4th of July and more

It's been awhile since I last posted. Returning to work and Jason's classes have made it a little more difficult to keep up as frequently as I did before. I'll try to do better!

Last weekend, we made our first trip of the summer to Jason's parents' place in Lewiston. With the boat and a baby it takes about 4 hours to get up there, and Hannah did great! She slept most of the trip. To stretch our legs, we stopped at a cute diner in Grayling for lunch on the way up. Thankfully, the route to Lewiston wasn't very busy, but man oh man was Grayling packed. Lots of traffic heading to the Cherry Festival in Traverse City.

What a gorgeous weekend we had! You just couldn't ask for better weather. Friday night, we all went out to eat at the Lewiston Lodge, a restaurant on one of the Twin Lakes (I can never remember if it's East or West).




Grandma and Grandpa Davis with Hannah at the Lodge


Earlier Friday afternoon, Jason and his dad took his boat for a spin. Unfortunately, something wasn't quite right with the motor, so they took it to the marina first thing Saturday morning. Turned out it was a simple fix. After they got back, we packed up (you can never do a road trip w/o packing up anymore!) and headed to Traverse City. I've never been to the Cherry Festival on a weekend or seen the Blue Angels, so now I can say I've done both. The air show was pretty impressive. Only once did Hannah cry b/c of the noise. After that, we held her to cover her poor little ears.

Holy cow, were there a TON of people, though! It took us over an hour to get out of TC. Again, Hannah was a real trooper and did great in the car. I'm sure it helped that Grandma was sitting next to her and entertained her until she fell asleep :-)

Like father, like son

Ready for a day in Traverse City

After we got back on Saturday night, Jason's parents volunteered to babysit Hannah so we could go out. It was so nice! We had dinner at a steakhouse. Up north elegant would be a good way to describe it. The prime rib was oh so good! Afterward, we stopped at one of Jason's dad's favorite watering holes for a few minutes. When we learned that fireworks were at Garland Resort, just down the street from Jason's parents' place, we headed over there. We caught some of the fireworks and then grabbed a table inside the bar where we listened to Jason's parents' favorite band - Jeff and Sue. It was such a fun night!

We headed out fairly early on Sunday. With the weather being as perfect as it was, it was hard to leave but with a 4-hour drive, we just couldn't stick around too long. It really was a nice weekend.

In other Hannah news - She's also really into grabbing now, especially her brightly colored toys. We have one toy that hangs from her car seat, and she's been holding that when she falls asleep in the car. So cute! Her arms are definitely getting stronger, too. When she lays on her belly now, she pushes right up and looks all around. It's amazing how much her strength has increased in just a couple of weeks.

Yup, she's grabbing everything, including her clothes (notice the bird "purse" over her arm!)

I think she's going to be rolling before we know it. She's recently started kicking her legs over to the side, as if she's in the beginning of a roll. She just doesn't have the momentum yet to get her over. She's really been kicking her legs up in the air a lot more, too. It's as if she just found them :-) We'll keep you posted!