Gurgle Blogle

So, for over a year, Jordan has been debating on whether he should leave Fidelity, his company of almost 5 years. The financial industry has taken a huge blow - if you don't know this, you have been living under a rock, or have been turned into a rock and just turned back into a human - and after several paycuts and multiple scares of whether or not he would be employed at the end of the day, he decided to start looking around. Good news! He ended up getting a job at TD Ameritrade doing something similar, but different enough to hold his interest for a while! He is working for his old boss in Denver that he LOVED and is a much happier man to be around these days! ANYHOO..... with a new job comes a little bit of spare time between jobs. So, we made an impromptu visit to Florida. Jordan's cousin's live/work - on/in a - beautiful/gorgeous/fantastic resort on Pensacola Beach. We went down there for almost a week and made ourselves at home in the most luxurious place I've ever stayed in my LIFE. I truly felt like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman - except less of a prostitute and more of a mom/wife. I'm really feeling the "//////" today.

Anyhoodle, let's begin with the pictures.



This is the view from our hotel room. Not too shabby. A quick elevator ride and a stroll across the street and we are at the beach! It is a little inlet in Florida and on one side is the Gulf of Mexico and the other side is a bay with beautiful dolphins jumping around being adorable. A very narrow inlet to say the least!



We were probably a little TOO excited to see such a beautiful view of the Gulf from our hotel balcony. With a 1 year old, 2 naps a day and a pretty rigid bedtime of 8pm, the balcony became our little sanctuary! Drinking wine, listening to the waves and always a good soundtrack playing on the speakers, with my soulmate and a breeze in your face...ahhhhhhhh I can imagine it now! Sortof... Wait. I'm in Irving, Tx.


This is a little view of the kitchen (you can't see all of it. it's bigger than my kitchen. I have major kitchen envy), the dining room, and a little of the living room. Who needs a dining room in their hotel? Seriously? Anyhoo.. it was a great place to put all your crap when you come in from being out all afternoon.


This is a view of one of the buildings of the three on the resort. See how narrow our little inlet is? I told you so. It's gorgeous and slightly better than my last vacation to OKC. Kidding family and friends! OKC is better. Does that make you happy mom?


Noli trying to figure out how to get to the patio. It was glass walls so she could safely play out there even though now and then it totally freaked me out. Can't help myself.


We went to a place for dinner where they give you eyepatches....which, if you know me, is freaking awesome. I wish I could wear an eyepatch to dinner every night. Noli thinks eyepatches are stupid, by the way.


The first evening we were there, we finally got to the beach around sunset, which was absolutely perfect! Noli was totally digging (pun intended) the beach and brought home about 10 pounds of sand in her diaper and booty crack. As soon as she saw the sand, her eyebrows shot up and stayed up in "alert position" the entire time we were there. Those eyebrows mean business.






AHOY MATEYS! Pointing out to sea. I think she saw the Nina, or maybe the Pinto, Wait! I think it was the Santa Maria.



Ahhhh... there they are.




She loved the sand so much! It was NOTHING like the horrible sand in Malibu and Venice Beach! I didn't even find one empty syringe, or have my feet covered in tar when I walked away from the sand. I love Florida. So FANCY!


My little Indians. Or just one little Indian and one non Indian sitting Indian style. Close enough.


Loving on Daddy.


So, she looks kinda weird in this picture, but I like it of me and I'm vain like that. Whatever. You would do it too. Also, she has a big greasy forehead because about an hour before this shot, she feel violently onto her face and is smeared with neosporin. Poor thing.

...So we went swimming, and took a windy boat ride...

Every pool had a little ledge running all the way around the edge. Isn't that cool? It was amazingly kid friendly. Even little kid friendly.



Yay!

I can't believe I'm putting a picture of me in my suit. It was such a good time, I couldn't resist. By the way, the added SPF in this picture of the two of us totals 300 spf.

This kid was totally Noli's boyfriend for about 30 minutes. I can relate.

Look how silly and cute my baby is. SO WINDY!

I thought this picture was hilarious until she actually lost half of one of her front teeth. Now she just looks like a hobo version of herself.


Miss Lego Hair and her daddy.


Mommy + Magnolia = 2 gether 4 ever!


I never thought that I would love the Florida beaches so much but we had an amazing time and loved the silky soft sand and the lack of shark attacks! Can't wait to go back!