Life at the Mueske house!: A weekend at the cabin...

We spent the weekend at my aunt and uncle's cabin in Stone Lake, Wisconsin. It was a very relaxing weekend filled with great food, company, conversation, and rest! Saturday morning I woke up around 7:00 thinking Larkyn would be up soon and ready to eat so Shea and I could go out for a run. 7:30 rolled around, still sleeping. 8:00...still sleeping! Finally we told Mary and Joe to go out for their bike ride and we would run when they got back. Larkyn woke up at 8:30 a.m. and went back down for a two hour nap at 10:30! When Shea and I returned from our run we saw Mary out on the porch taking notes for her infant study! She had just put Larkyn down for her nap and wanted to record what worked well for helping her settle down. We like to call Mary the "Sleep Doctor" and kept joking that she was the reason for Larkyn's well rested weekend! Other than rest, we spent time down on the beach/dock and watched Mary get up on one ski. We tried going for a boat ride, but unfortunately Larkyn didn't quite fit into the infant life jacket we brought with us! She got to play in the water a bit, relax on the sand, and take a nap in her pack n' play. Overall, it was a great weekend away with very little we HAD to do. It was wonderful to relax and not really do much except enjoy family!

Cooling off with some water from the sippy cup!

Larkyn wasn't too sure what to think about the water. It was a little cold, but after a couple times of being dipped she started kicking and splashing with her feet.

Mama Mueske and Larkyn

Mary's victory...getting up on one ski!

Daddy and Larkyn watching from the shore.

We aren't kidding when we said the "sleep doctor" must have had some influence on Larkyn. We figured out at one point she had slept 17 hours out of 25 hours that we had been there. It didn't matter where she slept...she was out! The pack n' play had a mosquito net, which worked perfect for her outdoor slumber:)

I absolutely love this picture! She is totally posing! Her arm is even wrapped around me!

Did I mention that Larkyn slept a lot this weekend???

While Larkyn was taking her evening nap, Shea and I headed down to the dock to watch the sunset.

We don't capture many photos of just the two of us anymore...

I love this picture too! I think she is starting to realize that Mama is a "scrapbooker" and is beginning to pose! "Say cheese!"

Larkyn and Aunt Mary

We played a "friendly"...okay, "competitive" game of Chinese Checkers. Despite his lack of interest in game playing, Joe decided to whip up on all of us!