Holiday Weekend

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday weekend. We braved the traffic and headed Up North. Fortunately, both Noelle and Zeus are seasoned travelers and had no problem with the drive. Tom was able to leave work early on Friday which helped us to avoid much of the heavy traffic. The weekend was spent with family and friends enjoying the beautiful weather and wonderful company.

My good friend, Stacy, who was in Japan and moved back in May to Alpena to have her second baby came over on Saturday. She has a son, Jacob, who is one year old and Noelle loved playing with him. They discovered the wonders of a trampoline. There were times when Noelle did not want to get off that trampoline, but there were many people around including Grandpa and Uncle Alex that were happy to oblige Noelle's new found love. In my haste to pack everything I forgot the camera, Stacy did bring hers and this a great picture of Jacob and Noelle.

We traveled back to the flat south on Sunday so that we would be able to take Monday and relax before Tom had to go back to work.

Tuesday I took Zeus to the vet for his four month appointment. He weighed in at a whopping 50 lbs. He gained 15 lbs. in three weeks! He is going to be a big boy!! Noelle is still his best friend, although his size is not realized yet and sometimes knocks her down without realizing it. One of Noelle's new things to do with Zeus is walk him. She just holds onto the leash for only about five seconds but it's very cute!

There is no question that summer has come to Michigan. The weather has been very warm and outside is one word that gets a very excited reaction from both Zeus and Noelle. We spend most of our waking time outside, covered from head to toe in sunscreen! Last summer Noelle was learning to crawl, this summer she is not a baby any more, but a little girl who has a mind of her own!