Florida, Part 1

We got home LATE Sunday night--actually it was early Monday morning--from Pompano Beach, Florida. Our vacation was wonderful, and we got to see Granddaddy and Grandmomma Fields, Grandpa and Grandma Nold, and even the Edelmann family. Here's the first of what will be at least 3 blog posts; I uploaded over 100 pictures, and that was after I had already weeded through and deleted many.

Charlotte has definitely gotten a lot bigger since Grandmomma and Granddaddy saw her as a newborn!


Our resort had several different pools, but we wound up spending the most time in the baby pool, since Jack was a bit skittish around the splashing fountains and deeper water in the other pools. He got braver as the week went on though; I think these pictures were taken from our first trip to the pool. Another benefit of the baby pool was that it was mostly shaded. In case you haven't noticed, our kids have blindingly fair skin, so we have to be very careful in the sun.

LOVE the faces from Granddaddy while he and Jack were splashing each other.


Charlotte spending some alone time after her sunscreen (aka "sunscream" in Jackspeak) application. She's a slippery little sucker after her 5 pounds of sunscreen are applied, so she has to sit for a while to let it soak in. We rubbed it on her head too, so she was looking pretty rough--fuzzy hair matted with white cream is not a fashion statement many can pull off.

We've decided Charlotte is going to be a future swimmer, since she loves the water. She sat for a long time in the pool splashing and wasn't afraid to get in the fountains, either. Here's Charlotte sitting pretty with Dad. Note her chewing on her arm--she's getting her first tooth, so she's always gumming something.

Sleeping beauty, all worn out after her swim. I guess I at least got one picture of myself on the blog, even if it is just of my cleavage.

Charlotte with Grandmomma and Elif.

We went out to eat several times, and with the exception of one dinner later in the week, Charlotte behaved extremely well. Here she is sitting in a high chair at a seafood restaurant. We introduced Elif to the delicacy of hush puppies...I think we got across the clarification that they are not made of dog, and the fish was not made of cat.

Elif showing Charlotte how to use her cell phone.

Saying goodbye to Grandmomma and Granddaddy. They left on Wednesday evening, as Grandma and Grandpa Nold arrived. We had a wonderful visit and look forward to seeing them again sometime this summer!