Blog Babies

This last weekend I got to go to Vail for The Sky’s The Limit’s Spring Retreat. Mommy, Daddy and I went up early on Friday after stopping for groceries at Costco so that we could prep everything for the group who was coming up from Denver and Kansas City. Frankly, I was most excited about seeing Alyssa, my cousin from Kansas City. They finally arrived in time for us to have dinner, but we were both so excited, neither one of us ate very much. Since they got there at dinnertime, we didn’t have much time to play on Friday night! I did, however, wake up really early on Saturday morning ready to play with Alyssa. I don’t know what Daddy’s problem was, but I thought 3:30 AM was a perfect time to get up. Luckily (for him) I went back to sleep for a little while in his bed and then Mommy and I got up at 7:00. Alyssa was up eating breakfast with her Daddy and then we watched a DVD of nursery rhyme songs together and danced around. This is a picture of me watching and singing Alyssa’s favorite song about three little kittens that lost their mittens – “Meow, Meow. Meow, Meow.” Here is a picture of Alyssa and her Mommy - they’re so cute! After we all got dressed and up and around, we went to the park. It seemed like it took us forever to walk down there in our strollers. Once we got to the park I had so much fun on the slides and the teeter-totter and swings. The best part about it is that I could do a lot of the things by myself. Here I am heading off on my own as soon as we got out of the strollers. I went down the spiral slide all by myself. I rode on the teeter-totter by myself. Well, Alyssa and her Mommy were on the other side so that it would go up and down, but I was by myself on my side. After playing at the park, we were really thirsty and hungry for lunch. On the way back to the house Alyssa and I held hands because we are such good friends. Look at how cute we are! Later that day, after lunch and a nap, Mommy and Daddy took me to a different park that I went to a year ago. Here is the “Then” picture. Here is the “Now” picture. Daddy and I had fun on the slide last year, but this year I went down all by myself. I also love the swings. Here I am “Now” having fun swinging really high on the swings. Here I am “Then,” when I was little enough to share the swing with Alyssa. She was sitting behind me back-to-back. This time I also had to check out the slide that is like a big tube. I like to yell, “ALICE,” down the tube and hear it echo. It started raining while we were there and we had to run back to the car. Mommy didn’t like that part at all! When we got back to the house Alyssa and I spent some quality time coloring. I couldn’t believe all the fun things I was getting to do all in one day. Then, Gram showed up with Uncle Buddy and Jackee! This is a picture of them from Easter. Gram brought breadcrumbs to feed the ducks at the pond across the street. We had to hold hands to cross the street with Mommy. So, Alyssa and I went over there and threw a bunch of bread in the water, but the ducks didn’t ever come over to eat them! I definitely don’t have the arm that Alyssa has, so most of my crumbs were on the grass or right by the side of the pond. Gram helped me for a while, and then Uncle Buddy helped me. He is so funny; he makes me laugh and laugh! After we were done with the ducks, we played in the back yard with our Daddies. They would hide golf balls for us to find and Alyssa had a little ball we could kick and throw. We also found a fun tree to peek around. We love each other and had to give hugs and kisses. Mommy says the funniest part of the whole day was when I was calling Shawn, “new one,” because he was a daddy too, but not my Daddy. I think he should consider it a great honor to be loftily placed up there with my Daddy! Alyssa and Me and our Daddies had fun playing in the yard together. We were playing ball and running around a lot! After such a long day, we ate dinner and then took a bath in the biggest tub either of us had ever seen. We had fun splashing and playing with the toys! The next morning Mommy and Daddy and I had to get up early to drive back to Denver for Church. “New one” was up so we got to say goodbye to him, but I didn’t get to see Alyssa. I did however, talk about Alyssa all day on Sunday and can’t wait to see her again. I love you, Alyssa!