My Trip to Chicago, Holland, & Manistee..

June 30-July 8, 2007...I bet you've been wondering why I haven't updated my blog lately! Well, I've been on vacation. We flew to Chicago on Saturday, June 30. The plane ride was really fun because my cousin, Lindsey, and my friend, Eli, (and his mommy and daddy) were all on the plane with me. On Saturday we went to my cousin T.J.'s christening in Chicago. Unfortunately, I decided to have a temper tantrum just after it started, so Mommy and I waited outside the church until it was over. On Sunday, we drove to Holland, Michigan, and stopped at Nana and Nano's house. Then, we got back in the car and drove to Manistee, Michigan. We stayed in a really cool beach cottage right on Lake Michigan. Here are all of the people who were there...Gigi, Nana, Nano, Great Aunt Lori, Lindsey, Kathryn, Uncle Michael, Auntie Lish, T.J., Daddy, Mommy, and me. I got to go to the beach a lot. It took about two days until I really liked the sand. The water was freezing, but I still wanted to walk into it. We had a lot of fun in Manistee. On Saturday, July 7, we drove back to Holland and stayed there for the night. I got to get in the lake behind Nana and Nano's house. The water was pretty warm. I shared a float with Nano, and I also got to ride in a paddleboat, too. Here are some pictures from my trip.

Here I am with Mommy & Daddy before the christening.

Here are Lindsey, Auntie Lish, and T.J. before the christening.

Here I am with my cousin, Lindsey.

Here are some pictures of me at the beach! Here I am with Daddy and my cousin, Kathryn.

Action sand shot! I love to pick it up.
Here I am with Lindsey and Nano. I love to walk in the sand.

Here I am with Auntie Lish and T.J.

Here are T.J.'s toesies and my toesies.

Here I am with Nana (left), T.J., and Great Aunt Lori.

Here I am with my cousin, Kathryn.
Here are pictures from my second Fourth of July.

I am wearing red, white, and blue.
I ate watermelon (and loved it) on the Fourth!Can you see all of my four teeth? Auntie Lish made me smile.

View from our deck of Lake Michigan at sunset.