Our Family Trip to Sarasota

My cousin Allan got married in Sarasota, FL a couple of weekends ago, so we made a family trip out of it.  It was Harper's first time to the beach, but between naps & wedding festivities & the small fact that she wasn't that wild about the sand & cold water, we didn't spend much time on it.  It is also important to note that Harper officially started walking on this trip!  It was about a week after the 14 month mark.  Harper & I went to Houston for a couple of days before heading to Sarasota & she started walking more & more while at my parents' house.  By the time we got to Sarasota, she was ready to explore the suite.  Another thing I would like to remember about the trip is that it was only the second time we used a non-family member as a babysitter.  And she was even in high school!  She was a referral of the bride's mother.  Well actually, she was a referral from an old babysitter of the bride's who has her own kids now (follow that?).  She was awesome.  Here are some pictures from the trip:

Harper loved all the attention she got on the flights

The view from my aunt & uncle's room (I forgot to take a picture from ours, but we were only one floor below them in the exact same room, so it was the same)

Beach Baby

Harper & Daddy

Mommy & Harper

Our little family



Me & Harper with Great Great Aunt Peggy - she is Harper's oldest living relative at 87 years old!  She was the life of the party too!  She lives in Chattanooga & it was her first time to meet Harper.



The Ruch Family (Trey, Mary Jane, & Maggie), Great Great Aunt Peggy, & Harper


And once again the spacing of the pictures is driving me crazy, but I can't fix it!  Oh the woes of blogger. :-)