jus' now.

And so on.

Although it may sound negative, it's not meant to be - this is our life and we are loving it!

IT HAPPENED

Alina slept through the night, twice!! Not two nights in a row, but still, I never thought this day would come! I am not getting my hopes up that it will continue, but oh how amazing it would be if it did. I honestly didn't feel like a new person in the morning, I have read that sometimes you feel more tired after being so sleep deprived and then getting a chunk of sleep in a row. But man was I excited!!!!

Also, a clarification on the "trash" Alina likes to pick up. It's not that we have actual trash laying around our house or that we frequent places that do, but she picks up little fuzzies, strings, particles, etc. and calls them trash. Sometimes she hands me something and I can't even see it!

Lake George

We took a little trip to Lake George this week and had so much fun! Alina loved going down the slide by herself, splashing in the water (she wanted to go in!), throwing sand in the water, walking on the beach, swimming in the pool, and staying in the hotel!

Excuse the awkward smiles from me, I had dental surgery a few days before our trip. Maybe it doesn't look that awkward, but it seems it to me :)

She had so much fun in the tub too!

Gymnastics and Swimming!

Alina has been doing gymnastics and going to swimming lessons too! Here she is in the foam pit with Sean

Hanging on the bars

Finding trash...haha she loves to find little pieces of trash at home, at other people's houses, and basically anywhere we go and then give them to one of us

Balance beam

More bars

After a somersault

About to jump in the pit

Jumping on the trampoline

swimming to get the ball with her "puppy paws"

She has been making lots of funny faces lately