I have so much to share about Fourth of July and so many fabulous pictures...but I have to upload them and will do so tomorrow, so stay tuned for tomorrow's blog about our fantastic 4th!!! So until then I will fill you all in about this weekend :). Mike and I cannot remember the last time Bella went away for a night. But on Saturday night Granny (my mom) took Bella for the night and Mike and I enjoyed a Saturday down in the Dana Point Harbor on the Janda boat. Holly and Todd were such gracious hosts and we spent all day sitting on the boat listening to music, floating in the COLD ocean water, and enjoying adult time! I love doing this at the river, but was a little unsure about floating around in the ocean and I must have asked Todd and Holly a million times about sharks and whether or not they are in the harbor. When I felt safe I finally took the plunge...literally! I was slowly getting out of the boat and thought it was a lot more shallow than it actually was and before I knew it my head was under the water. Ocean water is a lot colder than river water and by a lot colder I mean take your breath away, feet are going numb...COLD and when you aren't prepared for it (which I wasn't) you literally feel like your toes might just fall off. But once we got used to it, it was all good and nothing but fun.
While mommy and daddy were having fun, so was Bella. She had such a fun time at Granny's house. She played games, tea party, read books, and ran through the sprinklers and played with the hose...making sure to water and clean everything in Granny's backyard. She even played with trolls...yes I said trolls. My sister had a troll collection when she was younger and pulled them out for Bella. Let me tell you how Bella giggled and then giggled some more when she saw the little naked troll butt. I think she thought it was the funniest thing she ever saw. And of course she had to show everybody the naked troll or as Bella said the nudy bom boody troll and as she showed us all she giggled even more.
Oh trolls...
When we picked Bella up we had a BBQ and watching Bella run around the backyard with arms up like she was an airplane was absolutely priceless. Bella running around laughing and soaking up every minute of summer daylight is take your breath away amazing to watch. Earlier I said I had a take your breath away moment with the cold harbor water, but watching my amazing daughter run around and just be happy is a "I hope she enjoys life like this forever" kind of take your breath away moment.
Did I mention she also played Barbies??? My little girl loves Barbies and I have tried to introduce my old Barbies to Bella in the past but she just wasn't ready...tonight she was. When we were leaving Granny's house she gave me another case of my old Barbies and Bella could not wait to see mommy's Barbies...what a difference a year makes. When we got home I had my Barbie moment with my daughter. I know it sounds silly but I have been waiting for this for a long time. I didn't care that it was almost an hour past her bedtime, we sat and dressed my old Barbies and played. Talk about a full circle take your breath away moment. Sitting on the floor playing Barbies with my beautiful girl is a great place to be. I can only hope that she wants to sit on the floor and play Barbies with me for many years to come.
