Miley's First Vacation

We had a WONDERFUL Vacation! Miley was sooo good! She adjusted well to the motorhome and had fun spending a full week with Mommy! Our trip started out on Friday night and we drove up to Hinkley, on the way we ran into a storm and had to pull off the road and park behind a gas station to get out of the winds, it was a little scary as it was really blowing but it didn't last too long and afterwards we got to see a rainbow from end to end. We stayed at the Grand Casino campground and one of the ends of the rainbow ended right at the casino- I told my dad we should have gone in and played the slots so that could be our 'Grand Casino Story!'

Saturday we drove up to the North Shore- 45 minutes north of Grand Marais, across the lake from our campsite was Canada- so we were way up there! It was a very beautiful campground but since it has been so rainy up there the bugs were thick!

Sunday I went and got a massage- which was wonderful then we headed into Grand Marais to walk around to the shops and touch Lake Superior, Miley thought it was pretty cold but she liked playing with the rocks.

Monday we rented a pontoon for 4 hours and went around the Gunflint Lake- half of the lake was Canada and the other half was the US- we of course has to cross the line just to say that Miley has been in Canada!

Tuesday we decided to leave the North Shore a day early due to the bugs and head into Duluth. We stopped in Lutsen to take a Gondola ride up the mountain- that was beautiful!! And a lot of fun to ride!

Wednesday we went to the Duluth Aquarium- which Miley really enjoyed! She especially liked the seahorses and the Beaver show. We then walked on the board walk and ate at Grandma's Sports Bar. Then drove over to the Rose Garden's which was beautiful!!

Thursday Taylor was able to join us (he missed us terribly) and we went to Fitger's thinking we were going to get a brewery tour but they weren't running one that day but we were able to try their home brewed beer and root beer. We walked out to the lighthouse, got a horse and carriage ride and ate at the originals Grandma's.

Friday we headed out of Duluth but first stopped at the Duluth Zoo- which was disappointing because all the animals were asleep. Then we headed to a campground near Moose Lake where we finally got to have a fire and made homemade pizza and pie over the fire! SOO yummy!

Saturday we met up with Tammy and Jim in Moose Lake to garage sale- it rained most of the day so it was a pretty low-key day. Then Sunday we headed home. It was a great time, very relaxing and fun to experience things with Miley. Thank you Mom and Dad for taking us with you! We love you!!!!

Here are a TON of pictures--- we documented Miley's first trip completely! Didn't want to miss a minute of it!

6 Month Check Up

Friday was Miley's 6th month appointment and that stranger anxiety sure has set in. Normally she is just fine when Dr. Heilman checks her out but not this time- she looked at me like MOM- who is this strange man and why is he looking at me!! But she checked out PERFECT!!! Shots are gradually getting better and I brought along a bottle nipple for her to put her oral medication in to suck down as she normally spits it all out and she took it down like a champ this time. He did say he could see activity on her upper gums and that her top two teeth will probably come through in about 2-3 weeks! Here are her stats:

20.2 pounds- 98 percentile
26 inches- 66 percentile

We call that short and fat! HAHA! Just kidding-- perfectly normal. Even though her YOUNGER cousin Henry is a 1/4 inch longer then she is-- but he's a boy- they are supposed to be longer! :)

We had a WONDERFUL vacation and Miley was SOO good- she only fussed when her teeth were bugging her but overall- she was wonderful and traveled like a pro! I'll work on getting a post all about it over the next few days!

The Snake!!

Here is a picture of Miley, Bumpa and Danielle and Ally the SNAKE from the fair!! ISH-HUH!