cousins!

isa and her cousin emmie (17 months) have had a grand time with each other since getting to Georgia. isa wasn't up for playing during the first few days, as she recovered from her stomach bug, but once she was back to normal the fun began! there have been many a wagon ride around the neighborhood this week.

ocean adventures...

as mentioned previously, isa loved the ocean! and being that the gulf is generally really calm, it was perfect for a little goose. she really enjoyed going out and jumping the waves, whether in someone's arms or in a float. and since the water was nice and clear, we got to see alot of cool sea creatures... a pod of dolphins, several schools or sting rays, and a four foot sand shark! isa didn't really get that excitement, but we thought it was cool!

and then it worked!

more long awaited beach photos. this is the closest miss isa will come to a bikini-- for a long time atleast! most of these pictures were taken on the first day there, so isa did alot of looking around in amazement. she just couldn't get her little head around a "pool" that big! she loved the ocean though and once she got her feet wet, the rest was history.

beach baby

balcony fun

well, after alot of trying, these are the only two photos we have managed to upload from the camera and then on to the blog. sigh. atleast they are cute (if a little dark). isa spent alot of time playing on the balcony after being on the beach. being that it's twelve floors up, the scenery is fantastic and isa enjoyed seeing everything with a bird's eye view! hopefully more pictures to come, if we can get the gods of digital to give us a break!

flashback... uhm, saturday?

well, we missed the weekly installment because we're not at home with access to all of our photos. but the daddy did have a few on the ole laptop, so we're making it flashback saturday. and being that we spent the day on the beach, the snow pictures seemed amusing! that look on isa's face says, "why do we live in such a cold place again?"

speaking of the beach-- it's been fabulous! though the mommy got more sun today than she should have (shame on her) so it's probably a good thing that we're headed to Georgia tomorrow. with aloe. isa has thoroughly enjoyed herself and had a blast in the ocean this morning. she was seemingly fighting off a virus earlier in the week (high fever and high fussing), and while the last two nights have been rather long, she does seem to be on the mend. or atleast we hope!

we made it. finally.

you'd think we were traveling from antarctica or something. atleast that's what it felt like! but we made it to the beach and we are very glad to be here! even after all of the travel, isa went for a little sunset adventure tonight. and she LOVED it. she was totally mesmerized by the water and waves and sand and sea shells. she even got her feet wet in the ocean and giggled while doing it (and while also keeping a death grip on mommy's fingers!). she was really amazed by it all and loved it from the first second. something tells me we'll have to drag her off the beach (and out of the pool) in the coming days! pictures to come, assuming we remembered the camera cord.