Sunday, August 24, 2014

Tennessee - Summer 2014

Last month, my family met in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee for our 2nd annual Flournoy Family Vacation. After spending 5 days in a beautiful house in the mountains, Don, the kids and I headed down to Georgia for the rest of the week. We had a great time catching up with everyone! I think Oliver especially loved being around his bigger cousins. He's still talking about them :-)


Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Beautiful!
Finley, Noah and Aidan
Don and me
We survived a 3 mile hike with both of our kids! :)
The beautiful view from our back deck
The resort neighborhood we stayed in.
Amy, Finley and Nini hanging out on the swing...this was my happy place :)
Dad, Don and Brett enjoying the view
Noah and Brock
The living room
Dining room and kitchen
Upstairs loft
Beautiful log cabins
Daddy and Oliver checking out the antique fire truck.
Oliver pretty much thought this was the coolest thing ever.
This was at a mini golf place that Don and I played the night before.
My future firefighter
Had a hard time getting him to leave
At the pool at PawPaw and Nini's
Riding in his police boat that PawPaw bought him.
My little fish!
Silly boy
Time to head home :(

Georgia Kate is 6 Months Old!

So I am WAY late with this post, but here goes...


Weight: 16 lbs 9 oz (her weight gain has really slowed down, for some reason)

Height: 29 inches (she is crazy long!)

What she's wearing: Size 3 diaper, 6-9 month clothes

Eating: She nurses and eats solids for breakfast, lunch, dinner and at bedtime. She is still on the reflux meds and is NOT ready to be off them yet. I also tried to reintroduce a TINY (we're talking a tablespoon) amount of dairy into my diet, and it did not end well for anybody. :( Guess we will wait another month or so and try again.

Sleeping: She eats at 7:30 pm, and then she falls asleep until 6:00 am when I wake her up to eat again. She's completely weaned off the swaddler and mainly sleeps on her belly now. She loves to snuggle with her little blankie while she sleeps.

Special Tricks: Georgia still doesn't roll over very much, but she can. She is getting really good at reaching out, grabbing things and manipulating them with her hands. She is developing quite the personality and is incredibly impatient!

Activities: Georgia still spends almost all of the time on her belly. She continues to do weekly physical therapy to work on strengthening her arms and neck muscles. She still struggles to push herself up on her arms for long periods of time, as well as hold her head midline. She has definitely made progress since the beginning though!

Georgia and Oliver continue to be the light of our lives. It is so much fun to watch them interact, now that she is a bit older and more responsive. What a pair, those two!