Visiting my Grandparents

Madelyn got to spend the last two weeks visiting with her Grandma and Grandpa Mittelstedter. She was very happy to see them again. They are doing their duty of spoiling their Grandaugher very well. They also spoiled us by cooking, cleaning, and helping us fix stuff the whole time they were here. It was really great to have them around.

Carrie started her teaching job at Concordia earlier this month. She is enjoying teaching again. Grandma and Grandpa watched Mady for us in the mornings while Carrie was at work. They also watched her for a couple evenings so we could go on a date and go to our Bible Study.

Mady celebrated her 9 month birthday while her Grandparents were here. We celebrated the same way we always do, by taking her picture. Last week we went to an apple orchard and visited with farm animals and picked some pumkins. Madelyn got to choose the pumpkins. Aside from getting turned around on some very bumpy country roads, we had a great time.

Madelyn seems to be getting more mobile every day. She has started climbing up onto her toys and even walks around with her wheelie cart. I've gotten her to balance on her feet for short periods of time, but she still isn't too certain about standing unassisted. We know she'll be running around the apartment in no time at all. We finally broke down and got her some shoes. She isnt' a big fan of them. She curls her toes when we try to put them on. Once we finally succeed in wrestling her into them, she starts kicking them off. We've only tried it a couple times so far.