Exersaucin'

FINALLY, this baby is able to play in her Exersaucer and while she doesn't quite have the hang of it, it's nice for her to have something to do and she thinks she's such a big girl.

Yeah, Mom, I'm playing in my Exersaucer.

Music and lights

Mirror, mirror on the Exersaucer...

I'm the fairest of them all!

Waverly takes Florida 2010

Saturday night we returned from our first family vacation with Waverly to Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. A friend of Caroline's was getting married and Trent was asked to officiate the ceremony. The bride's family was so kind to have Chandler, Waverly, and I come down as well; as it turned out, I was to replace the original wedding singer, so we earned our keep.
I was super nervous about traveling with a three-month-old and began planning for the trip a few weeks in advance. We left Lexington at 5:00 am on Tuesday morning and arrived in Florida at 5:30 pm central time. Waverly was an AMAZING traveller. By leaving at 5:00 am, we got three traveling hours out of the way while she slept. We stopped for breakfast at 8:00 am, fed Waverly and hit the road again. She slept again until we stopped at noon for lunch. It wasn't until the last 45 minutes of the trip, after this pit stop to change a dirty diaper, that she got the least bit fussy.

Waverly's great demeanor kept us all from killing each other; however, we were so relieved to arrive at our destination: a beautiful, three-story, lavender beach house with a private pool in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, next to Destin. We relaxed for a bit, then headed out to dinner.

The next morning we took Waverly out to experience the beach and pool for the first time..

She was NOT happy.

The beach didn't go quite as expected and I should have realized she was ready for a nap (just look at that face!), but wanted her to experience the pool and hoped she would like it a bit better...

but she didn't, so we took her inside, laid her in the bed and she fell asleep almost immediately.

Aside from our rocky first day, Waverly had a great time. She liked the pool MUCH better the next few days.

My baby also turned 3 months old on our vacation!

(in the spirit of fun pictures, this month we took three flowers to represent three months)

On Friday evening, we attended the main event, Cara and Aaron's beach wedding! It was so beautiful, even though it was scorching outside. I was originally supposed to sing during the sand ceremony but due to technical difficulties, i.e., a complete lack of any kind of sound system on the beach, I ended up singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" during the cake cutting. It was nothing I had ever done before, singing at the reception, but I think it turned out really nice.

Chandler and I met some of the nicest people this week in Florida and felt so comfortable at the wedding and reception; we decided it was one of the most fun weddings we had ever attended. We wanted to stay for the whole reception to enjoy the company, but having a baby changes things and you don't always get to stay out as late as you want. While we were there, though, Waverly had a blast dancing a slow dance with Daddy and dancing the cha-cha!

It was a GREAT week, but we were happy to be home on Saturday.

Here are other pictures from the week that I just love.

She strikes again

Fenway, that is. She has perfected her jail break skills and I am convinced she now busts out of her kennel simply because she can. The first few times I chalked it up to poor lock-up on my part; you know, you think you lock the bottom latch, but you really didn't, Fenway sees the flaw and picks the most perfect moment to slip her 60 pound body through the half closed door. Who knew. At first, she would get anxious and scratch at the bottom of the door frame, but now, I think she just hangs out, listens to tunes, writes to her pen pal, checks up on the neighborhood activity, normal things a dog would do. Then when she hears the front door or garage door, she plants herself in front of the office door, just waiting to greet who ever came home. We're still not sure exactly how she breaks out; however, we do know that she uses her mouth (duh) to unlatch the bottom latch. What remains a mystery is the fact that her whole kennel is scooted a few inches from where it started; when does this happen in the process? I was told by a friend that we should put a camera in the office to tape the action, then send it to America's Funniest Videos. Anyway, it's hard to be upset with Fenway because she's such a genius about it all. And I guess I don't care so long as she doesn't destroy the office and she hasn't thus far.. besides, what in the heck are we going to do to keep her in that kennel anyway?