A Surprise trip to the Beach

So my mom came down last Friday to visit on her way to Ryan's for MLK day.  Well when push came to shove I wanted to go too.  What can I say, I love the beach!!  So we tagged along on her trip and had a great time.  Other then getting caught just behind a accident that closed 101 for 2 hours.  So we went around on forest service roads, in the rain, at dusk in the cloud bank.  It saved us some time but not a whole lot and Natalie was not too into being in a dark car.  She let us know by crying almost the whole time. It was fun, we really needed those martinis when we got to Ryan's.  On the second night there was a big storm with winds and lightning and the kids had a blast.  Natalie is all over the place with her crawling now, she gets her butt a wiggling when she kicks it into high gear.  She got her first top tooth on Tuesday and has two more right behind it.  My little gummy grin is going away.  I loved the two bottom teeth look. We (who are we kidding, I have been) doing EC with Natalie.  She has really gotten the hang of it and I have been catching most of her poops and a number of pees during the day.  I even got her some tiny little underwear for when we are home and working on her awareness.  I feel like it doesn't take much longer then changing a diaper and it's easier to clean up! So yep, my 9 month old (can you believe she's 9 months already??) uses the potty.  And she looks so cute! We hope you all had a great weekend.  I am looking forward to some weekend crafting of a Valentines Day bunting/banner and Aiden has requested some wings. We'll see, I might just end up buying him some Sarah's Silk wings and saving myself the trouble. Happy crafting and have a great weekend, who knows I might surprise you and post again!!