Scuba Certified!

It's official! I finished all the requirements and I am now scuba certified along with Jeremy, my Dad, Hannah, and Daniel. It was a lot of fun, but for a minute there I didn't think I would make it. When we did our first open water dive the water was so murky you couldn't see something that was 2 feet in front of you, literally. It was a little weird and I started to get pretty anxious. I actually had to come up to the top a few times in the beginning because I was freaking out. Our instructor was great though and he worked with me by myself and I was able to calm down and get through it.

The second day that we did open water dives the water was much better and I didn't freak out. We had to show the instructor that we could demonstrate certain skills underwater. We had to be able to take our mask off, then put it back on and clear it. We had to be able to switch to our buddy's alternate air source. We had to manually inflate our BCD. Also, we had to do a navigation dive and demonstrate that we could control our buoyancy. Now that that is over, I'm ready for the fun stuff!

We leave for St. Thomas in one week and 3 days! I can't wait to do our dive there. It should be beautiful and the visibility in the water is supposed to be amazing. I'll be sure and post some underwater pictures after the trip!

Annelise's New Play Yard

We got a new play yard for Annelise! It is the Joovy Room^2 and it is awesome! It has over 10 square feet for her to play in which is much bigger than any of the pack and plays that you see in the stores. We ordered it from BabiesRUs.com because of the size and the awesome reviews on it. So far we really love it and I think Annelise will have a good time learning to crawl in here without worrying about falling on the hard floor!

Thank you Lauren!

I wanted to say a quick thanks to Lauren for making these amazing cookies and cake balls for me! These were for a boy baby shower with a bath time theme and they turned out so cute! You can check out her blog here (Flour Blossoms) to see all the amazing stuff she does. They were such a hit! Thanks again!

She's getting up there...

It might be hard to tell, but she is up on her hands and standing on her left foot. It looks like she is trying to crawl on her hands and feet rather than her hands and knees, lol.