Can't Catch Me....

One evening after a fabulous dinner, we went out to the open area of greenspace in front of Mops and Pops' house and voted to play TAG! We were all running and we all had so much fun. We definitely made a memory that night.
(will post in a couple of batches because there are so many great shots)

Ryan

Just a great picture of Ryan - Millie's cousin!

North Carolina pics

Sandbox Fun

Busy Bee

walking back from the swing park

Takin' a break

Let's Slide!

I am really, really, REALLY late in posting these but wanted you to see all the fun we had in North Carolina when Millie and I went up in July. We spent a week with Mops and Pops, Aunt Lexi and Ryan. Millie really had fun seeing and playing with her cousin, Ryan as well as Mops and Aunt Lexi. We were busy, busy, busy the whole time.

Millie says....

Yesterday morning I was getting clothes for Millie to wear that day and she came into her room where I was and said, "I love you. I love you Mommy." My heart just melted. I said thank you to her and she smiled her shy smile and tilted her head. So sweet.

Millie is sneaky

We went to the grocery store yesterday and when we got home, Debbie (Mawt Maw) was helping me unload everything and cleaning out the fridge at the same time. I had given Millie some Cheerios and I thought she was in the dining room eating them. So I peeked in to check on her and noticed she was eating something other than her Cheerios. She was chowing down on a cup of rice pudding.
Apparently when Debbie had the fridge door open, Millie helped herself to the pudding, got a spoon out of the drawer, took it to the dining room, opened it up and fed herself.
Too funny!

Do you know your ABCs?

Millie does. Well, she can pretty much sing the whole song, although sometimes she gets a little sidetracked. We are still working on identifying the letters by looking at books but I just started teaching her the song last week.

Putt-Putt

A couple of weekends ago, we took Millie to the Griffin City Park on a Sunday afternoon for a game of putt-putt. Of course, we soon realized that Millie is not quite ready for putt-putt just yet, but she seemed to have a good time.

Two Biggies

Last night, before Millie took her bath, she undressed herself and took off her diaper. She then said, "I want to poop in the potty." Fine with me. So she climbed up there and sat there for awhile. Then she had "that look" in her eyes and yes, she did it! I was so proud of her! I think we are on our way because she has been using the potty a lot more lately.

And then before she went to bed last night, I was rocking her and I asked her, "Millie, would you like to go to the potty before you go to bed?" And she replied, "No thank you." Whoa, was that for real?

Later on, checking to make sure that wasn't a fluke, I asked again, a little while later. And again she said, "No thank you."

God Bless....

At every meal, Millie says the blessing. Last night when she said it, she started looking around the table and said, "Bless Mommy's food, Daddy's food, Mawt Maw's food, Mommy's sweet tea, Daddy's sweet tea, Mawt Maw's sweet tea," and then Amen. It was so funny. But she was definitely sincere.

My favorite

I was able to capture this picture while we were down at the river.

Hangin' by the river

On Saturday, July 4th, Jacade, Millie and I went with a group of our friends to Jim and Diane's cabin below Pike County. The group consisted of: James Willis, Doug Krepps, Doug, Pam, Lucinda and Marsh Hollberg and Jim, Diane and Daysha Boles.

We had a great time and the drive in to the cabin was, needless to say, extremely bumpy and rough. You had to have 4wheel drive to get there (or else you would have torn up your car). And Millie slept the whole way in. We couldn't believe it. I was sitting beside her trying to hold her head and keep it from bouncing around. She was a tired baby.

We ate lunch - cooked out and had hot dogs and tomato sandwiches, pasta salad, chips, and cherries. Everything was yummy. Then we had some delicious watermelon.

Some of us chose to walk up the mountain (like me) and some chose to drive. Either way, the view was beautiful.

And on the way back, we stopped by the river and Millie got in for a few seconds with Daddy and Daysha. She also got in the creek too, which was really cold. But Millie didn't seem to mind.

Millie at Callaway Gardens - part 2

Millie at Callaway Gardens - part 1

Birds of Prey show

Some Callaway Garden flowers & butterflies

Our trip to Callaway Gardens

Sorry, I'm a little late in posting these pictures. But we had a really great time when we went to Callaway Gardens, Friday, July 3. Debbie (Mawt Maw), Aunt Noalee, Millie, Jacade and myself left around 9ish and were ready for a full-day adventure.

When we first started walking around, Jacade let Millie put her feet in the little creek. From then on out, every time she saw water, she wanted to get in.

We looked at a lot of pretty flowers, watched the fish and the turtles, saw the Birds of Prey show, looked at and fed Koi fish, went to the Butterfly Center, walked through the forest, and rode the trolley.

One interesting note: while we were walking in the forest, Millie showed a fear of the tree roots. It was the strangest thing. She wouldn't walk over them; you had to pick her up. Not sure what that was all about.

Jumping In!

Jumping In!

Coming back up!

She doesn't seem upset at all. Good job Millie!

Millie's a fish!

This past week Millie has been taking swimming lessons for 30 minutes each day. One day this week, she didn't last very long because the lessons were right during naptime, and she was just so tired. But she finished well and now we just need to practice.

Here are some pictures that Jacade took today, her last day. Can't wait to get in the pool with her in two weeks when we go to North Carolina! Look out fish, here comes Millie!