Labor Day Weekend at the Cabin

Alena's special treat, since it was her 6 month birthday, was to go for a 4 wheeler ride with Daddy and Mommy. She really enjoyed it and made lots of "comments" along the way!Here we are chillin' outside by the fire, looking cute!What a lucky girl to cuddle on Grandma's lap and watch the fire! Checking out Daddy & Mommy's bed in style.
Alena's thinking, "What is this? I wonder if it tastes good?" She found out that pinecones are slighly prickly on the tongue!

We fought the traffic and made it back up to the Cerkas cabin :) Grandma and Grandpa Cerkas came up, too. We had days filled with relaxing, eating, and generally being lazy. It was pretty nice - very few mosquitoes, but the hornets were pesky. The weather was gorgeous; we couldn't ask for anything more! Alena slept great the first night, but was fussy for the second two. We think it was a combo of teething, constipation (She didn't poop the whole time we were up there if you don't count the blowout on the way up. What a change from last time!), and not being at home. She was kinda crabby as the weekend went on. Hopefully her screaming and crying didn't irritate the new neighbors too much!

First Tooth

And we thought at first she was crabby from just getting over sickness and the weekend away from home! Last Monday, I noticed a spot on her gums. On Tuesday, she had a sharp little tooth sticking up! This shot is from a few days later. We love how it's coming in nice and crooked already! Oh well!

The Cutest Packer Fan!

Yep, I just ate and am now giving what is dubbed the "Grandma Face"

Go Packers!

Turns out, our baby is a huge Packers fan, go figure, right? She watched the first preseason game upside down from the sweet spot in her baby gym! I think that she was inspired by all of the action since she was rolling around all over the place! She really does like Donald Driver, not just because he made a touchdown, but because of his sparkly earrings and shiny smile! I have a feeling that she's going to like being a Packer fan this season, that is, until she starts teething in earnest. She didn't even poop completely through an outfit during the game! She came close, but not quite. Maybe, someday, Alena will be one of the kids who brings her bike to Lambeau during Training Camp so that the Packers can ride to the practice field! Ah, the dreams we have for her.

Everyday Stuff

This is what Mommy and Daddy to with Alena when she poops so much that it seeps up her back! We get the clothes off of her before it spreads! Thankfully Alena doesn't seem to mind.

She has been working on standing. She's not so interested in being on her tummy, nor does she really try to crawl. Standing is good for her!

We've been living day to day. We are thankful that Eric has as much work as he wants to put in. He has been putting in 10 hour nights. Alena gets to spend time with Daddy in the AM and for a couple of hours in the evening :) Weekends are the best, though! We've used our spare time to search for a new car seat for Alena. She's going to outgrow her infant seat within about a month or two if she continues to grow at her current rate. We're also planning on going to Wyoming at the beginning of October and hope that she's all set by then!

Alena will also be able to spend more time with Mommy starting in a few weeks. I quit my job as a collector at the Credit Union and am planning on supplementing our income through subsitute teaching and online tutoring to start. I'm still looking for a job for at home, but I have been unsucessful. I'm hoping that the tutoring gig will work out at least for now! As one wise woman reminded me, "The Lord with provide for His children." He has no let me down and I know that he won't anytime soon!

The 4th of July

Getting lovings from Auntie Ashey at Grandpa Cance's house.

Cheering on Grandma Hawkins at the Pow Wow Days 5k!

Alena was so proud that Grandma beat Cousin Andy even though she is twice his age!

We decided that Alena could try out Seven Island Lake, but is was super cold and she only got her toes wet! She sure did look cute, though!

Our little family watching the fireworks at Uncle Steve's cabin.

We went up to Tomahawk for Alena's first 4th of July celebration! She had lots of people giving her kisses hugs, and just plain giving her attention. We started off the day by cheering on Grandma Hawkins in th 5k run. Later, we went to the parade. She was doing great, even with all of the sirens, until one of the firetrucks blared on the horn right in front of us. That, combined with the heat, was just enough to put her over the edge. Mommy and baby spent the rest of the parade standing in the shade. Alena slept through almost all of the rest of the parade!

Then we went out to Uncle Steve's cabin on Seven Island Lake for some food, boating, and fireworks. The water was much too cold for swimming, but Mommy got to go boating for a while! Alena enjoyed being around all of her exended family and really enjoyed all of the attention! She watched the fireworks intently. The noise didn't bother her at all!

It was such a fun time for our little family, but, as every weekend goes, was much too short!

Future's so bright...

You gotta wear shades!

More Adventures!

Here the fam is relaxing by the fire pit in Grandpa & Grandma Hawkins' backyard.
Alena tests the waters of Lake Alice.

At the Mainstreet Memories Car Show wearing her onsie that says "When I grow up I'm driving a Corvette - Watchout!"

I looked at our blog and thought, gosh, we sure have done a lot of things since I last posted! So, here's a quick post to hold ya over (not that anyone is reading our blog anymore, anyway) until I can do more :)

We went up to Tomahawk for Memorial weekend and the weekend after. Alena went to her first car show, and even wore the Corvette onsie that Grandpa Cance bought for her! He was totally beaming to have his granddaughter down there in the cute shirt.

Grandma Hawkins totally loved having her granddaughter around, too. She had already scoped out one garage sale where she bought a whole copy paper box full of clothes for the little girl and a few toy items (including a little plastic desk)! We went to several garage sales on Saturday morning and made quite a haul of super duper cute clothes for extra cheap! She also took the time to walk Alena down to the end of our road where there is a boat landing. Since it was nice (one of the few days), she dipped Alena's feet into the water. She loved it! And, of course, Grandma got to give Alena all the baths she could!

What a lucky little girl she is and she doesn't even know it yet!