A month of leave!

We have been on vacation so long it's going to be hard to get back to reality!  We left Maryland on July 18th and have been traveling around Florida ever since.  Be warned there are lots of pictures!

On our way to Macclenny we first had to stop was Columbus, GA.  We wanted to have a place to live straight away so we could really enjoy our vacation time.  We had done some research and went to our #1 pick first and got it! Our stuff was delivered on the 16th! 

It was so good to be with family again.

During this time Eloise has had more playmates than ever! 

 More than one morning these two played at that table.  Eloise had more fun standing in those chairs than sitting in them.  She's become a little climber!

 Eloise found a love for bean bags.  She was so funny rolling around on that thing!

 Lailan discovered the best way to feed a baby an icee.  Woo couldn't get enough!

 We love our Bryn!

Riding around with Hudson and Chapman.  I love Bryn in the background!

More than once she's ended up in a toy stroller. 

We took a couple trips to the duck park.

 Alli shared her swing with Woo!

There were ducks everywhere!

We went swimming.

Played rock band.

Eloise had to take a turn too.

And played TONS of Plants vs Zombies.  (I'm a pro now!)

Everyday when the kids would come over we would get the same questions - "Where's your iPad?" "Where's your phone?"  "Can we play rock band?"  When we left once Hudson asked if we could leave the iPad.  Oh those kids LOVE video games! 

 We ate dinner at Granny's most nights.  

Eloise has so much fun emptying out her cabinets.

Marc adopted a puppy a few months ago named Krash.  He is one friendly happy dog.  Eloise got lots of licks in her face and whacks with his tail.  

The funniest thing was seeing him sitting in Dad's lap.    

He's so big but thinks he's a lap dog!

 They're all to big!

Everyone wants to sit with Pepa!  Don't let his face fool you, Dad loves it!

We went to visit the Bowen's in Bonifay! 

We had lots of fun and lots of laughs. 

We had a nice visit with Glen's mom too.  We took Eloise to the beach for the 2nd time. She loved it! The water was so cold at the beach in Maryland - Eloise hated it.  

Not at Panama City Beach.  It was so nice.  The water was perfect.

 Woo loved it.  

She played in the sand.

She played in the water.

She even had to taste a bit of sand.
She made some new friends too!  A group of snorkelers came over to talk to her a while when they came back to shore.  Who could blame them she's so adorable!

We visited Trey and Meghan.  They are getting moved in to their new home.

It was fun to see Eloise play with Taylor.

And we got to meet sweet little Andrea. 

We visited with Grandma and Grandpa Ramsey.  Eloise and Hunter had fun playing with balloons.  

We intended on staying the night with them but with the A/C in the cottage wasn't working.  So we begged a bed off the Brock family.  Of course they said yes so we made our way to Tallahassee.  Eloise had fun with her cousins there. They brought out their toys for her to play with and got lots of hugs and love!

 Big smiles with Ethan!

 A little snack with Sarah.

 Loving some Anna Belle!

We stopped by the Hill's.  It was too short a visit.  I wish we could have stayed longer.  

Maya was such a happy girl! 

Eloise and Allison were in a wrestling match the whole time.   Alli kept pulling her over or pushing her down.  She never hurt her though.  Oh that Allison has so much love to give!

We went back to Macclenny from there.  We just relaxed and enjoyed family time.   We took another trip to Tallahassee for a FSU game.  Woo stayed with Aunt Liz and had some more time with her cousins.  It was pretty ridiculous how much leaving her for that long effected me.  I almost cried when we left!

On the 9th we went up to Columbus to take possession of our apartment.  Our original plan was to just stay on but our things wouldn't be there for another week and Glen's leave wasn't up till the 18th so we decided to use it up!  We weren't there long before we tuned around and drove down to Bonifay for the weekend.  It wasn't as nice as the last time though.  

Poor little Eloise had a fever.  This is the first time she's had anything more than a runny nose.  It lasted for 4 days!  One night the Tylenol didn't bring her fever down.  I didn't get much sleep that night!  Monday it finally broke. I don't know if it was the cause but the same day the fever broke her 5th tooth broke through too.

It was a long time to be off but at the same time it flew by!  Now it's back to the real world.  We have boxes to unpack and a house to organize.  Glen has to get a hair cut and I have to start cooking dinner again.