Beach Baby

Beach baby had a great time on vacation. We all did, actually!  She loved all of the attention... probably too much attention, if there is such a thing.  She loved being around her great aunts, her NeeNee, Auntie KK and all of her cousins!

Here's the beach bum baby at her finest...

It's been a little tricky getting Lainey back into a sleeping routine since we got home.  She wasn't a fan of sleeping in the pack-n-play which meant she got he luxury of night time snuggles in our bed. While I love those snuggles, they made the transition back to the crib a little hard.  Not to mention, we caught her trying to climb over the crib using the bumper as a step... so we lowered the crib and took out the bumper.

All of that coupled with teething.... YIKES! I have a very unhappy toddler on my hands.  But I caved and out the bumper back in her bed last night and Hallelujah, I think we are making progress! Went from every 90 minutes of waking Momma up to only getting up TWICE!! Thank you, Baby J!  I think she wiggles (well I know she wiggles a lot in her sleep... remember those night time snuggles?) and she wiggles enough to jossle herself awake or, worse, was hitting her head on the sides of the crib and that was a painful/abrupt wake up.  So fingers crossed, she wasn't having a one night stand with sleep last night.

The 4th of July holiday aka the dreaded end to the staycation was a wonderful holiday. We spent the last day of vacation doing some last minute laundry and generally, not too much. Headed to the McLaurin's house for a quick visit (and an awesome tie dye surprise).  Mrs. McLaurin also ended up taking the one and only family photo of the holiday. 

Hope ya'll are enjoying your Summer so far and keeping cool.  Mother Nature's fever in Richmond has finally broke for now...thank goodness!!

xoxo,
Linda