4 months!

Kennady turned 4 months old yesterday! Sadly, the time isn't going by any slower with baby #2. She won't have her Dr appointment until we get back from Utah, but the lactation specialist at the hospital does a baby weigh day every month that I took her to last week. She weighs 14 lbs, 12 oz! Such a big girl, but almost 3 pounds smaller than Hudson was at this age. Crazy! She is so, so fun and almost always happy. She started rolling over last week, which has also been very exciting. Hudson must hold her several times a day or he throws a big fit, and he still loves to give her hugs and kisses. We all sure do love you Kennady! I am so excited to go home so that all of our family and friends can finally meet our sweet girl!

Savannah

This week flew by, which I am grateful for mostly because it's one more week closer to us leaving for home! I think it was because it was a pretty crazy week in that Cam was with us a lot, but gone a lot, too. For example, he worked 22 hours on Monday and 15 yesterday, but then took Thurs and Fri off. To make sure I don't get in trouble with my family and friends up in ATL, I want to make sure it's known that we didn't decide to go up to Savannah until about 8 hours before we left. Cam and I are pretty sporadic I guess, and I have always wanted to go there. Plus we feel like we need to go and do something when he is off work, especially if it's two days in a row! So we woke up early Thursday morning, packed up the car, and took off. It was about a 7 hour drive, and the kids did awesome! We found a hotel when we got there, dropped our stuff off, and started out to explore. Hudson was being pretty naughty at this point from lack of sleep, so we just took a quick stroll down to the river and walked around. When we couldn't stand Hudson's whining or the heat anymore, we decided to go back to the hotel and let he and Cam cool off in the pool. We had a good dinner at a local place, but it took forever! The kids were better than I expected, but we were all done by the time we got back to our hotel. We learned the hard way that Hudson does not sleep well outside of his crib, so we all had a pretty sleepless night. This changed our plans a bit for the next day, since we were headed back and knew we were all exhausted. We drove out to see Tybee Island where we toured the lighthouse and put our feet in the water for a minute so we could say we've been to the Atlantic Ocean. We then got back in the car, picked up some lunch, and drove home. Whew! Fast trip, but so worth it!

Cam and Hudson in front of the river.

HUGE barge going through the river. This was pretty cool to watch so close!

I loved all of the character and old charm of Savannah. It's such a quaint town. Cam and I could have walked down the beautiful tree lined streets looking at the different houses all day. Here are just some random pics so you can kinda see what it looks like.

One of the many historical squares.

This is a pic of the ground. There were streets and sidewalks everywhere still made from the original brick/cobblestone. My stroller will probably never be the same! :)

Here's the lighthouse in Tybee. We climbed up almost 400 stairs to see the view from the top. Cam had to carry Hudson, and I carried the baby. We definitely got a workout!

The view was worth the climb!

Cam and Hudson at the top

Tybee was fun, but man our beaches here in FL are so much prettier! We didn't realize how spoiled we've gotten. Another ocean marked off on the places we've been.

A fun Fourth

We had some really great times this week. I am so happy to report that we got to spend some time together as a family! On a holiday! And Cam got to go to church with us! All of these things are a BIG deal to us. Most holidays are super busy, meaning Cam has to be at work, and Sundays are the busiest day of the week. However, with most people getting today off of work, it made for a slow week last week and we tried to take complete advantage. We were so in need of it and hopefully it will get us through until we can do it again.

On Friday we took Hudson to see Toy Story 3. It was a really cute movie. He did great for the most part, and Kennady hardly made a peep! We probably won't do a movie again for another year or so (especially at 7 bucks a person!) but it was fun to do something different and one of the only possibilities with all of the rain from hurricane Alex.

On Saturday Cam got off work at a decent hour, which is another thing that doesn't happen very much in the summer! We were kinda disappointed that we weren't invited to do anything with anyone and were feeling a little sorry for ourselves and missing our family, so we just thought we'd stay at home and BBQ. Then I had an idea to go and have a picnic on the beach. Very simple, but I feel like I'm always at home when we live so close to these beautiful beaches! I am so glad we went, because it was another beautiful night! It was seriously like therapy for us with the super soft sand on our feet(which you can't even understand unless you feel it yourself), a beautiful sunset, and just relaxing watching our kids smile and have fun.

Then last night we went down to the beach again, hoping to see some fireworks. It was so neat! We weren't close to any of the big shows, but you could look either way down the beach and see them going off. Plus, tons of families had smaller ones that they were lighting themselves. We didn't stay very long because of the tired kiddos, but it was a great way to end our few fun days. (P.S. I know I never have my hair done anymore, but it's impossible! You should see what happens to it after being outside for just a few minutes. This humidity is crazy!!!)

I'm not always very good about having a good attitude about our situation, but I am glad we were able to make the most of our time this week. Yes, we would rather have been at home with our families and friends, spending time together and having fun, but we are sometimes so focused on what we don't have that we forget the amazing blessings that are staring us right in the face. I know everyone has their own struggles and problems and life is just plain hard sometimes, but don't give up! Ok, I'm done now. :)