Lauren and I left Eric traveling back to Panama City from our Gainesville weekend and started our week-long visit to Orlando with Mary and Mark. Lauren was a great traveler to and from Orlando and was mommy's little buddy all week.
We enjoyed strolling through our old neighborhood, Baldwin Park, to the downtown shops, grocery store and restaurants. Our stroller is awesome for grocery shopping and strolling back to Mary's house with our bags.
The first part of the week was chilly, so Lauren borrowed one of Kaylee and Ashlynn's beenies for our strolls.
Grumpy face driving from Mary's house to Whitney's house: "MMMooooommmmyyy! Not another drive in the car, please!" Lauren got to see Aunt Whitney, Uncle Joey, JB and Noah at their house and have some yummy tortilla soup. She loves watching other kids play.
Lauren has started chewing on anything and everything. Poor baby, I think her gums are constantly "itching". Her favorite thing to gnaw on is this bunny's ears.
Mulit-tasking at Seito.
Enjoying a girls' night out in Baldwin.
Strolling after dinner.
Playing on Kaylee and Ashlynn's play mat...memories of home. Mary was very sweet to let Lauren play with her girl's brand new toys. She enjoyed playing with the play mat and all the other toys. This was the first time that I really saw her face light up when she would see a new toy. Makes me smile thinking of how she is growing!
Lounging in Kaylee and Ashlynn's robe after bath time.
Mary's belly at 23 weeks; she is doing so well in their pregnancy and looks fantastic. We had such a good time getting ready for the girls' arrival with Mary and Mark. Picking out paint colors, watching the contractors work in the nurseries, picking up one of the cribs, looking at all of the baby gifts from their NOLA shower, and exercising with Mary by walking.
(Whitney, LEB, TEB, Mary and Kelli) Mary's baby shower was at the Meadowmarsh Mansion in Winter Garden. I hired a nanny from NannyPoppinz, a local nanny service, to come and help with Lauren before and during the shower. At first, I wasn't so sure about a stranger watching her, but then again, she would be in the same house the entire time. It was nice that the nanny's name was "Kaitlin" spelled just like our Aunt Kay. :-) Nanny Kaitlin did a great job with Lauren and I was able to help with and enjoy the shower. I was so glad that I could be in Orlando to be a part of it!
(Sandy, TEB, LEB, Mary, Whitney)
(Sandy, TEB, LEB, Mary, Whitney)Our Orlando trip was great...Lauren was super, the weather was fabulous, we relaxed, kept Lauren away from germs and got to visit with our friends that I miss ALL the time. (The only thing I didn't accomplish was introducing Lauren to my co-workers at ORMC, but with flu season going on and Lauren's cough, I thought it best to wait until next time.)
We are looking forward to our next trip in mid-December, this time Daddy will be with us!
You're right, Mary looks fantastic but what else would we expect? I can't believe they are having twins! You have to convince her to start a blog for her girls. I'm sure her NOLA family would enjoy it as well as Team Koagel =). Looks like you had a lot of fun. It would be nice to travel back to FL one of these days. We sure do miss all of you guys!
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