Trip continued

Saturday we spent the day on the lake in the pontoon boat that we rented. Addison has never been on a boat before and I was really nervous about her falling in. There were plenty of people though to keep an eye on her. She wore the life jacket about half of the time, especially when we were moving. Here she is when we first left the marina. She loved standing in the front of the boat while the boat was moving.

Angela was the best! She thought of everything. I had lunch covered, but that was it. Angela brought every snack imaginable for Addison, drinks, and even a lunchable. That came in handy at dinner time since I didn't think that far ahead. She even got Addison to take a nap while Michael and I took a ride on the tube. Thanks Angela!

Addison doesn't eat a ton of junk food, but it was vacation. She LOVES Doritos! And I've learned that she will drink "juke" (that's juice) if it has a straw.

We had such a good time. In all, there were 15 of us on the boat. The kids spent a lot of time swimming, tubing and knee boarding and the adults spent a lot of time just hanging out. It's definitely something I look forward to doing again.

Trip to Tennessee

We left Tuesday night and headed out. We drove a couple of hours and then stopped at a hotel. My hope was to move Addison from the car to the bed without her waking up. No chance. She was wide awake and wired! Giggling and laughing. We finally got her to go down around 12:30 am. We decided to break the trip up a little. We headed to Andersonville, GA to visit the Civil War POW camp. We toured the grounds and the museum and then had a picnic.

Friday we went to Mayfield Dairy Farm. They make great ice cream and it's right in Michael's hometown. Walmart is the only place that sells it in FL. We toured the plant and then enjoyed some treats. Yes, we were required to wear the hair nets. And yes, they do have a parking space reserved for the giant cow! Only in TN... :)

Vacation

Michael and I took a full week off last week. It's been awhile since I had a full week off. We had a couple of days at home to get some things done and then we headed to Tennessee on Tuesday night to visit family. It was a fun trip and I have a TON of pictures. There is a lot of stuff going on at work so I'm a little behind on that and my sleep. I hope to have pictures up this weekend.

Just checking

Every night before I go to bed I go into Addison's room, I rub her head, I give her a kiss and tell her I love her. She's always so peaceful. And then sometimes I laugh because I find her like this.

Dinnertime

I just got done putting this little video together and I have to point out a few things. It really isn't that special. It's just dinner, but for some reason I found tears in my eyes I was laughing so hard when I just watched it. The "wee wee" is because she is kicking her legs under the table. And the cheesy smile? Well, I think that says enough. Click to play.

Here's a couple of pictures also. And to think that Addison has a photoshoot next week. I'm starting to get nervous.

Ice cream cone

Michael just sent me this picture taken with his cell phone. I think this is Addison's first official ice cream cone that she's eaten by herself. I think she did pretty good.

Lollipop

Trying to get a 16 month old to sit still while eating a lollipop is almost impossible. She sat in Michael's lap for a few minutes and then we just tried to keep her on the couch. At least the leather is easy to wipe off. I love how she holds the stick as close to the top as she can and how half of her hand is in her mouth.

At the time she was eating we had the weather on to get an update on the approaching storm. She was concentrating so hard on what the Mayor had to say.

She really did enjoy that lollipop.

Trying to stay dry

I think we're all going a little bit crazy being stuck in the house for so long. Last night was the worst. The wind and rain really hit us and I was up half of the night. Not really worried, just couldn't sleep because it was so loud. It seemed like we were going to get a 5 minute break from the rain this morning so I headed out to take Addison for a walk. Right after I got her shoes on it starting pouring. Me, Addison and Caeley (from next door) braved the wind and rain for a few minutes and splashed in the puddles. It was fun until the rain started to hurt. The rest of the morning Addison and I hung out in our fort.

She has been such a trooper. Last night Michael brought dinner home and we had a picnic in the living room. I'm running out of ideas though. I'm ready for Fay to move on. We had a two hour break from the rain this afternoon so I was able to take some pictures. Our pond is the highest I've ever seen it, up probably 4 feet. The pond is usually below the neighbors palm trees and Michael normally has to mow around the Willow tree.

That's what's been going on. So far we've been lucky with the power. It went out this afternoon for about an hour, but that's it. There are about 82,000 people without power right now and I sure am glad I'm not one of them. We're keeping our fingers crossed.

Fay

School has been closed for two days now so that has turned our week upside down a little. And in addition to that, I have a virus on my work computer making it harder for me to get things done at work and at home. I'm sitting here at work now, watching the sky get darker, the wind get stronger and the rain slowly start to fall. I'm heading home soon so Michael can go to work this afternoon. The moral of my story? I haven't had much time to download pictures and post, but I will be back at it soon.

Hanging out

Addison's school was closed on Friday so we had some mommy and daughter time. It went a little something like this. (Please excuse the boogers in the second picture.)

About 5 seconds after I put the camera down she decided to toss the glass container of relish on the floor. I then spent the next 20 minutes trying to clean up the glass and keep her out of it at the same time. Wish I would have gotten a picture of that.

And this is what we see everyday. Her latest obsession is Michael's eye drops. She loves to carry them around, chew on them, and pretend to put them in your eyes. They are in every room of our house because Michael is a little obsessed with them also. "Ahy dop, ahy dop", she says. We rarely see her without them.