I lost my head for a minute and uploaded these pictures in reverse order, but there are way too many to go back and switch it. So, here is a backwards photo montage of Haven's first week in Destin.
Sleeping on Grammy's shoulder at the airport in Fort Walton Beach. Our flight home was two hours late, but luckily our wait was in the airport and not on the plane. She slept on my shoulder most of the way home, until she woke up to her ears popping. Then she screamed the rest of the way down. I felt so bad for her, but she was so upset that I couldn't get her to latch on and she doesn't love the pacifier so it was tough to make it better. My sister-in-law gave us some Sweet Ease that they use in the NICU, so that helped a little but not a lot. As we were getting off the plane the sweet man sitting in front of my mom told me that screaming is the best thing they can do, so not to feel bad about it. I really did appreciate that, but I still felt horrible for Haven and a little bad for everyone else on the plane.
Floating in the new raft Grammy bought. She sat a little bit low, so I think she drank a lot of water, but she loved it!
Asleep on Grammy's shoulder at Elmo's. She had watched the little kids dance and listen to the one-man-band sing to her long enough.
Sitting with Grandpa and Aunt Amy
Hammin' it up before we left to eat at Elmo's
Swimming with Daddy
Heading down to the pool
nice "headdress" Benton
Happy Easter!
Haven didn't have the headband on for one minute at church and some old man came and ask if she was a boy or a girl. Seriously? I realize if she is in just a diaper, she doesn't scream girl with that little blonde buzz cut. But how did the purple dress not give it away?
My loves in lavender. I'm not sure why the beach is whited out. My photography skills are clearly lacking.
Standing on the table at dinner. I'm not sure my dad would have let any of us do that at her age, but Haven can do anything she wants :)
Our little Rocky, as Grammy referred to her, after her very first swim.
Loving her first swim
How cute is this swimsuit? And so perfectly fitting for our little giraffe.
Apparently the Johnny Jump Up was my favorite toy as a baby and so my mom bought one for Haven. She loved it too. I am going to have to get one of these for home.
Just swingin'
Sitting on the couch before bedtime
Flying is exhausting. On our way to the condo from the airport.
You never know what kind of weather you are going to get for Easter in Destin - we've been there when it's been cold and when it's been miserably hot, but it was perfectly gorgeous the whole week this year. Haven slept pretty well the first couple of nights, but then was back to waking up every three hours by the time Benton got there. Benton walked with her on the beach a couple of mornings, but I was too lazy to go since she was up so much during the night. The few times we left the condo, Haven also showed off her car screaming skills for my dad. I think he was the only one who hadn't witnessed it yet.
Thank you mom and dad; we had a great time and look forward to many more to come!
