The Veldmans: Weekend at the cabin

We just returned home from our first summer weekend at the cabin. Sorry for the lack of updates this past week, it's been busy with me working and then us heading up north. Ava spent a few more days in the toddler room this week and seems to be doing ok. At least she wasn't crying when I picked her up. She's still not sleeping much there, since they don't let her have a morning nap. Hopefully she'll soon adapt and start taking longer afternoon naps.

Ava, Grandma, and I headed up to the cabin on Friday morning. We stopped in Albertville on the way up to look for some Stride Rite shoes for Ava. Ava hit the jackpot. She left with three new pairs of shoes. We have another excuse as to why she's not walking. Our first was that her equilibrium was off for so long due to all the fluid in her ears prior to her tubes being placed. Now our excuse is that we have been unknowingly binding her feet. She's evidently a size 6. Her little jelly shoes are a size 4...oops! She has been wearing her new kicks all weekend. And guess what...she took 6 steps by herself. Unfortunately I was the only one who saw it, but I'm hoping for a repeat performance very soon. Grandpa met us at the cabin shortly after we got there, and the Daddy & Uncle Wes arrived later that evening after work.

Saturday and today were absolutely gorgeous weather wise. Daddy, Uncle Wes, and Grandpa spent most of the day putting in docks and boats. Us girls went for walks and Ava did a lot of swinging. She loves being outdoors! She was exhausted Saturday night since she got up at 3:45 that morning to tell Daddy and me "hi". Her crib is in our bedroom so she felt the need to get up early to chat with us. Not cool! It doesn't help that her crib is next to the window. The sun comes up early and reflects off the lake right into our bedroom. Night number two we pulled a white trash move and put a sheet up over the window...it did the trick. She slept until almost 7 am (which sure beats 5:15).

Today we had lunch and then packed up and headed home. We had a graduation party to attend here in the cities this afternoon. We're now unpacked and Ava is fast asleep in her own room. We're hoping for a nice quiet night and some good quality sleep. We hope that you all had a wonderful weekend and were able to get out and enjoy the sunshine.

Flowers that Daddy brought home for me.

Flowers that Ava brought home for me in the flower pot that she made me at daycare for Mother's Day. The pot has little flowers made from her fingerprints. Unfortunately we left for Kansas City the day after we brought this home. It got no love for 5 days and is quite sad (ok, it's dead).