This was one of the best weekends I have had in...I can't remember how long.
Jimmy and I went on a mini-vaca to his family's beach house in Surfside Beach, TX. The whole weekend was blocked off for just us. No schedule. No "to-do"s. It. Was. Awesome. It was also a sad time because it was our last time to ever visit Enchanted Shell (the beach house name), as it is being sold on March 1st. Maybe it's the prego hormones but I think I have been more sad about this than Jimmy. Before we left, Jimmy poignantly pointed out that it was, in fact, just a building. His childhood memories are with the people who surrounded him at the beach, not the house. He is so wise, that man of mine. We are disappointed, though, that our little one will not get to be a part of the 4 generations of Griffins to enjoy the house.
Aspen also had a great weekend. She was SO well behaved at the beach. We were able to take the leash off of her and let her run free, thanks to our new training shock collar. We only intend to use it in situations like this because she has been known to run away from us. She has put herself in many a dangerous situation trying to make us chase her into traffic. This was only our second time to use it and she did great!
I can't believe I'm already HALFWAY through this pregnancy!! I reached 20 completed weeks of baby growing on Friday. Why then, do I look 1,000 months pregnant in the above photos?!? Sometimes I feel like I hardly look pregnant at all, but that was obviously not the case this weekend. I do have to brag on my hubby's photography, though. Look at that composition! Isn't he getting good?!? I'm so grateful to have some pics of this bebe, technically, at the beach.
I love this photo. Enchanted shell in the background of my favorite person. On the left, you can see a sliver of the beach house they sold a few years ago, before I became a Griffin. ;-)
I am so glad we were able to have this time together before life gets even busier. We both have crazy weeks of work ahead and we go to have our big ultrasound appointment on Wednesday!! Hopefully no more calling our baby "it," but he or she!!
