Sugar High

This weekend we took a trip down to Cape to visit "Hamaw" and "Hampaw". Teagan seems to pronounce it differently every time we see them. It was a big celebratory weekend. Saturday we celebrated Roger's grandmother's 95th birthday. As the 20 or so people showed up at the house for the celebration, Teagan went through the usual motions of clinging to Mommy or Daddy and not talking to anyone. However, we finally learned what happens when Teagan gets too much sugar in her system. She had what I considered to be a small piece of cake and some ice cream, but it was apparently more than she had ever had at once. After a short amount of time, she was literally bouncing off the walls. She would run from one end of the house to the other yelling, hit a wall and then turn around and go again. She became very friendly with everyone at the party, and took an exceptional liking to her great Uncle Joe. (Or Unkey Joe, as she called him. Sounds a lot like Monkey Joe's, huh?) She had a blast, and I think a lot of people had a blast watching the spectacle. Roger and I definitely did. Once it was finally time to go to bed, she requested that "Hamaw" read to her and put her down. She seemingly crashed pretty hard, because we didn't hear a peep after Liz left the room.
The next day we went to another party to celebrate our niece Andrea's high school graduation. This time around we were a bit wiser with the cake portion!
I kept thinking about how quickly time flies. When I first met Roger, Andrea was this cute little seven year old, and now she's a beautiful grown up eighteen year old. It's difficult to comprehend. I know Teagan will be graduating high school before we know it. I just need to try to enjoy and take in every day I have with her!