Weekend in Hope- Week 13

This week was a little easier at work.  I'm getting in the groove of packing my lunch, all of my bottles, pump parts, etc. each night.  I'm feeling more comfortable with pumping at work & doing pretty good at waking up at a fairly consistent time to feed Finley before leaving the house around 6:25 am each morning.  Finley is getting on a more regular schedule with dad & aunt Sarah and that too is making things easier for everyone.  She is also staying up a little longer after I get off of work which I really enjoy!!

On Friday morning Finley had her 3 month pictures taken at James at the Mill.  She did fairly good but just didn't smile much.  She wasn't fussy or anything but more so in a trance from the sound of the waterfall.  Later that morning, Wes & I loaded the car down with toys, a swing, play mat, and more baby necessities than you could ever imagine.  Grandma Phyllis, Finley and I then set out for our weekend adventure to Hope.  Wes had a "weekend daddy hall pass" and went to St. Louis with some friends to catch both a Cardinal's baseball game and a Ram's football game.

The one professional pic in entire shoot where she actually smiled.

Finley slept the entire way to Hope so we made it in record time!  Finley and I stayed with Gram and Pop Pop and we had a great visit!  Gram loved singing to Finley and Pop Pop read Finley lots of books.  We had a little family/friends get together with Lauren, Clancy, Emily, Nikki and all of our kids on Saturday afternoon and an adult only evening that night at Emily's house.  It was so great to see everyone!  We did have to stop in Alma on the way back which was still really good for such a trip in a car with a newborn.  Grandma Phyllis and I are convinced that we could have made it the whole way without stopping if we wouldn't have had to wrestle with getting the car seat base back into my car before leaving Hope!!  Urghh, could they make it any harder?!

Lauren's son, Griffin

Clancy's daughter, Maggie

Nikki's daughter, Avery with Finley

All of the kiddos!

Nikki, Avery and Finley

The girls!! Lauren, Emily, Clancy, Nikki & myself.

Emily, Clancy, & Lauren

IN THE NEWS:

• 10 year anniversary of 9/11- such devastation revisited and I must admit that I was guilty of watching some of the shows aired that recapped all of it.  It is still so fresh in all of our memories and so hard to believe that it has been 10 years. 

COUSIN COMMENTS:

• Grandma Phyllis picked up cousins Grant and Griffin in Magnolia and kept them one night over the weekend during our Hope trip.  Grant was very concerned that we had left some of Finley's toys in the car and he was certain that Finley was missing her toys.
• While sitting in the back seat of the car with Finley after being picked up from kindergarten, Ella was convinced that Finley said momma and told me all about it when I picked her up that evening.