Anderson's 3rd Birthday-Part I

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We celebrated Anderson's 3rd birthday in Dothan and had a massive shindig!! Anderson had a ball and I think everybody else did too!

A's actual birthday was the day before and this was when he was opening our present to him. Notice Gus, our beagle looks so jealous that he's not getting presents..haha! Anderson playing with the cool barn that Mom and Bob gave him. This picture cracks me up, it looks like my Daddy is saying "whatcha' talkin bout Willis"? Ha!We went to Olive Garden to eat and they sang to him, he LOVED it!Grandmomma Key and A playing with...what else, but animals.Here are the birthday party pictures. So much fun!!!

Mom, Dana(aunt) Amy(aunt) and Tim(uncle)Anderson and PappyAllison, Joanna and baby AudreyLooking for Easter eggsDana and AmyThe awesome animal cake!! Anderson and Shelley's little girl Maddie having a deep conversation. :)Adam, Anderson and meNanny and A(notice he's too busy trying to eat cake to stop and pose for a picture:)I've been uploading pictures for 2 hours now. I'll be back tomorrow with the rest of the birthday pics.

Sweet Home Alabama and Florida Part II

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While we were in Panama City Beach we decided to do something that we had never done before. We went on the Shell Island and Dolphin Cruise on a Captain Anderson's ;) boat. Anderson even got to drive! It was so nice and relaxing.
We have never done this before because, I guess we thought it was touristy. But, this is definitely something that we will do again!

Anderson and me
They dropped us off at Shell Island for an hour to swim and play on the beach and then pick you up to take you to the Gulf of Mexico to see dolphins swimming. A loved this!!He was so exhausted after our boat ride that he fell asleep literally 3 minutes within getting in the car(notice he has an animal in his hand;)Anytime we are at the beach, we always take a walk on the public pier. Thank goodness they have extended it out further since the last hurricane hit. It was so awesome! We even saw a smaller shark swimming close to the shore. I wanted to holler "SHARK" but didn't want to freak people out. Our view from far out on the pier. Just beautiful!

Sweet Home Alabama and Florida part 1

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We are safely back in Texas. Boy, does it feel great to sleep in your own bed! We were in Alabama for the last week to see our family and celebrate Anderson's birthday.

There are many wonderful things about going home to Alabama. 1. Everybody has the same accent as I do and that is really comforting. People ask me all the time, "where are you from"? ;) 2. Alabama feels like an old glove, it's so comfortable and relaxing.This is what A did most of the time we were here. Sorry, Mom for the picture of you with no make up and a roll brush in your hair(hehe). But, Mom looks great! She too is on Weight Watchers and has lost around 20 pounds.
Have I talked about Bob before? He is my stepfather and I absolutely love him(most of the time;) He was my high school history teacher. I wrote on my final exam that I thought he should meet my mom, I think I said "she's your soul mate" haha!! He called and they have been married for 15 years.He built Anderson a corral out of azalea wood. It really is the coolest thing ever. Bob is an artist and he's really good. I love his paintings because he has a very abstract eye and I really like the way things look when he paints them. He's working on this for mom.On Monday morning, we headed down to Panama City Beach. My grandparents have had a beach house there for 30+ years. Of course, Anderson woke up at the crack of dawn, so we trekked down to get some doughnuts. It was so early, it was still foggy and runners were out. I should have run down to Thomas' instead of walking, because doughnuts and Weight Watchers don't go hand in hand. But,the walk down was really nice and peaceful for A and me.This was our view of our street as we walked. I have loved this house ever since I was a child. It faces the beach and there will never be anything on the beach side, because Laguna Beach has a no building on the beach rule. The house went up for sale a few years ago and it was $450,000 a little out of our price range!
This is our beach house. It feels like home to me.We spent some time at Pier Park and Miracle Strip has put a few rides out there. We rode on a few of them. Can you believe I got Anderson on the Tilt-a-whirl?? He loved it!! We laughed hysterically the whole ride!!!

This is an old concrete duck that I used to feed as a toddler. In fact, I have a picture somewhere, I should put it up.

We walked down to the beach about 7 p.m. and got some great pictures. I just LOVE the beach and am so glad that Adam and Anderson do too!