Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Fort Lauderdale!


Here Kelsey is in her pretty sailboat dress in Ft. Lauderdale- where we went for Auntie Jamie's graduation! This is right before getting ready for bed after the celebratory dinner, but this is my favorite photo of her from the trip.


Splashing in the pool with mom! Kelsey loves the pool and to swim around, as well as jumping off the sides.




Plyaing in the pool with dad- she learned to climb in and out of the pool while we were there, which made watching her a bit more difficult!



Ahh, breakfast outdoors, and for good reason! The corn muffin ended up as much on the lounge chair as in her mouth. She did love being able to have breakfast with mom out on the patio in the morning and to watch the birds and the planes fly by.



Below Kelsey is at Jamie's graduation- about 2 hours in! She made it well through the ceremony until her name was called and then she had a small breakdown, but one package of goldfish, some puffs and an empty seat in front of us made the time passable, with a smile!



Cousin Gabby met up with us on Monday for Dad's birthday!



Snoozing kiddo- the sun and the water tired her out all week!



Mmmm, new things we tried this trip- Doritos (cool ranch) and cheetos- both of which Kelsey loved- we have to make sure these are "vacation only" foods :)




Kelsey and Gabby playing by the pool!


Auntie Moe, Jamie and Dad with Kelsey at the Mexican restaurant for Dad's Birthday!

Dancing with Jamie- Kelsey loved this restuarant- I think becuase none of us have ever been to a louder place- seriously- she fit right in!
And she like fajitas.....chicken and rice mostly, though the salsa seemed to go down OK as well
Gabby givin her cousin a kiss goodbye- hard to see, but Gabby's kisses are all toungue- like a dog licking your face.

And last, who could resist uploading the embarassing picture of nick with his cake with a firecracker on it the mexican hat, several shots and a margarita! Happy birthday was sung to the tune of La Bamba by the staff, while disco lights went off and horns and other noise blared over the speakers-hysterical!

More Beach Pictures and Birthday Party!

Here is Kelsey running around the beach in Maine. It is wild to see how much she has learned and changed this summer- she went from crawling to running. Most pictures of her on the beach have this shovel in them- we're not sure why, but every bucket of sand toys we get, she goes for the shovel- no rakes, pails, or sandstamps for her- just the shovels!

Classic picture of her smiling up with her pretty blue eyes.


So the party was a little after Kelsey birthday (it was August 9th), and then we have been busy running around for a month or so, but finally, here are the pictures from her birthday!


While not apparent in this photo, she really didn't like the cupcake- she is not one for sweets really, but her dad and uncle painted her face with the frosting to make it look like she eat it so that we had the typical birthday picture.

Pre-face painting....
and the cupcake cake that mom made- not too bad for a first attempt if I do say so!

Kelsey dragging around her presents the next morning in her pajamas as she & mom opened them.


Again, here is another shovel that came with a wagon and blocks- but the shovel is her favorite! We had a great party overall- lots of friends and family!