July Indiana Visit!!

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Originally uploaded by Nancy Carey

When I think of Indiana my heart just races and I get exited. Excited to see family and friends...Indiana is where my heart is. Every time we visit it gets a little harder to come back to New Orleans and leave everyone I love, but we are stuck right now and there's nothing I can do about it. Stu and I make the best of a situation neither one of us is all that thrilled about. The city is truly beautiful and we know we won't be here forever (we hope not) and that thought makes it bearable.

Our trip was great. Every time we've visited since Cohen was born it's only been with family and this time we actually spent time with our friends...and we had a blast. We spent a little time with family too (pictured above), but the reason for the trip was to see all of our friends at the Oldenburg Fruedenfest. I forgot my camera so there are no pictures to post of the Fruedenfest.

On Saturday we went to Grandma Edna's to visit with her and all the other cousins. There are six babies all within 3 months of each other right now and watching them play together is just hilarious. All the babies can crawl but Cohen. He just gets on all four and humps right now. He gets frustrated that he can't crawl. As always we brought Cohen's favorite thing in the entire world (other that jars of baby food - that might actually be his favorite thing) we brought Tina the giraffe. Cohen was not the only baby who enjoyed Tina. Tina was a popular little giraffe that day....everyone seemed to get a turn chewing on her...thanks Mimi for getting Cohen Tina.

We won't be back in Indiana until Christmas....and that makes me sad, but we do have a lot of family and friends coming our way for a visit!!

Thanks to Mimi and Grandpa Dave we have pictures of our visit!!!

Blueberry Picking - Poplarville, MS

Blueberry Picking
Originally uploaded by stuflannery

We went blueberry picking this morning. We paid $10 a gallon for our hand-picked blueberries. Since blueberries are a staple of my grocery list this will save us some money...I normally pay $5 for a tiny container. Picking was fun and there were a few other families out picking early this morning too. Cohen, as always, was excellent. He just talked in his hiker and grabbed branches as we passed by. It was really hot and the little guy was sweating like crazy. He did manage to give us a scare...since everything goes in this kid's mouth nowadays he managed to pull off a leafy twig and get it into his mouth. He started making gagging noises and i turned around and saw a big leafy branch hanging out of his mouth, but with a quick finger swipe I got it out. He just looked at me like "what was that"?...he's so funny. Here are some more pictures from our day.

VIDEO - PIANO/FLIP FLOPS

VIDEO - PIANO/FLIP FLOPS
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I have no idea how Stu and I created such a beautiful baby! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful little man in our lives. He brings a lot of happiness everywhere he goes.

Hiking at the Bonnet Carre

Hiking at the Bonnet Carre
Originally uploaded by stuflannery

We woke up early and decided to head to the Bonnet Carre to hike. It was such a gorgeous day. Cohen loved the baby hiker we have and he was all smiles and very talkative the entire hike. Next time I'll pack bug repellent...mosquitos were really bad. The bugs in general were bad. I'm not one to be scared of bugs but never in my life have I seen grasshoppers this large. They were about the size of a tennis ball. I screamed a lot. Looking forward to next weekend...hiking in Mississippi!!