Independence Day Celebrations

Mimi, Suzy, and I loaded up early Tuesday morning to head to the lake house to meet Memaw and Papa. We made our usual stop in Tupelo to stretch our legs and get some last minute goodies. Suzy scored on her shopping trip to Toys R Us with Mimi. They went in there on a mission to find a nice new riding toy.... I think they succeeded.

Later Tuesday afternoon Teresa, Chuck, and Charlee Beth showed up to join us. The following day the rest of the crew showed up: Papaw, Jon, LaKay, Ryan, and Scott. Unfortunately, they didn't bring good weather with them. It rained the whole entire time we were at the lake. We had a few windows of fair weather, but it wasn't many. I'd say it rained 90% of the time we were there. The other 10% of the time we took advantage of the weather and headed out on the boat. Suzy loves riding in the boat. She came downstairs from a nap one day and said, "Papaw. Boat. Ride. Go.", so that is just what we did....!!

This is her "wow" face!

Of course, she had to be the co-captain.

Ryan Moore finally got the opportunity to hit the water on his wakeboard.

Sweet feet. 

Pick-a-boo!!

 We came back from our boat ride one afternoon, so we could swim with Sue. She wasn't as into swimming as she usually is. I think she has gotten used to the Country Club pool. She can touch the ground in it, so I don't think she likes not being able to touch the bottom of the lake. She finally got used to it and played with me a little bit.

We are trying to teach her how to kick. I am usually the only one who is kicking! 

 I'm telling ya, when it wasn't raining we were enjoying the water life to the fullest. Memaw and Papa tried their hands at fishing, we sat around on the dock watching the boats, swam, or just piddled around close to the water. We were really hoping and praying the weather would turn pretty. We just never saw our hopes come true that week.

Chuck and Charlee Beth!

All the rain apparently washed a little critter into our yard. Suzy was in love with the little fella. Sonny B, on the other hand, was not a fan of the little duck! She yelled "quack, quack, quack" while Sonny B stared at the duck like it was his next meal!

Oh the joys of a rainy lake trip.

She the duck in the distance? 

Memaw takes her cat with her to the lake. He is like 100 years old.....

Since we were stuffed inside most of the time we spent most of our time consuming a lot of calories, playing cards, and chatting/playing on the porch.

Yummy corn on the comb!

We broke out the blow up swimming pool while it was sprinkling one day..... Anything to keep her busy! 

A nice game of Phase10.

Papa and Suzy having some ice cream!

Suzy learned many new things from all the people that were at the lake. She is getting pretty good at "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", telling me "NO", calling her Mimi, and she got a lot of good practice on her sweet new trike!!

Last year our cousins from Georgia were at the lake house with us. She took some awesome pictures of Suzy for me. I wish that I could have gotten some as good as she did last year, but hey I tried.... AND it is great to compare the differences in her now!

July 4, 2012

 July 4, 2013

Chocolate Chip cookie face :) 

 We planned to go to the fireworks show July 5th at Duncan Bridge Marina. They usually take the boat to see the fireworks, so that is what we had planned on doing. I was already way out of my element, because the show didn't start until 9 o'clock. Suzy is usually asleep by then. Then, it was raining and we were still going to the show, which really threw me off. We all loaded up in the cars after a last minute decision was made that we were going to Duncan and we were not taking the boats. Suzy was in her pajamas and Jon didn't even have any shoes on. We looked like a bunch of hobos.... We went, we saw, and we got soaked!! The bottom fell out and we were drenched. Suzy loved the fireworks. I was shocked she didn't get scared, because they were extremely loud!! She did great!!!!!

My little rednecks :) 

She had to play in the dirt while we were waiting on the show to begin. 

Best seat in the house!

Not a great picture of the fireworks, but you can see all the boats that still braved the weather and  came on the water!

 We had a terrific time at the lake even though it wasn't great weather. Suzy was a perfect baby girl and we got to spend some quality time with some great friends and family! I cannot wait until next year :)

The view from the boat house/swim pier. 

The front of the house. It has the main living floor with the master bed and bath, upstairs is 4 bedrooms and full bath. The back of the house looks like a 3 story because of the basement. The basement will eventually be a bunk house/game room/bar area..... They hope to have all that completed soon! This house has been a MAJOR project for them! They've done a great job!!