We rounded out our summer travels with a road trip through Indiana to visit some friends. Mady handled the car rides really well. Our first stop was in West Lafayette to visit Sarah and Matt in their new home. Matt came through with some fun puppet shows for Mady and Sarah came through with the southern hospitality. Chris had fun playing racquetball and Wii with Matt. It bears mentioning that Matt sank a hole in one on Wii Golf while we were there. Way to go Matt!
Our next stop was in Evansville to visit Jen and Tim and Samantha. It was nice to see Jen and Tim again, but we were especially excited to meet Samantha. Sam is 10 days older than Mady. When they met each other, the first thing they did was reach out and hold hands. It was adorable. Both girls developed a special talent last week and we caught both of them showing off their new abilities in a picture together (see below). Jen and Tim are in the process of relocating to Dubuque. They are moving next week, so they are trying to sell their house. We had fun playing with the girls in their swimming pool. Chris and Tim went on a man date to see Transformers (Jen and Carrie weren't interested for some reason...). Overall, we had a great time visiting our friends and catching up with everyone.
Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Mady celebrated her 6 month birthday last week. Her biggest development recently is that she is sitting really well on her own now. Her solid food repertoire now includes rice cereal, bananas, avocado, sweet potato, apple sauce, and peas. Feeding is a messy good time! :) Chris is starting back to work this week and Carrie will be staying at home with Mady until she starts teaching part time again in the Winter semester.
Our next stop was in Evansville to visit Jen and Tim and Samantha. It was nice to see Jen and Tim again, but we were especially excited to meet Samantha. Sam is 10 days older than Mady. When they met each other, the first thing they did was reach out and hold hands. It was adorable. Both girls developed a special talent last week and we caught both of them showing off their new abilities in a picture together (see below). Jen and Tim are in the process of relocating to Dubuque. They are moving next week, so they are trying to sell their house. We had fun playing with the girls in their swimming pool. Chris and Tim went on a man date to see Transformers (Jen and Carrie weren't interested for some reason...). Overall, we had a great time visiting our friends and catching up with everyone.
Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Mady celebrated her 6 month birthday last week. Her biggest development recently is that she is sitting really well on her own now. Her solid food repertoire now includes rice cereal, bananas, avocado, sweet potato, apple sauce, and peas. Feeding is a messy good time! :) Chris is starting back to work this week and Carrie will be staying at home with Mady until she starts teaching part time again in the Winter semester.
Don't you remember the Quayle incident with potato(e)?? *wink*
ReplyDeleteWonderful!- she's sitting before crawling. A definite benefit (I speak from experience).
Marcie, I don't know what you're referring to. It seems you must have misread the post. *wink, wink*
ReplyDeleteCarrie is trying to encourage Mady to start crawling, but I am in no hurry. Crawling babies can be hazardous.
Sam likes to get up on all fours. I imagine she'll be crawling around within the week.
How is Daphne doing?