Straight from the Hart: July 2014

July was quite the adventure!

We started our month off with a trip out to Dallas, TX to visit with Chris, Kara, and Kalia. We had not been out to their beautiful new home since they moved last April 2013.

The cousins had a wonderful time together. They are finally at the age where their 6 month age difference is hardly noticeable and they were able to play together and have conversations. Since they don't see each other very often there was a period they had to warm up to new surroundings/routines but they had a great time. We didn't spend much time sitting down, which was great for the girls. Our days were filled with the pool, the beach club, making dinner together, a Home Depot workshop, breakfast out, a 4th of July parade, and ducks and dinner!

Here are some photos from our Texas adventure beginning with our 11 hour car trip!

Starting out the early morning dressing our babies

At every new state we gave Maddie a new toy we had picked out...Stickers and a new coloring book for making it to Mississippi

Family selfie...Headed to Texas!

Louisiana...Sophia doll and castle

Texas...play doh and cheerios

Met up with my HS friend, Katie, and her 2 kiddos

The grocery store had this cool car!

Pizza outside after more pool time

Pool time with daddy

Happy 4th of July from the Hart cousins!

Watching the parade

Snacks in the wagon

A beach in Dallas?!

Matching cover ups...Thanks, Granny!

Brothers and their daughters <3

The brothers with their rival college hats and their oh so cute little girls!

Our 4th of July glow necklaces and bracelets!

Saturday morning Home Depot workshop

Maddie and daddy with their bug house!

Jumping!

Having some free shaved ice!

Hey look...we can put our tongue in the water bottles...that's silly!

More pool time!

Dinner with the ducks

Picture time!

Heading back to Alabama...we stopped in Monroe, LA at the famous Duck Dynasty shop

After Texas we were able to get back into our routine for about a week. We had a week of fun with dance class, the park, and a free Chick-fil-A lunch date!

Park time after dance class

Dress like a cow and get a free meal...yes, please!

The giant cow was walking around and Maddie was less than interested!

What to do on a hot Alabama day...sprinklers, water table, and a jump house!

It was soon time for our next July adventure, which was welcoming Lindsay and Courtney with their babies to Birmingham! I was so excited that they decided to make the long drive from Florida all the way to our new home in Birmingham. We had a great time with all the kids and got to enjoy some girl time at night.

Matthew and Victoria came to visit!

The zoo

Courtney and Maddie at the zoo

Courtney and Victoria on the carousel

Lindsay and Matthew on the carousel

Maddie and mommy on the carousel

Trying some yummy Alabama BBQ

Had such a fun week with all these kiddos and their mommies!

Another short week of rest before our next big July adventure!

Maddie loves to check out books from the library

We love our jump house!

Just an afternoon dressed up like Cinderella

The adventure continues...this time to Florida for 10 full days with mommy! We started our trip by just heading down to Granny and Papa's for the night and then continued on down to Orlando. While in Orlando we spent the night with Kelly, Catherine, and a night with G-ma at a Disney hotel. We are so lucky to have such accommodating friends! Our trip included 2 birthday parties (Happy 1st Birthday Victoria and Ellie), a baby shower for our new little man, Maddie's first trip to the Magic Kingdom, tons of fun at the hotel pool with G-ma and a trip to downtown Disney, a fun day in the sun and at the library with Jacob, and a great day at the Orlando science center with Catherine, Nina, and their kiddos. I truly have wonderful friends...many of which I have shared over 13 years of friendship. It's so nice to be able to spend time with them and their children even though we have moved away.