Labor Day weekend we packed up and took Isaac to Grandma and Grandpa Strickling's for the first time in Alabama. While we were driving, the lyrics of an old Christmas song went through my head (Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go). From where we started in Atlanta we certainly did cross a couple of rivers and went through the woods to get to Grandpa's farm. This trip also added another state for Isaac in his two months of life for a total of four.
Grandpa's farm has a nice long driveway so on Saturday Grandma, Frazer and I took Isaac for a walk up the driveway along the fence to see the tall trees and the cows. The cows started coming towards us primarily because they thought we had food. Isaac looked at the cows but I think the cows were more interested in Isaac. While Frazer was taking pictures of Isaac and the cows he wasn't paying attention to where he was stepping and stepped on a fire ant hill. Both his feet had ants all over them. He was quick to react and swatted them off but since he was wearing sandals the ants bit both of his feet. If you've ever been bit by a fire ant you know those bites leave a mark and they sting for days!
One morning I gave Isaac his bottle on the front porch and Isaac got to listen to many new sounds for the first time. We listened to the neighbors rooster crow, barking dogs and Grandpa on the tractor. Sunday afternoon we sat on the back porch which is screened in and listened to the rain. Isaac was sitting on my lap and we were rocking when the wind changed direction and blew some of the rain onto the porch. Isaac was surprised by the sudden dampness and his eyes got really big and he looked around trying to figure out what had just happened. It's so cute to watch his reactions as he experiences things we take for granted for the first time.
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