Good times at the River!

Last week was so great having Aunt Mimi and Great Granny here! They were a HUGE help watching Lucy for us since her nanny was on vacation! She was a sweet girl and behaved so well for them! They really had a great time together! They got to pick Jack up from school every day too and helped with laundry and dinner each night! That was just so awesome and it meant a lot to have them here with us! The kids really loved it!
We had another great weekend at Mimi and Papa's on Sapelo River! It is such an amazing setting and we always have such a great time....and great food! It's hard to describe how beautiful the view is on the river. It is something that Steven and I grew up loving and is such a treat to have a place like that to visit with family! We hope Jack and Lucy love it like we do!
We got in town LATE Thursday night (Well, actually early Friday morning..around 1:30am). The kids did great! They slept in the car and got right in bed when we got there. It was nice to wake up there Friday morning! We went crabbing (we caught about 6 blue crabs and 4 stone crabs), played in the river, sat on the porch, and hung out on the dock! The day ended with my ALL time favorite meal! Frank made homemade fried shrimp (shrimp he caught), hushpuppies, Judy's red rice, and homemade cole slaw (he uses dill pickles in it!) It is an amazing meal and I ate until I couldnt eat anymore! Saturday was more of the same except with lots of family to celebrate Mimi's birthday! Everyone played in the river and enjoyed time together! We grilled out hamburgers and hotdogs and had birthday cake! Last night we sat on the bluff with a glass of wine in the amazing breeze after the kids went to sleep! It was heavenly!
We came back to a very HOT Atlanta tonight. No river breeze here! Jack starts Spirit Week tomorrow (Vacation Bible School). I hope he will really enjoy it! It should be a fun week!

A few things:
Lucy is rocking on her hands and knees all the time! She is ready to go! It is so funny to watch! Jack gets beside her and does it too! He laughs and then shows her how to crawl. She still absolutely LOVES Jack. She goes crazy when he gets near her or talks to her. She is just so excited when he plays with her! Lucy seems to be doing so much better with other people the last couple of weeks! That makes us so happy!
Jack is really making us laugh these days. It is so funny the things he comes up with...the other day on the way home from school he said, "Hey Mommy! Guess what?!" So many little phrases he comes up with! Today he said, "Hey! I've got an idea! How about Daddy goes in the hammock and I get in the hammock, and you take a picture of us together?!" (I thought that was a fabulous idea!) He loves to negotiate with us on everything! In the car today on the way home he was trying to talk us into "one more movie" on the way home! He is such a sweetheart!

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AND A LITTLE COMPARISON.....

2011 River Baby

2010 River Baby