When you see the pictures, you will understand why it's been awhile since my last post. :) We are officially in Kansas and are adjusting. I cannot thank everyone to help in the transition. Wendi, graciously, flew out with me and the kids. Grant wasn't the ideal baby on the plane which warranted a lot of apologies from me to the people sitting in front and behind us (thankfully, they were very cool about it). Wendi not only flew with us, but stayed a week and help get us unpacked AND organized. The day she left, my cousin Lindsay and her husband came and a couple of days later, my parents arrived with my car. Lindsay and my parents stayed for a week and even my uncle flew up mid-week to do a few home improvements and help drive Lindsay back to Dallas (she's 7 1/2 months preggers). Everyone was incredibly instrumental in getting our home functional while juggling a baby, a little girl, and my husband who was already full-force back to work. I cannot thank you all enough. I love my family!
Madeline is definitely missing her friends and has mentioned several times this week that she wants to go back to Virginia. :( I am hoping that once school and her ballet starts, she'll adjust moreso.
Overall, Grant is doing fantastic. He isn't sleeping through the night as much as Will and I want him to, but that's part of being 4 months old. I have nicknamed him, "Mini-Will".
The summer continues as our niece, Aedin and nephew, Robbie are coming to visit for a little over a week starting August 8th. Then Grant's godparents, Jessie and Brian, come for a short visit August 17th.
The next post or so, I will include pictures of our house. We still need to really get the garage a little more functional - but both cars can park in the garage **thanks, Dad & Mom** and the office needs a little love as well. This should happen sooner than later. :)
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| Madeline and her BFF, Ginny. |
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| Grant couldn't handle it! Just too much fun. |
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| Yes, this picture is already framed and hanging in our house. |
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| The first week in our new house, Madeline made her mark. |
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| Madeline's awesome cat! |
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| On the plane. Grant was one of those babies! Here he slept for approximately 15 minutes of our 2 1/2 hour flight. |
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| Thank God, Wendi came to help! |
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| Thank goodness the marker she used on the airplane tray was easy to wipe off. :/ |
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| She finally made it to the Dinosaur restaurant and made a Build-a-Dino |
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| Wendi, Will, Grant, Madeline, and I went to Wonderscope. A pretty run down museum. We made the best of it. |
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| Doesn't Will look thrilled? |
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| I had to be the cow. Ha ha ha. |
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| The Penationary in Leavenworth. |
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| Cousin Lindsay and Travis came to visit and help. |
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| Even Uncle Jay came! We are eating local BBQ. Not too bad. |
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| While eating BBQ, Madeline adorned some with stickers. |
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| Carnival time. |
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| Madeline and I went up on the Ferris Wheel. |
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| Frog Game - Fail! |
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| Past her bedtime. |
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| Roar! |
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| My dad placating Grant. It worked! |
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| Before leaving Virginia, Madeline had her Rapunzel hair done by our hair stylist. |
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| She hated it. |
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| Stop to yell...I mean smell the roses! |
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| We were able to squeeze in one last fruit picking in Charlottesville before leaving. |
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| M had more fun stepping on the cherries than picking them. |
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| Shake that booty! |
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| M was mesmerized by this. |
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| She is thoroughly clean. |
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| She melts my heart |
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| 4 months and time for food experimenting. |
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| M decided she wants to be a skeleton for Halloween so she practiced with painting her own bones. |
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| Already flipping back and forth. My lil' buddy. |
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| Where's Madeline? |
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| Unpacking fun. She has outside chalk on her face (she wanted to be a cat). |
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| Grant loves blowing raspberries. |
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| Shopping is hard! |
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| Somehow he manages to fall asleep. |
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| Moose loves to just hang out! |
