The Hunnie Pot

Spring Break in Boca

For Spring break this year, we decided to take a trip down to my grandfather's house in Boca Grande. We were able to find a flight out of Chattanooga and arrange for Mom and Dad to pick us up at the airport in Florida. That was the ticket! An hour flight beats the heck out of a 12 hour drive. Thank goodness Faegan didn't have any issues with the flight and was her usual content self.

The first night we stopped and had dinner at a precious cafe that hand makes their pasta - yum. This was the beautiful view we had when we were leaving.

The next morning we lathered up and took Ben on a little island tour and headed to the beach to see how Faegan liked it. The town is so cute and full of people on golf carts.

I even found a Land Cruiser hiding for Ben!

She was definitely the cutest baby on the block.

The above is about the extent of Faegan's beach experience. I put her feet in and she picked them up and started crying. The water was cold and she wasn't thrilled about sitting down in the sand. We didn't try much after this visit. Beach trips are quite different when you have a baby and are working around nap time.

We ate some yummy food while we were there and got lots of love from Gigi and GT.

Pop arranged for us to go to Cabbage Key for lunch one day and it is always a special treat. It is a cute little island accessible only by boat. The house specialty is their delicious cheeseburger.

This is the restaurant and what you see when you arrive at the dock. It is first come first serve on the boat slips and it was busy the day we were there.

The cute little dock area and the gift shop.

The walls inside the restaurant are covered with money. There is an estimated $100,000 dollars on the wall and about $12,000 falls off each year. The waitress told us that they donate the money that falls off to charity.

Ben and Ben Jr.

They had mallards outside and although Faegan was happy to see them, she only was interested from afar. She did not want me to put her down with those ducks!

Arguably one of the best things about being in Boca Grande is the ice cream from The Loose Caboose. This was Oreo and I may have had it two days in a row. Faegan had her first taste of ice cream here. Those pictures deserve their own post.

The weather was absolutely beautiful and we were able to take advantage of the precious little park. Faegan had the best time swinging in the swings.

Everything is super expensive on the island. Gas was $5.61 per gallon!

This is my sweet Pop. This was the first time he has ever seen Faegan. She gets her name from his mother's maiden name.

We had a blast and I can't wait to go back. I ~~think~~ know if I told Ben let's move to the beach he would race me to the car!

8 months

These pictures are getting harder and harder to take! Faegan is much more interested in grabbing and chomping on the paper than smiling for silly ol' me.

This has really been such a fun month. Your little personality is shining through and you are smiling and laughing constantly. You still love for your daddy to come upstairs just before bed time and you bounce with excitement when you hear him on the stairs after we have called for him. You love to play peek-a-boo where one of us hides behind the other and peeks around to see you. We are guaranteed to get laughs when we do this.

We did have a first little boo boo and Faegan got a bit of a black eye. She fell over and hit the edge of a board book. She was a trooper though and didn't let it bother her.

I ordered your convertible car seat just before our weekend trip to Georgia. You are still rear facing, but since you have gotten bigger, I don't take the infant carrier out of the car any more. I figured since I was leaving it in the car all the time, it would probably be more comfortable for you to be in your big girl seat. You really have never minded being in your car seat - just the buckling in process.

You still love to eat. We had some issues this month and had to add prunes to your daily diet. This seems to have solved the problem and your are happy once more.

One of your favorite activities is going outside to see the cows, dogs, and chickens. You pump your legs and say "mmmmmm" to every animal we encounter.

This is about as much interest as we have in crawling. You can get up on all fours, but you haven't started rocking back and forth too much.

Here is a picture of your bottom teeth. You have four coming in on the top!

You are an absolute chunk and a half. We don't realize how roly poly you are until you don't have any clothes on. I love this picture, and I love those rolls!

You are still wearing size 3 diapers and clothes range from 9 months to 18 months. I am buying 18m bubbles for the summer, but the 18m dresses are too long. I just got you some precious little summer sandals in size 2.

You still adore, me, your daddy, and Miss Jessica. It is so much easier to leave in the morning when I see her get excited to see Miss Jessica in the mornings. You also started waving bye bye! I was so happy!

You are still sleeping in all night in your room upstairs. You go down about 7 or 7:30 and wake up around 6:30 or 7. You don't fuss when you wake up, you just wait patiently for someone to come get you out of bed. You also don't fuss when it is time for bed. We have truly been blessed that we can put you down in your bed and you go to sleep on your own. You are still a thumb sucker, but only in your bed.

You also adore your bed, your blanket, and your bumper. You rub either your blanket or your bumpers until you fall asleep.

This is how I found you one night.

We are transitioning from three naps to two. We are trying to have a morning nap around 8:30 and an afternoon nap around 1:30. Usually you will sleep for close to two hours for those naps.

You are such a sweet baby and a joy to us. I thank God every day that he blessed us with you!

50th Anniversary Cookies

Here are some 50th Anniversary cookies for favors for the guests attending the big party!

The Peach State

Faegan and I packed it up this weekend and went home to the wonderful peach state. It is always so refreshing to drive those familiar roads where I grew up. I love living in the mountains, but since we live in a valley, I don't get to see beautiful sunsets too often. This was just before turning in to my parents house and it made that Friday-afternoon-through-Atlanta-traffic-with-a-not-so-happy-baby drive more than worth it.

We had a pretty laid back weekend with my family. Saturday was filled with shopping in some local shops and talking to a few people at the Peaches to the Beaches yard sale. We didn't do much shopping with them, but I did manage to get Faegan some new shoes for $5 and $6. We also hit up one of our favorite children's boutiques and stocked up on summer hair bows and some summer sandals.

We were trying to keep Faegan awake a little longer and resorted to, what else, food! I have been dying to let her try a strawberry and mom had a flat from Sam's that I couldn't resist. No surprise, she loved them! She ate three whole (huge) strawberries!

Ash decided to spend the night on Saturday. We all (minus the boys) went and ate sushi on Saturday night and it was fabulous. I think I could eat sushi every week and not get tired of it.

Faegan is absolutely enamored with Blair. Every time she sees her she kicks her legs and says "mmmm mmmmm". Blair is still wonderful help and is going to be the best big sister.

Watching Elmo perched upon Ash.

Our trips to Georgia are always too fast and we never want to leave. I think we are both looking forward to the summer when we can stay longer!

Owls

I had another request for paisley owl cookies and I think they are the happiest little owls in town! I am a fool for anything paisley. Add it to a cookie and I am sold! My sister, Ashlee at Across the Branch, found these plates to go with her owl party and I had someone request a design that would coordinate.

This is the inspiration plate.

And cookies!

If you are interested in placing a cookie order, contact me, or visit my etsy shop!

Big Tires and Princesses

I made these cute cookies for a friend of mine who has twins - a boy and a girl. The theme for their party was monster trucks and Cinderella. I thought these turned out really cute!

If you are interested in ordering cookies, email me or visit my etsy shop!

seven months

When I reminded Ben that Faegan was now seven months he said, "What? She just turned six months!"

Every day we are amazed by you, sweet Faegan. Your daddy and I both agree that you are just getting so big. Is it possible that we have had you in our lives for seven months?

You are still the most precious thing ever. You grin from ear to ear when I walk in from work and it makes my heart melt. You also grin when your daddy walks in the room. He can pretty much always muster up a smile from you.

We are now proud to have two cute little bottom teeth. They are especially handy for gnawing on your current favorite food, plums.

Your daddy and I crack up every night when we put you down for the night. I have never seen someone so excited to get in their bed. You literally pump your hands and kick your feet with joy that you are getting in your bed. The blanket that I made for you with the minky on the back is a sleep must have. You grasp it with one hand {sometimes both} and suck your left thumb. I have found you several mornings with both thumb in blanket in mouth.

You have just started bouncing up and down in our laps. You used to lock your legs and stand straight as an arrow, but now you bounce up and down with your mouth wide open.

You have always been a very tactile child and love to feel textures. We have a baby einstein book that has animals with different textures on the animals. I was so proud when I showed you how to feel the soft spots on the page and you actually did it!

We are trying to get more on a schedule these days. You are still exclusively breastfed and eating 1-2 meals per day.

6:30-7:00 - Wake/Feeding

8:00 - Nap until next feeding

9:30-10:00 - Feeding

11:00 - Brunch {fruit}

11:30 - Nap {usually about one hour}

1:00 - Feeding

2:00 - Nap {usually about one hour}

3:30-4:00 - Feeding

4:30 - Catnap

5:30 - Supper {Meat, veggies, and fruit}

6:45 - Feeding

7:00 - Bed

I have been stressing myself out a little because I read too much and I thought you were not communicating appropriately for your age. You still say "mama", but usually only when you are upset. You have just recently started "b" sounds. You are also squealing/screaming. I have noticed recently that you do seem to "talk" to us, it is just in "mmmmm" language, inflections and all!