Road Trip....

On June 30, Isabella and I set out for a long road trip together! We made our first stop in Birmingham to spend time with some of my dearest friends from college....Julz, Marg and Court! We met Courtney's newest addition....Elijah and visited with her other little boy Jonathan as well as with Margaret's little boy Charlie! It was about time for a little girl to join this mix. =)
Jonathan (3 yr. old) had this little conversation with Isabella and me as we ate dinner.....

Jonathan took hold of Isabella's little hand....gazed into her eyes and said....
"You are pretty!"

3 minutes later...
"Whitney"
"Yes, Jonathan?"
"Did you know Isabella is a little girl?"
"Yep, she sure is!"

3 minutes later...
"Whitney"
"Yes, Jonathan?"
"Did you know Isabella has a bow on her head?"
"Yep! It's cute isn't it!?"


We had a wonderful visit with friends....spent the night at Julz and Nick's house and then we headed to Nashville early the next morning!

Isabella was such a great little traveler! We'd stop to eat and then load back up.....and she would usually fall right to sleep until her tummy was hungry again! Mimi greeted us at the door when we pulled into Nashville! Isabella sure was happy to see her Mimi AND get out of the car! =)


Uncle John and Aunt Linz arrived that evening.......Isabella loved all the attention from her Uncle John! Here they are gazing into her favorite mirror.....

Aunt Brit and Uncle Matt arrived late Friday evening after Isabella was already down for the night. They tiptoed quietly in to see her getting her beauty sleep......this was Matt's first time to see her!
Now of course it wouldn't be a true family weekend together without a road race! So, early the next morning, we all headed to the local 4th of July race! Dad, Mom and John raced.....we were all there to cheer them on!

Aunt Brit loved on Isabella.....such sweet smiles!

Uncle John wanted to sneak in this pic...

Isabella got LOTS of TLC over the weekend...

So, she has 3 pair of sunglasses....but these are the only ones that somewhat fit on her little head! Such a little diva...


"Come on Mamma....let me just relax with my shades on.....no pics right now." =)

On Sunday, my daddy introduced Isabella to his church family. They have been such prayer warriors for sweet Isabella........and throughout our baby journey. This was such a time of celebration as we thanked the Lord for His faithfulness!

Of course, we did our best to dress patriotic in our red, white and blue for the 4th of July! The look on Isabella's face says it all, "Mamma, do I really have to wear this outfit!?"......Yep, red patent leather shoes and all! =)

Here we are relaxing at the park as we listened to the patriotic music together with my family. Isabella loves music and being outside....so this made for a nice evening together. We missed Jer.....

Here's all the fam together....except for Jer! Nothing like a summer picnic, good music, a nice breeze and family to share it with! =)


Pappa loved on little Isabella the whole evening......she stayed right there in his lap the entire evening! She listened to the music....Pappa gave her a bottle....then she fell asleep just in time to miss the fireworks show!

Linz made us delicious cookies....and she even made mine diary free (Isabella's tummy was very thankful for that)!

After our wonderful visit in Nashville, we headed on to Chattanooga to see Grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins! Here is Isabella Corrinne meeting Grandma "Corrinne".
Four generations here....

Isabella was full of smiles for her Great-Grandma....
Grandma took Isabella's bow off cause she wanted to see that pretty head! Grandma noticed her pretty eyelashes right away. =)



Then, off to camp we went! We LOVED celebrating daddy's birthday with him! We surprised him with 2 big cakes during Church Group time. =) We definitely enjoyed the few days we were able to be at camp...just enough to get a good taste of camp fun!
Isabella is such a flexible little baby.......she fit right in to the camp schedule and I think she loved it! Somehow she managed to stay awake through Church Group time......and fell asleep around 11.....and then slept in until 9 or even later!

We sure missed daddy during our road trip......we were both happy to finally be together again as a family of three!


The students loved having Isabella there too. Here are some of the sweet girls loving on her....


After 9 days of traveling, we arrived safely at home. Lots of wonderful memories with friends, family and our students!