Vacation Highs

Leah loved to play on the beach. Juliet wasn't a fan of the sand, and Leah kept telling me "It's okay Juliet doesn't like sand, I didn't like sand when I was a baby, either." Leah loved digging in the sand, making piles, and throwing sand into the ocean. 

Grandma was nice enough to wake up early each morning and reserve us chairs and huts. Leah was very interested in the books she left, and would often pretend to read them. 

Leah LOVED hammocks! She kept telling us that they were her favorite part of vacation. The first time we put her in one she fell into an instantaneous toddler coma. Her eyes were 1/2 open and she was just staring at the ocean. Every time she got in one (at least once per day) she would do the same thing. Daddy and I would take turns pushing her. Grandma and Grandpa even bought her a hammock for home, in PINK (as requested by Sassy)!

Juliet loved to crawl. She would crawl up and down the halls of the resort. I didn't pack too many pants, so we had to keep reusing the same 2 pairs. Otherwise, she would try to  crawl on the balls of her feet with her butt in the air. It was cute, but it didn't look very comfortable. I brought Lysol wipes and sanitized the floor every day. By the end of the trip, Juliet was used to getting her hands washed often. I was worried she might get sick, but she didn't! Juliet got a lot of attention from people at the hotel, and would always smile at everyone! 

Leah loved to play. She got lots of one on one time and enjoyed every minute of it. After spending hours with just her, Juliet would wake up and want her Mommy. Leah would whine, "No, Jelly Boo, it's MY turn! I need some attention!" She was spoiled! Poor girl got freaked out by pooping for a few days and ran a slight temperature. It didn't stop her from doing anything, though! 

Leah loved making Juliet laugh. We heard less of "No, Jelly Boo, that's MINE" this trip. Leah even shared Pete the Cat with Juliet a few times. Leah loves to make Juliet laugh, and can help Juliet feel happy when she is cranky or tired. 

Juliet slept so well on the beach! It was so nice to be able to be outside all morning long! 

Juliet learned to stand on the trip! In the beginning of the week we noticed her trying out her new trick, but were discouraging it because of the tile floors, one day, she just let go and stood for a long time! I happened to be there with the camera, and caught her first stand! She was very proud of herself! I don't really remember when Leah started standing. I don't think she stood until she walked. 

Leah loved the elevators. There were two elevators, and she always wanted to guess which one would come first: right or left. She was wrong 95% of the time. She loved to press the buttons and guess if we were going up or down. She was always tricked because it looked like we were going up when we were going down, and going down when we were going up. 

Juliet loved to climb the beach chairs. She really like pretending to be the only baby each afternoon. She would play with all of her sissy's sand toys and laugh and talk to us.