Cottage Weekend

This last weekend, I took my first trip to my Great Uncle Pat's and Great Aunt Esther's cottage in Lake City. This was the farthest from home that I have ever been.
I had to try on my cottage wear before the trip to see if it still fit, I have grown alot since I was born. Sure enough, it fit perfectly.


I know that when you go to a lake, you are suppose to wear a swimming suit, but I am only 6 weeks old and I didn't want to get cold while I was there. Next year, I am planning on getting into the water. I should be walking by then. This year I had to enjoy everything from the shore. It was still nice being out in the sun. My little jacket even came with a hood, so if I lost my hat, I could still keep warm.


On the way to the cottage we stopped by Grandma's (Gena's mom) house to see her. I thought that since we were going by it would be a perfect place to stop and eat and get my diaper changed. Unfortunately, Dad did not get my diaper tight enough while we were there and we had a little accident. They ended up having to change my cloths, and wash out this cute little pink outfit. Grandma is so much fun, she makes me smile.


This is my Great Aunt Esther. Her and Uncle Pat waited on us hand and foot. Uncle Pat took the other girls for rides on the jet ski's, motorcycle, and boat. Uncle Pat served them brownies and ice cream in bed while they were watching a movie, and just my luck, I can only drink milk. Boy being little sure does have its disadvantages, but everyone loves to hold a baby and I get fed instead of having to feed myself. So being little also has its advantages.

Cottage Weekend (Continued)

This trip was extra special for me. I finally got to meet my Uncle Chris and Aunt Sarah. They came up with Grandpa and Grandma to help celebrate Makenna's birthday. They arrived just before in the late morning and just in time for my favorite activity. LUNCH! Now you have to understand, that at the cottage, we get waited on hand and foot by Uncle Pat, and there are no rules to follow. We get up when we want, and go to bed when we want. Well at least everyone but me got to do that. We can also stay in our pa..., pa..., pajamas all day long.


Grandma and Grandpa (Steve's parents) came with my Uncle Chris and Aunt Sarah for Makenna's birthday. Please don't notice that it is the afternoon and I am still in my pa..., pa..., pajamas. Like I said, we are at the cottage, and when you are at the cottage, you can do what you want. Even stay in your pa..., pa..., pajamas all day long.


Here are the grandchildren minus one. I have not met Elizabeth yet, but let me introduce you the my cousins. Makenna is the one holding me. She turned 8 years old while we were at the cottage. Taylor is the one in the upper left and Jessica is the one on the right. I met them at he hospital when I was just one day old. There are no boy grandkids yet, just girls. Boys would just mess thing up. GIRL POWER!!!!

If you would like to see more pictures of the cottage weekend, please visit my Aunt O'welly's website at http://www.hoodmama.blogspot.com


On the way home from the cottage, we stopped and had supper with my mom and dad's friends that they do not get to see very often. Their name is Rickie and Angie. In the picture above is two of their three children. Paige is on the left and Austin is the one holding me. Austin was a little leary of holding me, because he didn't want me to spit up on him. So I was nice and held it in.

My Family Picture

Here is my Mom, Dad, and me at our first family picture. These pictures were taken just before my two week birthday, by a friend who is a photographer. We took lots of pictures that day, so I picked out a few of the best ones to share with everyone.


Here I am in my Dad's hands. He holds me like this all the time and talks to me. It is our favoite position. It won't be long and I will not fit anymore, so we will just have to find a different position. I figured out, in the mornings, that all I have to do is stare at him and he will do whatever I want, even go in late to work because he doesn't want to put me down.


This is my Mom. She sings and dances with me all the time. Sometimes I cry just so she will pick me up and sing. For 8 months while I was in the womb, she taught 1st-4th grade elementary music, so I got use to hearing her sing, along with all her 1100 kids that she taught. My parents are starting to figure out that when I am fussing, a little music will calm me down. Boy parents are hard to train!


And finally here I am all by myself, sitting on a nice, soft pillow. They tried to get me to sleep to get one of those cute pictures of me in a basket or flower pot, but I didn't want anthing to do with that. I was afaid of missing something. I am learning here, I need to absorb as much as I can.

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures.

Weekend of Family

Here I am with my Great Grandma (Gena's Grandma) her and grandma (Gena's mom) came to visit on Thursday and helped Mom move back into our house. A friend let us live in their house all week to escape the heat. It was in the 90's-100's all week until Thursday.

Papa and Grandma (Steve's parents) also came down on Friday night and all day Saturday. Papa helped Dad put in the air conditioning so we won't have to move out of our house again when the temperatures reaches in the 90's.


Aunt Mindy came down on Sunday afternoon and stayed until Monday afternoon. Here I am all snuggly in her arms. Boy family is nice.