On Thursday, July 29th, 2010, mommy and daddy loaded up the van and came and got me from daycare....we headed off for a vacation to Shelbyville, Missouri! We stopped that night, halfway down the road in Belleville, Kansas, to catch some sleep and finish out the trip to The 'Ville the next day, Friday, July 30th, 2010! I decided, when we got to the hotel, that a good way to strech my legs from the long ride, was to stand in the window and enjoy the view of the hotel parking lot!
Mommy and daddy got a suite at the hotel that was pretty sweet, if I do say so myself! The room we had, had a jacuzzi tub in the middle of it, with stairs up into the tub! It was AWESOME! I played on the steps into the tub and in the tub most of the night. THEN, when it came time for my nigh-night bath, I got to sit back and soak and swim in the jacuzzi tub with my daddy! It was so fun! This is mommy, prepping me for bathtime! Look how short my mommy looks with me on her hip! HAHA! It won't be long and I think I will be taller than her! YES!!!!! Watch out momma!
On Friday morning, July 30th, 2010, we resumed our travels to Shelbyville. I decided to make good use of this time and catch up on my reading. This days selection was "Guess How Much I Love You!"
Over the weekend in Missouri, Shelbyville was having their annual fair, called the Old Settlers Reunion. It was so cool...they had rides and games and ice cream and all sorts of entertainment. Mee-maw took me on this thing called the Merry-Go-Round. I road a white horsey and the ride went round-n-round in circles, really FAST! Mee-maw helped keep me on the horsey during the ride!
Mee-maw and I riding the Merry-Go-Round at Old Settlers 2010 in Shelbyville, Missouri!
The next thing I wanted to ride was this BIG SWIDE! But nobody would ride with me.....but then, daddy came along and he never lets me down. He said he would take me for sure! So we made the trek up the LONG staircase! This is daddy and I at the top of the swide!
Here, daddy and I are zipping down the big swide at 100 mph! Daddy thought maybe the swide was a 'lil too fast for a 2 year old. But I loved it....even though in this picture, my face says differently! Daddy looks like he really enjoyed it too! I love that I can always count on my dad to make sure that I have a great time!
Mommy and I rode the Merry-Go-Round together too! Those white horsies were so much fun that I got to ride them TWICE!
Mee-maw and I played the "peg game" while mommy got my bath ready the first night we were there. I wasn't feelin' so hot but Mee-maw made it better by snugglin' up with me on the couch to play the game!
On Saturday mornin', July 31st, 2010, daddy went with Mee-maw and Pee-paw to the Old Settlers parade. I went with mommy to the Emergency Room in Macon, Missouri. There weren't any doctors offices open on that Saturday morning so she decided to take me to the ER. When we arrived in Missouri on Friday, I had a fever of 104. Mommy thought maybe it was teething and that I was exhausted so she gave me some Motrin and put me down for a long, 3 hour nap. I was a 'lil better when I woke up from my nap but then thru the night into the next mornin' I continued to run a high fever that momma couldn't get to break and I felt terrible. I really didn't do much but lay around. I even had the shakes. So we headed off to the ER where we found out that I had tonsilitis. The doc thought maybe I had gotten it from all the drainage from teething (darn two year molars)! The ER visit was not fun for me...I pretty much cried the entire time we were there...I didn't feel good and I DID NOT WANT the nurses or doctor to touch me. They can be scary sometimes. But mommy was nice and told the doc that after all I had been thru that mornin' we were not going to go with the shot...just antibiotics!
I'm bummed out that I missed the parade because I missed these really neat firetrucks from the Shelbyville Fire Department! Thankfully daddy took pictures for me! This is just one of the many firetrucks with the Shelbyville Fire Department and one of the many pics that my daddy took! Just thought I would share one!
Here is the Casey's General Store of Shelbyville float! Mee-maw is the manager of this Casey's Store and her and a few of the kiddos walked behind Uncle Jeremy's pickup truck throwing out jelly beans and mini beach balls! A couple of the kids are my 2nd cousin, Breanna Gibbons and my 3rd cousin, Taylor Still! AND Mee-maw even saved me some jelly beans and one of the beach balls to take back to my house in Kansas! My Mee-maw Chinn is one in a million! I love her and miss her already!
On Saturday night, Mee-maw and Pee-Paw had a fish fry and they invited out the family to enjoy with us! Breanna (my 2nd cousin) and I had a lot of fun blowing bubbles with the bubble sticks Mee-maw Chinn gave us! Breanna helped to show me how to work those crazy things! FUH-UN!
Those family members at the fish fry were: my Great-Grandma Erlene & Great-Grandpa Ennis Dean Grubb (mommy's maternal grandparents); my Mee-maw & Pee-paw Chinn (mommy's parents); mommy & daddy; Uncle Jeremy (mommy's big brother) & Aunt Samantha Chinn and her two nieces, Jo-Jo & Zoey; my Great-Uncle Tim & Great-Aunt Debbie Gibbons and their kids (my 2nd cousins) Bridgett, Bryant & Breanna; my Great-Aunt Brenda and her new husband Michael and my 2nd cousin Carrie Beth Buckman and her son (my 3rd cousin) Austin Fifer and her step-son Dalton Buckman!
There were a lot of family members there and it was great to see each and every one of them!
On Sunday, August 1st, 2010, I was feeling A LOT better after my second dose of antibiotics and was finally fever free most of the afternoon and thru the evening and bedtime! So we played outside for a little while! I loved Pee-paws tractor but was a little intimidated by it when it was started up with Pee-paw on it and driving. I'm not sure if I was more intimidated by the noise from the "tracker" or the fact that Pee-paw was driving it!?!?!
On Monday morning, August 2nd, 2010, Mee-maw, daddy, mommy and I went into town and went to the city park to play for awhile! Their playground equipment was awesome and I could've played there all day, except it was REALLY HOT and HUMID and I had sweat running down both sides of my face AND the back of my neck within 15 minutes of being there so needless to say, mommy and daddy wouldn't let me stay and play very long! But it was fun while it lasted especially since my 2nd cousins "The Gibbons Kids" (Bridgett, Bryant and Breanna) rode their bikes down to the park to play with me too!
Daddy took me down the BIG SWIDE! Shelbyville, Missouri's big swide is bigger than Saint Francis' big swide! I'm gonna have to go and have a talk with Sainty's city council members about this ridiculousness!
Swinging is sooooo much fun, no matter where you go!
Hmmmm....wonder what's on the other side of this tube.....it's another fun swide!
Look at my cousin Bryant! He's so silly and likes to "monkey around!" Maybe one day I will be able to do cool tricks like that....wonder why my moms face is cringing right now? Hmmmmm.....
Bridgett was clownin' around too and was trying to make this frog rock so far that its nose would touch the ground! These Gibbons kids are so funny!
Later Monday afternoon, after my nap, we got ready to leave Mee-maw and Pee-paw's house! Vacation time was coming to an end and no one wanted us to go, including us! Mee-maw, Pee-paw, mommy and I spent our last few minutes sitting on Mee-maw and Pee-paws bed, snuggled up, talking and playing with Pee-paw's pocket watch together! Everyone was getting sad that we were leaving! :( Especially my mommy because she misses her mommy and daddy everyday, terribly! I miss them too!
On Monday night, we decided to stop in St. Joseph, Missouri for the night and spend a night, just the three of us, in a nice hotel room together. We had another suite (thanks to momma's job the rate was the same as a regular room...SCORE) and this time, there were two rooms and two TVs! Double the fun! I slept in the living room and mommy & daddy slept in the bedroom! We had a lot of fun having supper delivered to our room from a pizza joint and just vegging our, spending our last overnight in Missouri as a family, just the three of us!
By the end of the night, I was ready for bathtime and bed. I was EXHAUSTED! I must of had way too much fun with my Mee-maw and Pee-paw Chinn! They wore me out! So lets get this show on the road! I was so tired that I slept from 9:30pm to 9:30am, STRAIGHT! I did not wake up once (while we were at Meems house, I woke up every night at least two to four times a night)! Mommy and daddy were very thankful that they were finally able to get some rest and a full nights sleep b/c I generally sleep thru the night at home. Traveling, being on vacation and being sick, really thru my schedule for a loop! I do welcome the return of my schedule and my own bed when we get home! Sometimes being at your own home after being away for awhile just feels so good and comforting, especially to little fellars like me!
We made it home, safe and sound on Tuesday night, August 3rd, 2010 (my momma's birthday)! We miss our Missouri family and friends more than they could ever possibly know and look forward to seeing them again (hopefully very soon)! Love you all and goodnight! I'm hitting the hay after a long, exhausting week and trip in the car today!
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