Issie's first trip to Lake Lure!!!

This past weekend we made the five hour roadtrip to Lake Lure in North Carolina to visit with Josh's family.  His family has the cutest little lakehouse right on the water and we could not wait to bring Isabella for her first lake experience.  Josh and I left work early on Friday, picked up Isabella, then put the pedal to the metal...we were so anxious to get there!  Upon arrival, Isabella was overjoyed to be out of her carseat and even more tickled to see her Mimi, PawPaw, Aunt Edith, and Uncle Derrick.  You would have thought she was meeting her long lost best friends...I have never heard her squeal and giggle so much.  Here is the video of her visiting with Edith and Derrick when we first arrived, I think it's hillarious:

The first night we took the boat over to a local restaurant called Larkins and had dinner.  Issie was required to wear a tiny little life jacket while on the boat, but even that was huge on her!  The next day Mimi (Debbie) let Josh and I sleep in and woke up with Miss Early Bird.  I call her that because especially in the morning she loves the sound of her own squawking, she sounds like a baby bird (sounds cute but at 6:30 a.m. or earlier...it's NOT).  We tried a few times to get her to take to the water but she wanted nothing to do with getting in the lake or the kiddie pool :(  Maybe when she gets a little older she won't be so prissy about her water temperature...we'll see! Since she wouldn't get in the lake or pool, we put her in a dishwashing tub filled with warm water.  She loved splashing around in it!
                                            
Gamma and Papa came that afternoon from Asheville to visit and watched Issie for a few hours while Josh and I read and went out on the boat.  She loved rocking on the swing and relaxing with them :)

To top off the day we enjoyed dance performances by Edith and Derricky with a guest appearance by Steve...so entertaining!  We had so much fun and wish the weekend had not gone by so quickly...we can't wait for our next trip!!! More pics from the weekend (we gave her a bath in the sink and dried her on the stove in case you were wondering what was going on there):

 The Princesses:

 Issie with her Mimi:

 Josh and Issie taking a nap: