Well, we survived Sullivan's first long car ride to the Coast! He actually did really great! We stopped once on the way down for a quick bottle and diaper change, so made decent time. This long weekend was certainly not relaxing, but it was very nice to see lots of friends and family. Our first stop upon reaching the Coast was to Daniel's Aunt and Uncles house/B & B, Chateau Blessey. We enjoyed lovely drinks and appetizers on the front porch while watching the gulf and the schooners going by. Sullivan got his first look at the ocean! After unwinding from the drive a bit, the Blesseys fed us a wonderful meal (as always)!
getting some loving from Aunt Katherine
getting love and a bottle from his Nanna!
Sullivan was very entertained by Uncle Walter!
On Saturday, Sullivan got to meet his other Great Grandmother, Boosha, for the first time! He was quite a hit at the assisted living home! The residents kept wanting to hold him and talked about his sweet disposition, and his good looks, of course! My favorite line of the day: Kids are just like dogs, they know when people like 'em! :)
This is Mr. Hall. He is retired air force and was a elementary school principal for 20 years. He is 94 years young and has all his own teeth. He LOVED Sullivan! I sort of feel like a pageant announcer with that description. :)
Saturday night Sullivan got to 'eat' at Jocelyn's in Ocean Springs for the first time! It was wonderful to see Ms. Jocelyn and her grandson, Patrick again. The food was outstanding as always!
Sullivan and his Nanna worked very hard on blow bubbles together!
Sunday morning we moved on to Mobile to visit MORE family! They were so excited about our arrival, they planned a shrimp boil party for us! I didn't get a photo of all the lovely decorations the girls made and put up, but I sure wish I had! It was a great party with lots of wonderful boiled shrimp with all the fixins!
Uncle Daniel's attention and lap were as in demand as always! My nieces love their silly uncle Daniel!
Madeline was a wonderful help with Sullivan. She had him laughing so hard! My Mom got a video, so I'll have to see if I can get it and upload it here! It's awesome!
All in all, the trip was great! I think Daniel and I had shrimp at every meal except breakfasts! Gotta love the Coast! The return trip was a little long, but we made it! It was good practice for our beach trip which is just 3 weeks away! WooHoo!
On the milestones topic, Sullivan starting rolling from back to front and front to back like he'd been doing it all his life. I don't know what clicked, but he now loves rolling from back to front and then scooting over to whatever toy is out of his grasp! Our days are numbered before crawling kicks in! Lord help us then! Sullivan also has a white speck on his gum where a tooth is popping through! I have another hilarious video of him rubbing his Sophie giraffe along his gums.
