Kassidy's Korner: So Very Sad...

This week I have to go to camp for a few days and Josh has been very busy at work lately. My mom was visiting for a long weekend and had to go back to Florida for my sister's doctor's appointment on Monday. On Saturday, she came into the kitchen and said, "I have a proposal for you." She then went on to outline EXPLICITLY how she could HELP JOSH OUT (since I'd be at camp and he'd be alone to take care of Kassidy) by taking her back to Florida with her. We were going to FL for a long weekend anyway, so she would only have Kassidy for 3 days by herself. Needless to say, Josh didn't want Momma to make the 9 hour drive home with a baby by herself so he said no. After much deliberating, praying, and begging (on Momma's part), we finally said yes. You should have seen the joy in her eyes when I told her Kassidy could go. It was like she'd just received entry into Heaven and was on her way to meet Jesus Himself....she was ecstatic!! I, on the other hand, got very little sleep on Sunday night because I was spent half the night scared and half the night praying!

The following pictures show them leaving me Monday morning! What the pictures don't show is me, after the car drove down the driveway, collapsing on the ground screaming and bawling. (That didn't really happen, but I thought about it!) We'll be back together in just 2 days, so I hope Kassidy is having a good time with her Grandma and Aunt Sarah!! Miss you, Princess!

There they go...for three days in Florida WITHOUT MOMMY!!

I wanted to scream, "Wait, come back!!!"

Kassidy all bundled up in her seat with Dolly, Dragonia, and Snailey.

Do you see the look she gave me? She was plainly saying,

"Mommy, why are you sending me away with this strange woman?"

It broke my heart!!

(Sorry, Momma...I know you're not strange to her.

But that's what the look said to me. LOL!)

After the car was loaded and they were ready to leave :(

Let's stretch before getting in the car for 9 hours!

Got her "Off to Grandma's" outfit on for the trip to FL!

Kassidy's newest friend is Dolly, a "Baby's First Doll," that our friends Shorty and Sharon got her!! Thanks, ladies :-)

Why is this picture upside down, you ask? This is Kassidy and her daddy's newest ritual. For some reason, she likes to hang upsidedown. Josh started doing this a couple of weeks ago and noticed that she would giggle while she was hanging. At times he can't get her to stop crying, regardless of the warm bottle in his hand, playing the soft music she loves, taking a walk, or rummaging through a basket-full of toys. For some reason, if he tips her upsidedown and lets her hang there for like 3 seconds, she's happy again. Who knows why? Maybe she's related to the possum family!

Our dear friends in Australia sent Kassidy this cute like onezie from the Australia Zoo. You can't tell it from the picture, but the little eyes on the koala bear glow in the dark. SO ADORABLE!!! We got Kassidy dressed for bed and put her little nightcap on and took a picture just for you, Carolyn! That is the cutest outfit....thanks so much! Love you all~

I LOVE AUSTRALIA :-)

My friend, Kim Gumbiner at the FL 4-H Camp Office in Gainesville, sent me this precious little onezie. I'm thinking Kassidy has to be the youngest 4-H'er eva!!! Thanks, Kim~

For those of you who know ANYTHING about Josh Middleton, you know that he's a Florida State Seminoles' fan. Unlike me (the one with the brains in the family) who is a HUGE Gator fan. During baby showers, we got an enormous amount of Gator clothes and this one little piddly FSU outfit for Kassidy to wear. In honor of Gator football starting, I dressed Kassidy up and made Josh put on an orange and blue t-shirt on so we could have a couple of family pics! What a shock that he didn't fuss TOO MUCH!!! Maybe he's seen the light and knows which team is better! I mean our coach isn't 182 years old now, is he? :-)