18 weeks, and it's camping time!
August 18 - August 24th, 2008

We were with Grandma a whole lot this week. She came to stay with us since Papaw was in New York at a school he had to go too. Grandma's only gotten to spend the night with me once; so, I was excited to have her visiting my house for a few days!

On Monday, we went shopping at Turkey Creek. It was fun, and Mommy got to get a few things, but I was so worn out by the time we got home; we still had to go to the meeting too! By the time we got to the meeting I was so antsy. I just wanted to get down and play. Mommy didn't even hear one word at the meeting, and she finally put me down on a blanket so that I could kick out some of my energy.

When we got home from the meeting, I was soooo fussy! Mom, Grandma, or Daddy couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. They tried everything they could, and I finally settled down. If only they could understand English, I was trying to tell them!

Tuesday, Mommy took me to the pediatrician. I had a good, healthy report. I weigh 13 pounds and 2 ounces now, and I'm 24 1/2 inches long. I'm still only in the 25th percentile, but that's okay with us. After our appointment, we went shopping again! Mommy picked up Grandma at JC Penney's, and they went to a few more stores in the mall before going home. This night we went and ate at Grandma's cousin Pam's. It was so yummy as always!

Wednesday, Mommy and I got ready to go to Grandma's house. Right before we left for her house, we went shopping AGAIN! This time we went to Marshall's and the Dress Barn. Mommy found me a shirt at Marshalls, Daddy two shirts, and a beach towel. Before we left, we ran by our house, and left Daddy a note with his new things, so he wouldn't miss us too much.

Finally we left for Grandma's, and we got to go count the cows when we got there!

On Thursday, Mommy was so exhausted all she could do was take me over to Great-Nana's and Papaw's and do a little mending. Daddy came to see us tonight, because he didn't want to be away from me for two nights!

Friday, Daddy took the day off to be with us, and Mommy and Daddy mowed Grandma's yard so that it would look nice when Papaw got back from his school. We also took some pictures of me. I'm four months old now! I'm trying to scoot around too. I'll be crawling before you know it!Daddy fed me rice cereal. It was yummy, but one time I got it up my nose, and I sneezed cereal all over daddy! Mommy and Daddy love playing with me, and I guess they are alright too.

I'm very good at grabbing my toes now!Saturday, after a service, Mommy and Daddy decided they wanted to go camping to get away from everything even though Mommy was sick. (She has a cold!)We didn't pack much, and spent all the time we could relaxing! It was great. Sunday, Mommy woke up and took a few photos of me. She says I'm the cutest bear in the whole Smokey Mountains!