Category — Celebrations

This past week/weekend we headed to Pigeon Forge with Nonny and PawPaw for a few days of  fun and relaxation. The week started off on a nasty note with both me and Will having a stomach virus but thankfully we were all better by time to leave on Thursday.  We had a lot of fun and here are the pictures(all but one taken by Gayle) to prove it!

Will is ready to get this vacation started!

The condo we stayed at was really nice and had a great pool.

Swimming with PawPaw.

The condo even had a lazy river!

On Saturday we went to Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. It was a lot of fun and Will really enjoyed looking at all the fish.

PawPaw, Will, Nonny and the diver. Can you see the diver in the water?

Will touched a horseshoe crab. He’s such a boy – not grossed out by anything!

Mommy, Will & Daddy in front of the shark jaw.

On Saturday we went to DollyWood’s Splash Country. We all loved it!

Will LOVED the water slides and went down them about 100 times.

We all had to take turns taking him down all day long.

More water slide fun.

The condo had a huge jacuzzi tub and Will enjoyed swimming in it too.

The view from our condo. Thank you for a great time PawPaw and Nonny!

Better late than never, right?!?! We spent the weekend in Chattanooga hanging out with our families and eating really good food. On Saturday we planned to spend the day on lake but it rained that morning so me, my Mom and Nicole sat on the couch for about 45 minutes saying every name we could think of for the baby. It was fun and a bit ridiculous!

This is my favorite picture of Bill & Will. Look at what a proud Daddy he is! And I am so proud of him.

Baby Dixon 2 Estimated Arrival: January 29, 2011

Today Bill and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary! We had a great day doing nothing too special but we are going to go out to a nice dinner when Will is at Camp Honey in a couple of weeks. We had a lazy morning eating cinnamon toast, watching Bill cut the grass and taking a nap before lunch. After lunch we went to West Elm to browse and then we took Will to the indoor playground at the mall and to Toys R Us to play with the  train table. We ate a quick dinner out and then came home to play outside for a few minutes before “bedtime.”

Overall, a very fun anniversary

Just a few more beach pictures. This is one of Will’s favorite things to do – swing between us while we’re walking. We count to 3 and then swing but sometimes Will picks his legs up too early – it’s funny.

Bill flying the eagle kite on the beach. This was when he first started – it got much higher

On our last day we stayed at the beach all day! Will even took 2 naps in his stroller, under the tent. Look at those crossed legs – precious!

When Will wasn’t chilling in his stroller he was relaxing in his beach chair.

One night after dinner we went to a park near downtown St. Augustine. There was a carousel and a pretty cool playground. Will and Honey were going to ride the carousel 5 times but…….

Will decided he was a scaredy cat so they only rode once.

But he wasn’t afraid of the slide – he rode it over and over

My computer has been acting a little bezerky this week – and this is the first time is has been working well enough to blog post! Frustrating – I see a new computer in my very near future Thank goodness for Christmas and birthday money that I have been saving in my bedside drawer.

We were really bad picture takers on vacation. We didn’t get the camera out until the last 2 days – therefore there is no evidence that my Dad, Dana and Jonathan were there. You’ll just have to take my word for it!

Family picture in front of the sand dunes. St. Augustine was beautiful – we really enjoyed it there. Not only a great (uncrowded) beach but a great historic downtown area to explore. Did you know it was founded in 1565?

This was the walkway to the beach.

Will really enjoyed the sand! I even caught him eating it a couple of times

He wasn’t too sure of the pool or ocean the first few days but was jumping in and splashing by the end of the week.

Will and Honey picking up seashells.

Most of the time you could find the two of us in the shade.

Will was hard at work in the sand. Every time we would build a castle he would knock it down.

Remember my little man at the beach last year?

It’s amazing how much he has changed in a year!

On Monday, for my Mom’s birthday,  we rented bicycles to ride on the beach. It was a lot of fun! We rode on the road from the condo to the beach access (against the wind) and then rode from beach access to beach access on the beach (with the wind.) And amazingly we weren’t sore the next day. Of course we didn’t take a picture – but just imagine the three of us on one of these

We have been relaxing in St. Augustine, Florida this week!

Today is my 26th birthday and I feel kinda old! Not really old just not necessarily young anymore. I had a fun day not doing too much. We had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then I read a book while Will took a morning nap. Then we headed to get Will’s haircut (fun, fun)! He sat in the chair all by himself – he was such a good boy. We met Bill for lunch and then headed to the mall to make a couple of returns.

When we got home Will and I both took a short nap before I started dinner. Our friends Matt & Andrea came over for a yummy (if I do say so myself) dinner of enchiladas, rice and beans. It was the perfect ending to my birthday – sitting with friends, watching Will play, eating brownies and talking.

A great birthday!