A Few More Photos

It is hot, hot and steamy here in South Carolina this week. The humidity is really high and did I mention I straighten my hair everyday and as soon as I walk out the door it turns into a frizzy mess. LOL We are having fun and just hanging out enjoying our time. Last night we went to the beach to try and get some photos of my granddaughter Maddie for her two year old pictures. My daughter Melissa wanted some here instead of a studio. So here's a few we took. What do you guys think? Are there any that we could use for her two year old pictures? A two year old is in constant motion so it was very hard to get a decent shot of her, plus all she wanted to do is throw sand. LOL

It's little Sydney's turn for pictures tonight. Since she's only 3 1/2 months old, it might be hard. Sydney is doing so much better here in Hilton Head. Maybe she is just out growing the acid reflux/colic issues but when she smiles at you her whole face lights up.
We went to Sea Pines the other day to eat at the Crazy Crab and to climb to the top of the lighthouse there but they were working at the top of the lighthouse so we couldn't go up. Maddie had fun playing at their great playground there. Isn't this tree she's playing on cool? Here's the one and only photo of me on this trip so far. LOL I am usually the one taking the photos.

Here's the lighthouse at Sea Pines and the red rocking chairs they have set up all over the place for you to sit and relax. After lunch I took little Sydney out to these chairs to rock her. She loved sitting here and watching the action.

Okay, here's a question for all of you guys. Does anyone know what this bird is? He was sitting on top of our condo building one evening and was just watching everyone. We were in the swimming pool and I took a bunch of photos of him. Most of the photos were kind of blurry. After I took these I got to thinking that maybe he was a fake bird that the condo people set up there as a decoy and that I and the drunk guys who were a couple of floors below the bird were the only ones who thought he was real. The drunk guys were making bird noises at him, but I went back the next morning to look and there was no bird. Anyway you can click on the photos to make them bigger so if anyone knows what he is let me know. I've been looking for him every evening but he has not come back. Have a great day!

On The Beach

We took Aunt Christina to the airport to go home and picked up our son-in-law Jamiel. Maddie misses her Aunt Christina but was so happy to see her Daddy. So last night we went down to the beach to play. Maddie has her Daddy and Papa totally wrapped around her little fingers, whatever she wants to play they do it. LOL
Here's Maddie and Papa running around in the ocean. Building sand castles..........
Sydney is not quite sure what to think of the ocean...........
Smashing all of her hard work................

Packing up the sand toys for the night...........
Cute little bird on the beach................
Beautiful beach................. Have a great Monday!

Fun Times

The boys have started to join our girl party here in Hilton Head. Hanna was not really a problem for Hilton Head yesterday. This was about as big as the waves got and we did get some rain. The whole island pretty much shut down around 6pm thinking that Hanna was going to be much worse. Here's my sweetie and our two girls and Maddie checking out the waves.
We went out to dinner anyway but there was hardly anyone out and about and alot of restaurants were closed for the night. We found Bonefish open and enjoy a great meal there. Here's my sweetie and our daughter Christina.

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day here and this is just a photo of the beach tonight.
After dinner we went to get a Starbucks and Maddie had a ball. Christina has to go home tomorrow and get back to work and Maddie and Sydney's Dad will be coming down in the morning. Maddie is going to miss her best buddy Aunt Christina. We have been having fun going to the beach, swimming, shopping and eating way to much. How come it takes me weeks to lose a few pounds and a couple of days to gain it all back? LOL I need to start walking tomorrow. Have a good weekend!!

Brenda's Photo Challenge ~ Things With Wings

Shannon from Paint Mine Pink is our hostess for today and she has picked the theme "things with wings" for our challenge. This was a fun challenge and here are my photos. I really loved the angels "wings"and just couldn't narrow it down to just one so here's my favorites. Go to my sidebar and click on Brenda's Photo Challenge to see who else is playing today. Thanks Shannon, my good buddy from down under, this was alot of fun!

These first two photos were taken at the Savannah airport when I was there twice the other day. LOL I loved this little courtyard and these photos have two sets of wings in them. One is the angel and if you look close you can see she is holding a globe with airplanes that have wings on them.

These second set of photos were taken at a graveyard near my home. Graveyards are always so interesting and I loved both set of angels with wings. I just couldn't decide which one I liked better so I decided to put both on here.
And this last one I took in the courtyard of our condo here in Hilton Head. It's really hard to get a photo of a butterfly and there were so many but they fly around alot. LOL This is the best shot I could get. Have a good one, sorry about so many photos but I'm not in a decision making mood this week. :-)

Hurricanes, Wrong Planes and Lost Luggage

We (my two daughters & two granddaughters) are in Hilton Head. We had a crazy day yesterday trying to decide what Hanna was going to do and if we should wait to leave for Hilton Head but my brother in law (who lives here) told us to come on down. So this morning we go to the airport with two babies and three adults and all the stuff you need for little ones. It was hectic and we finally made it to the gate where our plane was to take off. Delta is doing some regrouping in Cincinnati so they had two planes going out of the same gate and we got on the wrong plane. LOL See the above photo, that was taken from the wrong plane that was going to South Bend, Indiana and the plane to Savannah(which we should have been on) is the one you can see right next to it. We had no idea until the pilot came on and said they were going to South Bend. I get up from my seat and yell to the cabin steward "we're on the wrong plane." My daughter Christina grabs Maddie, I grabbed our stuff and Melissa handed me Sydney. Both planes were taking off at the same time so we had to hustle to get to the plane next door. We were all so stressed by the time we got in our seats but when we were in the air I just started to laugh. And then I started to worry that we left something on the other plane but everything was fine. Until................
We got to Savannah. The girls did great on the plane but when we landed in Savannah my luggage was not there. It was still in Cincinnati so Christina and I had to make a trip back to the airport tonight to pick up my luggage which came in on a later flight. So it was crazy and we are all tired. Little Maddie is sound asleep in Grandma's bed tonight. Here's a few photos of our day.
Maddie decided that she should ride in the luggage cart. She did not want to get off of it. LOL
Here's the view from our balcony. I'm not sure where Hanna is suppose to land at this point but it was beautiful on the beach today.
My two sweet girls.
Sydney's first look at the ocean with her Mommy. She was not crazy about the wind and sun in her face. Maddie has been here before but she was so excited to see the ocean. She just looked at it and said "oh wow" I feel the same way baby girl. That's Maddie and Aunt Christina in the photo below. So it's girl power until the boys show up. LOL We'll have fun even if it will be wet at times. I'm just so grateful to be here and to have this time with my family. Take care and I'll be around to visit soon.

Hanging With My Little BFF's

I've just been hanging out with my favorite little people (grandbabies) this weekend. Here's sweet little Sydney, the youngest of the bunch. Aren't sleeping babies just the sweetest in the world? I like this second photo of Sydney alot, she's not smiling but she looks so cute. With all of that hair, it's hard to believe she's only three months old.

Here's my play buddy Maddie. She loves my flags I have in my flower pots and she takes them out and waves them around.

And my son Jimmy brought little Cameron over the other day to visit. Cameron had to lick every bite of peaches from his fingers. The last photo is of his face when he realized that there was none left. LOL So that's about all I have been doing this weekend, being lazy and playing with grandbabies. Hope everyone has had a fun and relaxing holiday and stay safe if you are anywhere in the path of Gustav.