Ok, this is going to be a long one! Wow, so much has happened in the last month, and I'm sure I am forgetting so many things, but here it goes!
We headed to Bishops Orchards for some Peach picking a few weeks back. It is one of our favorite past times…when we get there, we usually do our picking first, then check out the animals and hit up the grocery store (which is fun to browse around all the unique foods, great produce, baked goods, and maybe do some wine tasting!). It was a fun day and I made some peach crisp when we got home…yummy!
So, I decided in the best interest of our family to drive to central NY to avoid the hurricane that was headed our way. Scott stayed back to “weather” the storm (stubborn man!) – the weather men, news channels, parents and everyone we came in contact with told us to LEAVE the area! Major disaster was expected, but I guess Scott thinks he is psychic and can predict the weather better than the experts. We came to find out that he was kind of right…right in the fact that it wasn’t going to be as bad as expected, but there was still major flooding, trees down and electricity out for 5 days! I stand true to our decision to leave, I don’t know what Bryanna and I would have done without power for 5 days anyway!!!
The original plan was for all of us to head to central NY on September 2nd , Scott would drive back the 6th and I would fly back with Bryanna on the 11th. When I booked the flight, I didn’t even think about it being September 11th (10th year anniversary of Twin Towers) – I would rather NOT fly on that day! We got to spend some extra time with family and visit with my sister, who lives in Nevada whom we haven’t seen since Christmas! She is 25 weeks pregnant with her first child…so it was nice to be able to spend a little extra time with her as well.
The original plan was for all of us to head to central NY on September 2nd , Scott would drive back the 6th and I would fly back with Bryanna on the 11th. When I booked the flight, I didn’t even think about it being September 11th (10th year anniversary of Twin Towers) – I would rather NOT fly on that day! We got to spend some extra time with family and visit with my sister, who lives in Nevada whom we haven’t seen since Christmas! She is 25 weeks pregnant with her first child…so it was nice to be able to spend a little extra time with her as well.
Our two week trip consisted of time in Red Creek, lunch with Grandma Wetzel, visit with Shannon & kids, State Fair with Grandpa and Grandma Neal, Jess, Jake, and Melissa, Grandma and Grandpa Wetzels house for a gathering and back to Red Creek for the remainder of the week.
In Red Creek, we had a nightly dance routine where everyone would sit around the living room and watch Bryanna dance...she loves dancing!
Bryanna loves Grandma and Grandpa Neal's puppies. One of her new words is puppy, which she says very softly for some reason. She also learned how to shush the puppies (putting her finger in her mouth and blowing). Another words she says pretty good is Papa (for Grandpa)...she tries saying Grandma but it turns out baba.
If you even mention puppies, she shushes them! LOL
Loves the puppies!
Bryanna isn't walking yet...she is such a cautious little girl. She seems to get scared very easily, including any animal that is bigger than her. She is actually crawling everywhere now, cruises around the furniture pretty well, and walks with her walker.
Bryanna experienced her first State Fair - a family tradition on the Neal side that we wanted to continue.
I was able to do some maternity pictures of my sister too, so glad I got to take pics for her of such a special time in her life!
I was able to do some maternity pictures of my sister too, so glad I got to take pics for her of such a special time in her life!
