Staycation

Last weekend Scott got  Friday AND Monday off of work for Memorial Day. We thought about going to Myrtle Beach for two days and a night but opted for doing some fun things here in Charleston instead.

Oh and not to brag but Scott had the Wednesday before off too so here is what we did:

Wednesday: Took Quincy to the pool for the first time-she seemed to like it once she got past the shock of the cool water.

Friday: Attempted to get the Quincy's pictures taken (to replace the set taken by the company with Sears but closed and never got them to us.) I saw attempted because Q would not let us go long enough for a shot. A little later we checked out Folly Beach, it sure was pretty and the weather was perfect, not too hot to be out of the water but not cold enough to get in. Quincy was just a little monkey hangin' onto mommy or daddy and again did not want to touch the water or sand for long, but we did get a few pics. Finally to finish off out beach day we stopped by a crab shack and tried she crab soup (on the Charleston bucket list) and experimented with crab legs. We're not huge sea food people but we both really enjoyed the  meal.

 

Saturday: We headed downtown-left the car at Battery Park where parking is free with no time limit and walked about all around up to the farmers market where also some of the Spoleto festival was happening, then down through the historic Charleston Market picked up our Christmas ornament,a wooden palmetto moon, for last Christmas (last December we tried but couldn't get it.) While we were there we picked up some lunch, then walked to Waterfront Park relaxed, watched the water, dreamed of a cruise (a cruise boat was docked nearby) and listened to a local guitarist. We walked the battery back to the car and passed by the multi-million dollar homes. It was worth the walk just about 3.5 miles and it was much easier to fully enjoy the city on feet then driving through.

Sunday: Church, meetings, Heat game etc.

Monday: Succeded getting a few decent pictures of Quincy. mostly close ups while sitting on daddy's lap or holding on to mommy's legs. :) For dinner we went to Victoria Gonzalez's a church friend and Scott's co-worker for a Mexican dinner thanks to Scott but mostly Victoria. (Yes mom, Q and I wore some yellow in thought of the rest of you back home.) 

Oh yeah and somewhere within the week this has been happening:

*just watch the first half, the wiggly camera on the rest might make you sick 

Someday...

This week I made the first few lines of this while trying to put my clothes away. The first few work to the song- what I made up today I am pretending do...don't try to sing it. :)

(To the tune of Just The Way You Look Tonight)
     

Sooome-day I will have a working closet,
and a beautiful house,
and a functional kitchen
I can feel the glow just thinking of it, La la la la la la la.

We are saving money so this is okay for now,
but I'd love a porch swing,
an open kitchen with a raised bar
that's the home I'm dream-ing of.

I'll think of adding more to my song, sooome-day

   (*Scott said I should add something like this(after he was done thinking I was a "cute" dork))
I really love my husband,
he works oh so hard
we have a good life just being togee-ther,
just the three of us.

 

http://ablogforyourhome.blogspot.com/2010/08/kitchen-heart-of-house.html

Life is a comedy

Life is a comedy 

 

I am trying baby proof my house but Q is a smart little one. This week she got her hands on a big bottle of baby shampoo, managed to get the lid off?! and dump half of the shampoo out. She then decided to move...but couldn't. The shampoo was  like a little baby crawling treadmill  it was so slick she just kept sliding back(she was only wearing a diaper.) Although Q was not happy it was super funny to watch. Then I needed to give her a bath-kinda scary because she was soooo slippery I thought I might drop her. 

Washing Q up and trying to clean up the floor I had bubbles everywhere!

Dear Mr. Roach I do not appreciate you waking me up after I spent half the night up with Quincy. You made my heart race so fast it was quire difficult to get back to sleep.

Yes, this morning I woke up to a big cockroach crawling on my face! EEWWWW!!!!!! I want to cry thinking about it. I jumped up and immediately woke Scott. I didn't know where the roach ended up on our bed. Scott couldn't figure out what was going on that quick coming out of  his happy sleep so as he sat up he swatted his hands and hit my shoulder. We found the roach, got it on the floor, and Scott hit it with his shoe a few times.  Whew.  (I just tried to read this to Scott and kept stumbling over my words. Traumatic to say the least.)

On a not funny note Quincy got her first high fever today with an ear infection. She had all the signs but she didn't seem to be effected by her ears. Scott and I took her into an urgent care (it is Saturday) and got some antibiotics for my poor baby girl. When they weighed her we was about 15 lbs. Two and a half months ago I was told she was 19. Hmmm. Yes she is VERY active now, and probably lost some weight but 4 lbs? I don't think so. Where ever she is at I am sick of this weighing in kilograms and the conversions thing. 

Don't forget to laugh and enjoy life. 

Columbia, SC

Last Saturday we went to the temple. It was great to go which made me I was wonder why we didn't go more often then I realized it was a nine hour trip. Scott and I did separate sessions since we took Quincy: 2 hours up, 2 hours Jenny's session, some time in between, 2 hours Scott's session, 2 hours back. We got a few cute pictures, played with Quincy, and Scott tires for the Sentra, we spent time together and went to the temple. Good day.

Dear Quincy

May 15, 2013

Dear Quincy,

You are my little shadow these days. Wherever I go, you go. If I am in the kitchen, you are in the kitchen (usually in the Tupperware cabinet.) If I walk to the bedroom you follow. It makes me smile, but between tripping over the lids on the floor, cooking, and attempting to get things done it makes life tricky.You are starting to love being on your feet and starting to get the hang of cruising around. You get so excited about life.

There is nothing more peaceful and beautiful then watching you, my baby, sleep. There is nothing that makes me happier than your giggles. Quincy, you feel my heart with so much joy! I want to keep you as my baby forever.

You are a little mamma's girl. The other day I was in the kitchen and it was impossible to get done what I needed because you wanted to be RIGHT there. :) so dad made a simple barricade with chairs:

You were not happy about being blocked out. You kept crawling from one side to another trying to get in, you pulled yourself up and tried to walk between....No such luck. Daddy got your attention in the living room for a couple minutes but it wasn't long until you were back determined to get around the chairs to get to me. As I turned to wash my hands as I was finishing up you figured out how to get in! You crawled in between the chair above the horizontal bars. Haha. You make me proud- you are so smart, but I am also a little scared because clearly you are a go go goer!

Thanks for letting me be your Mommy. you did't really want to get your picture taken (a rarity) on Mother's Day but I thought they still turned out good:

Oh I love you so. my heart is full. 

Love Always,

Mommy

Visit from Scott's Parents

Last week (April 30-May 4) we had family in Charleston! Thanks for Coming Mom and Dad Richens! We had a great time sight seeing and playing with them here. We got to do some new things and some we have done before. Quincy got a little thrown off her element getting her sleep routine messed up and  having people in her house all the time. Unfortunately that made her into a mama's girl and always wanted to be in my arms, which meant I didn't get as much done and Mom Richens didn't get the desired bonding time with her grandbaby. I felt so bad. Quincy liked papa sometimes and Scott sometimes (if i wasn't in the room and she didn't realize it) but mostly she felt safe (not wiggling & screaming) only when she was with me. Next time I'll give her a little more time to warm up to Nana and Papa before I leave her to go to the grocery store. 

Q enjoyed learning different animals and their noises with Papa

 This is Charlie at NWS, Naval Weapons Station. A large alligator kept finding this pond after a few relocation of Charlie they put a fence around the pond, called him Charlie, and made him the officer in charge of complaints... I would recommend not complaining. If you look close you can see his wife under the sign through the fence.  Big Charlie is below. he lives there with some babies and wife. I guess the firemen on base feed the family. The day after our stop to see Charlie we saw a bigger baby, med-small alligator at the pond right outside Scott's work-no fence.

I think alligators are a dinosaur, sorry science they aren't all extinct. I imagine them as slow reptiles but  apparently they can out run a human for short distances. Don't make them mad!

Me and Mom Richens in the butterfly garden at Cypress Gardens

All the other pictures are on Ken's camera but this is what we did:

-Drive around downtown, visited Battery Park, and the NWS base

-Cypress Gardens where we spotted 4 gators on our boat/raft ride

-Boone Hall Plantation: crop gardens and old house along with some info on slavery in the old slavery houses. It was enjoyable. 

-Patriots Point, toured an old submarine and the Yorktown, an aircraft carrier.

I experience a little nausea thinking about me or Scott being in the sub under thousands of feet of water. So small. It was way cool to walk through though. 

    Check out this recipe for the carrier. I can't imagine that many chocolate chips!

-Sadly we weren't able to make it to Fort Sumter the #2 required activity after playing with Quincy. It was too windy so the boats weren't going out, them we didn't get our second day attempt due to mom and dad flying stand by. Next time!

It was great to have family here. Thanks for everything! We love you. 

A Few to Smile About.

Lately....

Q decided to skip the learning how to not drool and head right to reading engineering textbooks. A Daddy's girl. 

Working on painting my pillows. The last one isn't finished yet so I don't have a picture of the whole set yet. 

Some of my young women heading to LDS prom in Columbia. (Maghan and Aaliyah)

Quincy is a good laundry helper

May 9, 2013