The Cabin

Last weekend I made my first trip to the cabin for the summer (it was the kids' second time up).  We had planned to leave Friday evening, but ended up waiting until Saturday morning.  Grant had some rusty colored drainage coming out of his eye on Friday so I had made him a doctor's appointment for Saturday morning to get it checked out.  Thankfully it was cleared up by then and I cancelled the appointment and we left early Saturday.  We are all exhausted Friday evening so it was ok that we waited until Saturday morning.  Nate didn't get home from Vegas until around 12:30 Friday morning.  I think that he had a good time down there, but was definitely ready to come home to see his family.

The weather was pretty nice on Saturday, but was very windy on the lake.  Ava was anxious to go fishing so her and Daddy went off the dock.  She caught TWO fish.  I missed the first one, as I had taken  Grant inside.  We were just getting ready to go inside for the evening when she caught her second one.  It was actually a descent sized bass.  Daddy of course helped her reel it in (by helped, I mean Boppa picked Ava up and moved her out of the way while Nate reeled it in so Ava didn't fall in the lake).  She just kept saying, "Oh my, oh my".  She was so excited, and was eager to give the slimy thing a kiss.  I'm not so sure that she's my child sometimes.  Ava and Daddy were both beaming with delight...it was a definite highlight of the weekend for them. 

Sunday the weather was gorgeous!  It always seems to be super nice the day that we have to drive home.  We left after lunch, and left Ava at the cabin with Mema.  Our sitter is off this week so Ava stayed up there so our fill in sitter only had to watch one child.  I've talked to her a couple of times and she seems to be having a great time.  Our house has been eerily quiet without her here.  I think Grant even missed her. 

Speaking of Grant...oh Grant!  He has decided in the past week that he doesn't want to take naps.  Yesterday and today he fought it like no other.  He only fell asleep if he was in his car seat or in the stroller.  What is up with that?  This kid is 8 months old, he can't start bad habits like this now!  I usually don't care if he doesn't sleep a lot as long as he's happy.  The problem is that he has been so tired that he's not happy.  I even got tough and tried to let him cry it out today (which I've never done).  He screamed for 10 minutes and when I finally went up there he had snot smeared all over his wet little face.  Sigh!  I'm hoping that this is a short lived stage.  He also started something else really fun this week...biting.  Yes, biting.  When I say biting I don't just mean toys or my finger.  I mean something far more sensitive than fingers...perhaps his source of milk.  When I scold him he looks up at me with his dimpled cheeked smile and starts to giggle.  Little turkey!

I sit here tonight in a very quiet house typing this.  Nate and my babies are spending the rest of the week at the cabin while I stay here and work.  As pathetic as it sounds, I started to miss them before they got out of the driveway.  I've never been away from Grant for this long.  Then I of course hear all the statistics of how many accidents there are over the 4th of July holiday and I just pray that they arrive home safely on Sunday.  My whole life is up there.  I'm so sad that I can't join them this weekend.  The weather is supposed to be beautiful and I know that they will have a lot of fun.  I love my job and know that it provides me the flexibility to stay home with my kids part time.  However, there are times like this that I hate it because I know that I'm missing out on fun, quality family time.

So, there won't be any updates for awhile, as I'm leaving town on Monday for a cousin camp out in IA.  Wishing you all a safe and happy 4th of July!

 

Even Grant was exhausted on Friday evening (he couldn't make it to dinner due to his napping strike that he's on)

Fishing with Daddy on the dock

Ava's big catch

And a little kiss before they released it

Grant is constantly doing this.  Most of the time he gets in this position and then kind of jumps onto his knees.  He's still trying to figure out what to do with his legs once he's on all fours.