4th of July Weekend.

It was a super gorgeous weekend. It was warm in the shade, and hot in the sun for all 6 days that Amelie and I were at the cabin. Tyler and the rest of the guys were all there from Friday until Monday, then just the girls and Sam stayed. Tova and I left this morning and Abby, Sam and my mom are still there.

Every evening Tyler and I (then just me on Mon and Tues night), went down to the beach to enjoy the cabin sunset after we put Amelie to bed at 8:30 pm.
I have to credit The Baby Whisperer with that. That book definitely taught us how to put her to bed the right way.
The photo does not do the sunset justice. This particular evening, Tyler picked out a radio station to listen to on the pontoon and when we started paying attention to what we were listening to, we realized it was a "Big Band" station and had a real good laugh. That's why I am usually in charge of the radio.

Amelie and Sam got to play alot together and discovered some new toys. She is really starting to reach and grab for things and she is putting everything in her mouth, including her feet. Here, the two little baby nuggets are each discovering something new. Sam is loving his foot and Amelie's ring toy, while she is just trying to get her foot to her mouth. They remind me of those little black bugs that curl up into a round ball when there is pending danger.

Here is my little cutie playing with her rings. Those big blue eyes just make me melt. The outfit she is wearing in this picture actually lasted several hours before we had to change it. And she wasn't even wearing a bib!

My lovely doula friend Nicole got Amelie the CUTEST bib and shoes as a gift. I took a bunch of photos of Ami wearing them in her pink long johns, what an outfit!
Later, after she spit up all over most of her outfit, she was still able to sport the cute shoes. This is one of the outfits my mom got her at a garage sale. Thrifty baby! And this one, I can almost imagine her saying,"Mom, put the camera away!"


She loved riding on the pontoon, I think she likes the wind in her face. She was pretty happy when we were going for our lake cruises and the 4th of July parade. She cried for a while, but only because she was tired...then she fell asleep. Grandpa Jeff was teaching her and Sam how to drive the boat, she did pretty well.


All in all it was a pretty good weekend. We were sad that Tyler, Ben , and Andy couldn't stay for longer, but someone has got to bring home the bacon. I managed to read 2 books, relax, eat a whole row of Oreo Cookies, pack the perfect amount of clothing for Amelie and I, and get some great photos. She did make me work pretty hard on the ride home. Tova and I left early and stopped in Motley, Clearwater, Montecello, and one other random exit to calm the pretty little baby down/feed her/change her ect... She always stops crying a few blocks away from our house though. Like she knows we are about to get home. It's weird.

I unpacked, did laundry, showered, and signed another document for the house before I went to work tonight. I was beat when I got there, but usually around 10pm I get my 2nd wind and then it gets busy and all the sudden it's 2am. I love working Wednesdays. Good music, good money, and good people.

Tomorrow I am thinking of trying out jogging with Amelie for real. Maybe we will go visit my old job (within jogging distance). I gotta call Krista back so she doesn't think I am avoiding her (I'm not), and I need to start packing my house and getting ready to move as well has have a garage sale. Plus I need to bring some $$$ to the bank. I wonder how much of that I will actually get done...