Family beach trip 2015

Mom won a silent auction for a week at a beach house in Fort Morgan. The house was HUGE and so close to the beach, it was great! Baron did a lot of sleeping under the tent. He would fall asleep almost immediately after we got to the beach. Between the sound of the waves and the wind, he didn't stand a chance. Before the end of the week, he did start having a little fun in the sand. 

Taylor had fun from day one! Dancing on the beach, building lots of sandcastles, and even laying out a little bit! :)

We also had some fun at the pool! 

Trying to be just like Mommy!

We also had fun taking traditional pictures on the beach, going out to eat a couple of nights and going to The Track! Taylor played mini golf, rode the Wild Woody track with Daddy and then even drove her own go cart on the kiddie track!

Just a cute picture! 

Baron - Months 7 - 9

During months 7-9, Baron started crawling, pulling up, cruising and even most recently standing on his own! I can't believe he is growing so fast! I think he'll be walking well before he turns 1.

Dressed up for St. Patrick's Day! And, Spring had finally sprung!

Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!

Baron's first Baron's game!

Many people start their babies on cereal at 4 months or so, but I wait until 6 months and start with regular food. I also make the baby food because it's so easy! Baron's first food was avocado. He didn't love it, but he didn't hate it either. He did get a stomach bug and ended up throwing it up a few days later. After that, I didn't give him avocado for a while, but now he loves it! His favorites are bananas and sweet potatoes. He's had all sorts of fruits and veggies and we're starting on meats, beans and grains now. I have so many pictures of Taylor eating food, with it all over her face, but so few of him. I guess that's what happens with subsequent children!

In April, we finally got down to visit Nannie and Papa and went out on the boat. Baron fell asleep pretty quickly and Taylor had fun being the captain!

I love this picture! It's the wallpaper on my phone!

He slept swaddled on his back until he flipped over in his swaddle. I couldn't stop him from sleeping on his belly after that. 

Just before turning 9 months old, Baron got tubes. They were much needed, but I was so apprehensive. He ended up getting them at Children's Hospital, which is where Leah died. I knew I was going to be nervous about the procedure, but I was not prepared for the emotions of just being back in that hospital. From the time we parked and walked in, I was in tears. He did fabulous and he has finally started sleeping through the night! I don't even want to type that for fear of jinxing it!

Cute baby didn't know what was about to happen!

Below are the month by month pictures. He's not growing as much now, he's really slimmed up a lot! 

7 months old! His face is sunburned in this picture because Adam forgot to put sunscreen on him when they went to watch the Blue Angels in Tuscaloosa.

Sister always loves to get in on the pictures!

Other fun things we did during things months:

Adam and I participated in the Insane Inflatable 5K. It was really fun! But HARD!

We registered Taylor for Kindergarten. She's going to be a McAdory Yellow Jacket! 

And, Taylor graduated preschool. Such a hard time for Mommy!!

We also went to the beach, which you can read about here. 

Ironman Florida

Adam ran his second Ironman in November 2014 in Panama City, FL. We went down to the beach for almost an entire week and had such a good time. Although, it was my first week back from maternity leave, and I had no more vacation time, so I had to work the whole time. That was not fun!

Taylor loved the sand and became a fish in the water that week.

Baron wasn't so sure about the cold ocean waves, but he enjoyed laying on the beach and floating in the pool! 

The day before the Ironman was Halloween. They had trick or treating at the Athlete's Village and an Iron Kids race that Taylor ran. Taylor was Elsa, Andi was Anna and Baron was Olaf. 

Olaf asleep on Mama Donna's lap while waiting for Taylor to run the Iron Kids race

Matching tattoos

 At the Athlete's Village, Adam and I also tried out the Normatec boots.

The day of the race was the worst weather day the entire time we were there. It was very windy and in the 40s, although the sun was shining. The current was so bad, they had to cancel the swim. I'm so thankful this wasn't Adam's first Ironman, but it was for over 1,100 athletes. So much training to go into it and not even get to do the swim!

Ready to go for a swim that didn't happen. :(

I don't have any pictures from the bike, but I have several from the run. We saw Adam after about 5 miles and his eye was hurting. I ran in to get new contacts for him to switch out when he came back by, but as he was trying to put it in, the wind blew it away! He had to put his old one back in, but thankfully they started feeling better, just stayed foggy for the rest of the race. 

Adam's cheering squad! I don't know if you can see it, but Taylor's drew the Ironman M Dot on hers.

Adam brought the Superman clothing to change into for the last half of the marathon. Apparently, people cheer more for you when you're dressed funny!

Taylor fell asleep while waiting on Daddy.

 Adam Tomlin, you ARE an Ironman!

The day after the Ironman, we went to visit Gulf World. It's a pretty neat place! 

One final seagull feeding the family beach picture before we leave!