First Beach Trip

YES!  We are back in SC but this time at the beach!  Ivy and I flew into Columbia on Friday.  The flight was terrific despite the fact that we sat on the run way for 2 hours before take off.  The weather caused a long delay. I could tell everyone on the plane was nervous about the baby and how she would handle everything but Ivy did GREAT!  She did not make a single noise except to laugh and coo at me.  She is such a good flyer!  Everyone on the plane complimented her and how good she was. 

We spent the first night with Pappy Joe and then Uncle Fletcher brought us to the beach.  We made a stop to see our great Aunt Johnsie and then we arrived in Myrtle Beach to stay with Grandmommy and Grandpa Bledsoe.  We have been having a good time and we can't wait for Josh to meet us on Wednesday. 

Here are some pictures of our vacation so far. 

On Sunday my Aunt Harriet and cousin Ben come down to visit.  We had sooo much fun doing a fashion show with Ivy and all of her cute bathing suits.  

Here is a picture of Aunt Harriet and Ben with Ivy. 

This is one of the first pictures from our fashion show.  This bathing suit is sooo cute and is on loan from her friend Ryann.

We had to get a picture of the back of this bathing suit.  It was just too cute.  Daddy said no to two pieces but we snuck it on her.

Here she is showing the mid drift.  I hope daddy doesn't look at the blog or Ivy might be grounded.  Or perhaps mommy will be.

Ivy said that she wants to be like Great Aunt Harriet.  She's trying to start by getting the "head tilt" down for pictures.

This is a video of Ivy's first time in the Ocean.  Uncle Fletcher is the one who got to do the honors.  Pay attention to the very end.  It will explain why I had to knock him out.  The bruise is mild and will go away soon.

Free Diapers for 6 Months!

Can you believe it?  We couldn't!  So last week I go to the mail box and find a letter from my dear and sweet friend Carmen Wagner.  I rarely get mail from her so I couldn't imagine what it would be.  Carmen was a summer roommate in Clemson my senior year.  So anyway, I open the envelope and there was TONS of coupons for free diapers.  Not just any kind of diaper but my very favorite, PAMPERS!!!  

It turns out that Carmen enters contest all the time to win any and everything.  She entered a contest to win a lot of money and instead she won a 6 month diaper supply of Pampers. (Carmen is single so she doesn't really need them at this point.)  Instead of trying to sell them on Ebay she so graciously mailed them to us!   It's so neat to see how the Lord provides in the most mysterious ways.  We are thankful for Carmen's kindness and how the Lord used her contest fettish to help us out.  :)   Above is a pic of all the coupons.

We have been slow at posting blogs because we are in transition of computers right now.  Josh and I used the good ole tax return to purchase a Mac Laptop.  We are loving it so far but there is a learning curve.  We still need to transfer all pictures to this computer.  

Other than that we have been enjoying life with Ivy.  Ivy went to her first birthday party a few weeks ago.  It was for Ryann Lamb's 1st B-day.  Here is a pic 

of the two little girls.

Here is just a cute picture of Ivy getting a bubble bath.  She LOVES her bath and being in the water.  Hopefully she will take after mommy and be a swimmer!  It's a good thing she likes the water because we are heading to the beach this weekend!  SC here we come again!