After lunch on Saturday, we headed on over to Cookeville for a family cookout, except we didn't exactly cookout, but anyway, we all got together at Aunt Amy's house. It WAS Harrison's birthday, and they DO start school on Monday, but, it really was just a good ole family gathering!! No reason needed other than it had been forever! What a fun, and hot, day, though! Let's see, Aunt Amy and Uncle Martin and the kiddos, Papa, Aunt Jill and Alexis, and then Uncle Jaybe and Aunt Steph and Ellie. You were excited all morning and kept saying "Taroline? Taroline?"and we'd repeat over and over, "Yes, we're going to see Caroline, and we're also seeing so and so, and so and so.." but you were just worried about Caroline! Of course, the first thing you wanted to do when we got there was go play outside! Did I mention it was super hot??!! But you and Caroline and Daddy sucked it up and went and played and guess what, you jumped on the trampoline!! You absolutely loved the trampoline and thought it was so cool how you could jump so easily! You loved it so much that it took a little bribing you to get you to get off so you could cool down for a few minutes and get some water in you...
I told you it was super hot outside! And just in case you are wondering, that is NOT your gateraid!!
Once we got you girls back inside, cooled down and full on a snack, Caroline decided to put on a puppet show for us, and then YOU decided you wanted to do a puppet show!! You picked up on it real quick and thought it was so funny to come out from behind the curtain!!
Not too much longer, you were back to requesting to "Go outTide, go outTide", so we ventured off again into the scorching heat!!!
We swang...
or I should say, you swang...
and then neighbors came over with their 2 puppys, a big puppy and a little puppy, to which you and Ellie didn't seem to care for either. You liked looking at other people petting them, but not you. And the little puppy was a licker, so you especially didn't care for that!!
After a small meltdown....
we were able to get all the girls back inside for the evening. I don't think you comprehend the heat just yet, so Mommy had to be a mommy to you and make you come inside and drink liquids and cool off!!!! (not to mention Mommy was a little hot, too).
But see, we had just as much fun inside as outside...
Here's the girls cooling off, with one girl being particularly goofy!!
And see, here's you building castles with Uncle Martin...
And you and Ellie playing in the dog's bed... hmmmm, wait a second...
And you girls were even able to sneak off to the front room and play!!!! Caroline even showed you how to play the piano!
See, inside is fun, too!!! Well, you didn't get to taste the famous spanish dish that Uncle Martin made and that Mommy can't think of the name of right now, and you didn't get to taste his salsa soup either, but, you did get a quick dinner with Ellie and off to bed! Remember that milestone, about not sleeping in a pak-n-play? Well, here was our first night of it...
Originally, we thought you could sleep in Caroline's room on the mattress of the toddler bed, since the toddler bed wasn't put together, but then after evaluating the situation (i.e. checking out the room) Mommy noted there were a LOT of toys to play with and a lot of random things that could get you in trouble, so we moved you up to the attic! No, not really the attic, it's just hte 3rd floor where there is a big movie room and 2 guest bedrooms, but we just call it the attic! Anyway, so you had your very own room with your very own toddler mattress, and basically nothing else in the room! Unfortunately the door didn't lock on the outside, so Mommy had to hold the handle when she put you down, BUT fortunately you are such a big girl that you didn't even try to get out!! I stood there for maybe 3 minutes and you were already quiet and laying down. YAY, now if you will just stay there... Well, mommy slept on a bed in the movie room, which is where your room opens up to (confusing I know, but it makes total sense if you see it!!), and around 2 in the morning I heard you sort of whining or even talking a little and sure enough, you wondered out of the bedroom straight to my bed! Because Ellie and Aunt Steph adn Uncle Jaybe were in the room right beside us, I decided you could just sleep in the bed with me instead of crying and waking everyone up (PS, your Daddy was SUPER hot in the attic and had to sleep downstairs, which is why you were able to sleep with Mommy!!). Well, I don't think you were quite ready to go back to sleep! You were super quiet, but you just kept twitching and turning and could not get comfortable. Finally, after about an hour of all this, you did fall asleep and the 2 of us slept until 7 the next morning! I have to say, you aren't a snuggle bug during the day, but when you are sleeping, you want to be right up on me!! I heart it, just so you know!!! The morning came a little to early for us, but we got up anyway and had ourselves a big breakfast! Not too much later we headed home where you immediately fell asleep in the car and slept the entire way home! You really had been sleep deprived lately for one reason or the other, so Mommy decided to put you down for an afternoon nap, even though you got a good hour plus in the car, and guess what - you fell SOUND asleep!! and have been for 2 hours! so sound asleep, that I just took a picture of you!!
baby girl, you are precious as can be!!!! Love you...
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