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Ormond Beach Vacation!!! (Fri-Mon)

Well as I sat down today I thought I will post on our vacation.  But I have a problem...I have LOADS of pictures and want you to be able to see them so I will post about vacation in a few different posts.  This first one will just be a summary of our trip, okay? Alright well lets begin!!!

We left on Friday (May 3rd) at around 8 am.  The trip started off well but soon that ended...we spent a good 4 or 5 hours just driving thru Kentucky!!  Horrible construction the whole way thru!  Because of how we were delayed in Kentucky that made it so we hit Nashville at rush hour, which delayed us even more.

About 30 min. outside of Atlanta (where we were stopping for the night) Gia decided to "get sick" to put it nicely.  EVERYWHERE!  We stopped at a McDonalds where I bathed her in the bathroom sink put her back in the car.  She had to sit in the middle seat with no car seat...

We finally got to the hotel put the kids to bed & then Dusty proceeded to wash her car seat in the hotel sink.  I hung up the car seat "parts" using hangers and we blow dryed them..Less than ideal but it makes for a memory!!

The next day was supposed to be a 6 hour trip from Atlanta to Daytona (Ormond Beach) once again things did NOT go well, this trip took a good 9 hours!  YIKES!  I had the stomach flu this day which made for frequent stops which added to the time.

We got to the resort around 6 pm and settled in quickly.  It was a nice place for our family of 4!  Dusty signed us up for what he thought was a 40 min. talk (for Sun.) on the resort as in what goes on, what you can expect, frequently asked questions sort of thing.  He said that because we were doing this we would get all the "extras" free.  Turns out it was a time share talk that was supposed to last 90 min.!  Can you just picture the utter bliss that was on my face...especially because they made the kids stay too!!!  Thankfully the guy was nice and let us go after 40 min. realizing we were not going to buy a time a share and it was nap time.

Saturday night we ordered in Pizza, Sunday night we went out (it wasn't that great) so then Monday we hit the beach all day & stayed in for dinner! 

And here are some pictures:

Building a Whale, Shark, Rock (it was all three)

They shared the pull out couch :0)

Gia loved to lounge in the chairs - just like mommy!

Next post (about vacation) will be about our trip to SEA WORLD!!!! :0)



Spit - Fire

This is Gia.  She is my "spit-fire" child.

 

 

Here are some facts/things about Gia you may or may not know.

• Blond
• Blue eyes
• Tall
• Thin
• Loud
• Energetic
• Compassionate
• Nurturing
• 100% Lovable
• Crazy
• Smart
• Stubborn
• Outgoing
• Dramatic
• Purposeful

Someone the other day called her a spit fire and I think it fits perfectly!  She is little & mighty!!  The name came up when I was talking to someone who also goes to CBS.  She asked if I had kids & I said yes one in toddler nursery and one in pink sheep.  After awhile she must have heard me talking about Gia & said "You are Gia's mom?!?" "would she have been in the baby nursery last year" I said "yes" and she proceeded to say "Oh Wow!  I remember her, she is a little spit-fire!"

This made me laugh because she is just that!  She has proven to be a handful repeatedly but as of lately she is NOT a joy to go out in public with! 

Trials of Gia our Spit-fire!

Yesterday we had a melt down at Aldi because I didn't get a cart for her to sit in, then another one because she didn't get to carry the sugar...She proceeded to lay down in the middle of the floor kicked & screaming while yelling "NO!" & "NO I NOT!" at me.  We started to count and talk discipline and problem solved! 

Today we had T.A.G. at church and guess what?  It was time to go and another meltdown came.  I literally drug her out (I think she actually liked the "ride") and we had another going down the stairs...

Then we got to Joann Fabric to buy some buttons and what do you know?  Another melt down as we are leaving because she refuses to hold my hand outside. I am trying to hold the door open for Oliver, she gets lose & runs for the road as a car is driving by, quickly. I let go of the door (it slams on Oliver & knocks him to the ground) grab Gia by the arm just in time so she doesn't literally get hit by the car! Run back over open the door so Oliver isn't stuck in it & begin our journey to the car...With both kids crying (Oliver because I think he actually got hurt & Gia because she didn't get to run in the road freely) I am just happy both kids are safe & not injured...Phew!

And now as I am finishing up writing this blog she comes up to me & I pick her up she proceeds to not be very kind & so I tell her to stop.  She says "NO, NO I NOT!" and whacks me in the face...Needless to say she is in time out being mouthy to herself :0)

To end, I love her so much she really does bring such joy & it is so fun to watch her grow up!  She loves taking care of us & her babies, singing, talking & dancing. Like I said she is very lovable, nurturing & compassionate & that makes for a delightful daughter!!!  We love our GiGi!!!