More Random Pictures from Tennessee!

I came upstairs one night to find Mary sleeping like this- poor little girl!


Gran and Mary were just playing with the camera... Silly pictures!

Playing outside...

Great- Grandmom and Mary

"Weeeeeeee!"

Mary loved climbing up onto their computer chair and making it spin!!

Our Trip to Seaside, Oregon

Richard surprised us with a trip to the coast!! We stayed one night in an amazing condo!! And spent Sunday just being tourists! It was such a nice vacation! We all had such a good time!!!



As we were leaving The Dalles, we saw this rainbow. Every family vacation I've ever been on, I've seen a rainbow. We always say its Paw paw and Gran Gran (My mom's parents) letting us know they're watching over us... It was such a pretty rainbow- this picture doesn't do it justice!!

Before we even left town, Mary feel asleep! She even has her sandwich in her hand!! Poor little sleepy head!

The Beach!

When we got to Seaside Saturday evening, we went to the beach despite the cold!!! Mary LOVED it!! It was so beautiful to see the sun setting on the water...So, there are a lot of pictures!! (I couldn't stop taking them!) But it's hard not to take pictures when Mary was just enjoying herself so much!!

After we came inside from the cold, we put Mary in some warm jammies and wrapped her up in the blanket and watched 101 Dalmations!! She was soooo cold! But she didn't let it stop her...

After we put Mary down for a nap, Richard said he was going to pick up something to eat. He ended up cooking me the dinner in the above picture!!! Steak and shrimp and a pasta salad with a bean salad and toast!!! I was very surprised!! And it was so very good!!

I tried to wake my baby up from her nap so I could feed her dinner, but she was to exhausted... Poor little girl!

These next pictures are from Sunday morning at the beach...It wasn't nearly as cold out and the sun was shining! So we stayed out there looking for shells and getting chased by waves for a few hours!!

Looking for shells...

She kept splashing in the water! We kept having to pull her away from puddles just so she wouldn't get hit by a wave!!

Chasing after a sea gull...

Sandy toes!

She found a rock!!!

Exploring Downtown Seaside

Sunday morning, we went sightseeing downtown. We went to an aquarium where Mary got to see the seals!! She loved them!! We also went into all the little shops down town...Mary got to ride a choo-choo train AND a carousel! It was such a nice vacation...


The Harbor Seals

Mary trying to "bark" like a seal

We were so close to them!

Mary and Daddy on the "choo- choo"

Riding the carousel.

She's getting so big!

Shopping trip in Portland

We decided to go to Portland to just get out of the town for a day. We went to a neat little store where Mary found her new, favorite "duck duck"! She started pointing and saying "duck duck" and then she'd let us know the duck goes "Quack! Quack!" So, we broke down and bought it for her!!

She carried it out of the store like a new mommy...just so excited!

We also stopped by Wal-Mart on our way home. Richard had to run in and grab a few things, and he came out with this:

Her very own Princess chair. Mary has her daddy wrapped around her little finger!!