Luke meets Georgia

Many of you have heard me talk about Georgia on several occasions.  She is my cousin's (Dustin's) daughter.  She is a DOLL.  She's sweet as can be, and too smart for her own good.  

We drove over to Jacksonville to pick up Georgia and have her stay with us overnight, so she could get to know her new cousin baby Luke (whom she affectionally refers to as her brother).  

When we arrived in Jacksonville, Georgia presented Luke with a gift (after putting a witch's hat on my mom, because Aunt Patty is loads of fun...).

Georgia helped Luke open the gift.

It's a book!  And a stuffed dinosaur!

Aunt Patty/ Momau read the book to the kiddos, and then we hit the road back home to Gainesville.  I prepared Luke a bottle before we left, since it was an hour and a half drive and I knew he would get hungry on the road.  After fussing for a few minutes, we were able to get the bottle and give it to Luke.  Georgia gave him the bottle.  Right after this picture was taken, she pulled the bottle out of his mouth and said "Here you go Aunt Patty; my arm is tired." 

Luke was very confused, and got mad pretty quickly, but I thought it was such a cute story.  Needless to say, Momau held the bottle for Luke with Georgia's help. ;)

Once home, the two kids hung out together on a quilt made my Luke's great Aunt Cathy, who is Georgia's Nana!

As you can probably guess, Momau/ Aunt Patty is in heaven with these two babes.

Graduation!

Here's another post that was neglected.  

A big oopsie on my part, seeing as how it was one of my highlights of 2010!  You ready?  

I GRADUATED!  

YAY!  

The day finally came where I could walk across the stage in the O'Connell center and say "See ya later Alligator" to the University of Florida.  

As previously mentioned, Georgia came to my graduation.  Here she is in front of my parents Christmas tree the morning of my graduation.  Isn't she a cutie?

And here's a wonderful photo of my dear parents, with little Miss G.

It felt so good to walk across that stage. Two years of hard work paid off in that moment. Told y'all I would graduate, even though I got married in school!  

Don't know why some of y'all didn't believe me!

Once we all met up after my graduation, Georgia ran up to me so I picked her 

up and she gave me an unsolicited kiss. The best kind!

I love this little munchkin.

Then, the pictures commenced. Here's Carl, Austin, me and Georgia.

Here's me with Uncle Scott and Aunt Donna. Thank you both for coming to my graduation. It meant so much to me to look up in the stadium and see you 

there for me!

Here's the family!

Thank you to these two gals for coming, too!

Here's me with my wonderful husband. I saw him jumping up and down in the stands when I walked across the stage... it sure meant a lot to me.  

I love you, honey.

I appreciate all your support.

Here's me with my Daddio!

And here's me with my Momma!

I also appreciate your support. I couldn't have done it without you two.

Here's Austin and I...

Thank you ALL for coming! I GRADUATED!!!!!

After graduation, my Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Janet threw me a party!  

They completely decked out their house with everything orange and blue... 

beads, streamers, balloons, utensils, plates, napkins, and even the television had old Gator football games playing. Oh, and did I mention the cake??

Thank you Uncle Jim and Aunt Janet. I love you both!

I am now Lindsey (Omitting-my-last-name-for-internet-privacy), 

Bachelor of Health Science in Communicative Disorders

Young Families Surprise

We're still stuck in the Motel 8 in Texas, so I figured I'd catch up on some older posts that have been neglected.  We'll start with this one.

A week before we left town, the young families at our church all got together to make fruit baskets for the widows and widowers.  The children were playing in the gym, listening to music and throwing basketballs with each other.  Little Miss Georgia came along with us, because the very next day was my graduation and she was in town to watch.  Ah, the life of a two year old.  :)

Here's Georgia and Carl, who she sometimes mistakenly refers to as "Marshall."  Not sure where she got that name, but she sometimes calls him Marshall and then laughs when we remind her that his name is Carl.

After making fruit baskets, the young families surprised us with a going away cake, and a bible for each of us with our names inscribed on the cover. How thoughtful! We will truly miss these people.

Here's some of our wonderful church family...
The next 5 pictures just about sums everyone up! :)
Kameron is taking the photos, so he is not pictured. Thank you, Kameron!



We gotta have a few goofy shots with this group, too!

Part three!

Georgia was excited when we got to my house because I......have......a.....bed! 
Haha! She high-tailed it for the bedroom and crawled in!

We visited at my house for a little while and Georgia stumbled upon my graduation cap. 
Yay for graduating in December! Here's the little model sporting my cap.

On the way there, we sang with baby G. She knows her alphabet, isn't that neat? 
If you sing with her, you can take out any letters in the song and she'll fill them in!

We decided to go on to my parent's house, so off we went. On the way there, in her car seat, this is what Belle did.

She's not used to keeping up with a toddler!

We had a fantastic weekend with baby G... She's one special little girl!

Part two!

When we picked up Georgia, we took her to McDonalds.  On the way there, we asked her what she would like.  Initially, she answered, "Nuggets and fries."  So I whipped out my camera and asked her to repeat it.  Our conversation was a little bit different, but cute nonetheless.

After picking up our food, we went to the park.  Oh....Did I mention Belle was with us?

Here's Georgia's great Aunt Patty with her at the park while we were eating.

And here's me and Belle with baby G.

We played at the park for a while, but it was getting late so we left.

We went back to my house.... wait till you see what Georgia was excited to see!

Georgia on my mind...

So, you may or may not have heard me talk about this sweet little girl in my life named Georgia.  Georgia is my cousin's (Dustin's) daughter.

She.

is.

PERFECT.

Every now and then, my parents keep Georgia at their house, so I spend as much time with her as I can.

This soon-to-be two year old talks up a storm.  And we LOVE it!

I turned around while mom was driving, and I caught Georgia-long-legs practicing for gymnastics.  I think she was stretching here.

She realized her cousin was snapping a photo, so quickly changed positions and smiled for the camera!

Isn't she cute?

More about our day to come!

Please!!!!

When Georgia was visiting with us, she asked her Aunt Patty for a drink.  So, my mom went to the fridge, opened it up and started looking for a toddler-friendly drink.  Peach tea sounded good, no?

My mom, with her back to the fridge, said, "Oh, we have peach tea!  Would you like some peach tea, Georgia?"

At this point, my mom was bending down in the fridge when behind her, Georgia said, "PLEEEEEEEASE!"  She didn't only use her voice to explain how badly she wanted some tea... little missy had some body language happenin' too!

My dad and I cracked up and fell over laughing.  Being the good sport she is, Georgia obliged when we asked her to "Do that again!"

Here's the recording, and mom got to enjoy it this time too.

Part Two- How To

Part two of my weekend consisted of teaching a near two year old how to brush a puppy!  It's really quite simple, you see.  Little girls are born with a brush in hand, knowing exactly what to do with them.  Georgia popped up from her nap, saw a comb sitting near by and then called for Belle.  Of course, the "woof woof" came running at the sound of Georgia's voice, and then patiently waited for the comb to be run through her hair.

I know I've mentioned it before, but I just genuinely appreciate how gentle Georgia is with Belle, and how Belle is with Georgia.  It's truly a blessing that the pup loves the babe so much.

Step one: sit straight up and smile while you wait for the puppy to come bouncing on the bed to you.

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Step two: figure out exactly how you want to hold the comb.

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Step three: gently run the comb through the puppy's hair.

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Step four: glance up at your great aunt and make sure you're doing it right.

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And last, but not least...

Step five: lay down and snuggle with the puppy once her hair is combed out!

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A Visitor!

Hey friends!  Sorry I've been away for so long!  I've had so much going on with school lately, I've had to FORCE myself to stay away from blogs!  I'm queuing up a few posts, then going to look over what I missed in your lives!

Boy was this past weekend an exciting one!  I'm going to tell you friends all about it in the next few posts!  First and foremost, baby G came to visit!  If you don't recall from earlier, I'll refresh your memory on how I am related to this sweet little girl: she's my cousin's daughter.  So, Georgia came to visit Aunt Pa-eee (Patty) and Uncle Weee (Harry) so of course I spent as much time at their house as I could!

The Gator game was on TV, and Georgia cracked us up!  She walked in, pointed to the TV, and said, "Oh, football!"  We were all surprised that she recognized the sport on TV.  I guess she's got that football-loving gene like her daddy and Poppa do!

Here's the little cutie herself, wearing my Gator shoes!  She really liked them because they were so sparkly!

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"Okay!"

Little Miss Georgia (my cousin's daughter) is in town visiting us again, and she is just getting cuter and cuter!  She is so much fun at this age.  She will be a big two year old in December!  Man, how time flies.  Every time I see her I am more amazed at how much she talks, and how well behaved she is.  She greets Belle so softly and gently, I never worry about her yanking Belle's ears or tail.  She even leans in to kiss Belle on the nose and Belle politely cooperates, normally even offering a kiss in return.

From Something That We Do

Yesterday, when I was with Georgia, I was sharing some french fries with her.  She then got the idea to sneak one to Belle, and boy was Belle happy with that!  Georgia laughed so hard!  I told her we don't give french fries to the puppy dog, and Georgia said, "Okay punkin!"  (My mom always calls her punkin!)

She also does this HILARIOUS thing where she says something in the form of a question, like "Shoes off?"  And it will always, without fail, make you respond with a question.   "Do you want to take your shoes off?"  (Like it's your idea, not hers.)  Then, she gets a big smile, and says "Okay!"  Like she's agreeing with YOU!  I had a little talk with her yesterday and told her that if she can keep up that mindset till she's in the corporate world, her boss will love her because he will think HE has all the ideas, when they are actually her ideas.

I spoke to my dad this morning, who was helping watch Georgia. It was supposedly Georgia's naptime, so I asked how things were going.  "Well, your mom was laying down with Georgia to put her to sleep, and I just checked in on them.  Your mom was sound asleep while Georgia was laying there wide awake."  So, my dad brought Georgia out of the bedroom and let my mom snooze.  On the phone, I heard Georgia say, "Hold penny?"  My dad said, "Do you want me to hold the penny?"  And what did Georgia say??  "Okay!" with a big smile.  What else would she have said?  Haha!

My mom has also been teaching Georgia who loves her.  My mom started with her brother, who is Georgia's Poppa.  She taught Georgia to say "Poppa loves Georgia!"  After this sentence was mastered, my mom moved on to everyone else in the family.  She said, "Nana loves Georgia!" "Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Harry," and everyone else.  Then, my mom said, "Aunt Lindsey loves Georgia" and Georgia said, "Yeah.  Uncle Carl loves Georgia!"  Isn't that amazing?  She associated me and my husband, even though he wasn't mentioned!  I thought that was just too cool.  Little brains amaze me more often than not.

I'm gonna leave you with a video of Georgia when she came to visit me about two months ago.  Make sure to listen to the last few seconds to hear Georgia say, "Poppa loves Georgia!"  I'll try to get some video of her on this trip as well.  Maybe I can get the Gator chomp (Go Gators!) on video.  We'll see!

I hope you have a terrific weekend!