beach

Just got back from a super fun, relaxing week at the beach with M&D. Lots of lounging, reading, playing with play dough, starting cocktail hour at 5:00 and waking up at 7:10 a.m. with an over excited Piper who was ready to start her day.

Trip to the top of the St. George Lighthouse. I look super shiny and Piper does NOT smile for pictures.

We got to the top and waved to my dad who was waiting at the bottom for us.

Piper wigging out at the sight of my dad out the window as we made our way down the stairs.

We ate lots of yum beach food which can also be called FRIED FOOD. Fried oysters, fried shrimp, french fries, etc. I haven't been able to shake off the 4ish pounds I gained during the pregnancy (gee, thanks for that!) so I was really trying to eat well and not go crazy. We stopped at BJ's pizza and I had, quite possibly the best salad of my life. It was a grilled Cajun chicken salad and it had marinated and grilled mushrooms and grilled peppers on top of a huge thing of lettuce with awesome, perfect ranch dressing. Anyhoo, that is not the point of this story. The point is that Piper took a gigantic poop in the restaurant that Dad described perfectly as "a baked potato stuffed in her diaper." It was so classic and and hilarious that I had to photograph how outrageous she looked.

I got a few jogs in, just 2+ miles, but it felt good to get out and run again. I've really missed it. I enjoy running but only when I'm in good shape because dang is it hard to get out and huff and puff through the first mile. Once I get going it is so nice and calming and therapeutic.

Oh yea, and I got into nursing school! More on that later.