Hello again.

Surprise! I am still here. Maybe you are as happy to hear from me as Reese usually is.

I left you just a few days before we went to Carillon Beach for Labor Day week.

And we had the entire beach to ourselves for a week.

Unfortunately, I was too busy enjoying myself and my family that I have very few pictures of our time. Not one of the five of us together. Or any of the multitude of family members that joined us at various times over the week. You will just have to trust that it was absolutely wonderful.

We did have to spend the first night in a different place because the air conditioning wasn't working at our house. The thermostat read 99 degrees. But upstairs, it was only 91 degrees. I kid you not.

My husband did manage to get us two free nights for our heat strokes/trouble. My favorite quote as he was talking with the property manager: "I don't know how much money you make. But I don't make a lot and we had to work really hard to save to come down here for the week." And we'd like to think it paid for air conditioning...

I had a naked photo shoot with Reese. He was naked. I had my clothes on.

He got a little tired of it. Or maybe he just wanted some clothes.


We threw a WALL-E party for Elle. She finally stopped sucking her thumb and this was the motivation for it all. If I'd only known the power of WALL-E a few months ago. Oh well. All in good time.

We are so proud of her. And she is so proud of herself.

One thumb sucker down, one to go. And yes, he is "feeding" Mickey. At least he got the Boppy first so he could be comfortable.

For any of you wondering, Elle is scheduled for surgery on Monday. But, she is sick again so we will probably be postponing again. I'm taking her to the pediatrician tomorrow morning. I really should get frequent flyers miles from my pediatrician's office. I would be racking up.