Big Road Trip

This weekend will be Mady's first big road trip away from home. We're going to Battle Lake, MN to bury Grandma Helen. We're driving to Great-Aunts Gail and Toni's home on Thursday night and then going to Battle Lake the next day. We'll be spending the weekend with Grandma Sylvia and Grandpa Lee, Great-Aunts Gail and Toni, and cousins Mike and Andy. On Saturday Grandma and Grandpa rented a pontoon so we'll actually get to go out on Battle Lake and see where Grandma Helen lived.

Momma's going to have to bring a load of ear plugs along since she has to stay in a hotel room with Snore 1 and Snore 2. :) Mady could definitely give Daddy a run for his money in the snoring department!

Daddy's first Father's Day with Mady will be spent driving six hours home. Not the best way to spend Father's Day, but glad we get to spend the weekend with family, celebrating Grandma Helen's life.

Eight months old

Mady is eight months old already! Can't believe it.

At eight months Mady...

* just got her first tooth! There's a second one that's just about through too.
* wants to eat anything that Eric or I have.
* stands next to the futon and walks back and forth.
* likes to watch Daddy exercise and laughs at him.
* loves going into any room she's not supposed to, so we have to shut every door.
* likes the bathroom toilet and would hang out in the bathroom all day if we'd let her.

Visitors

This weekend Grandma Linda and cousin Malayna visited. Poor Grandma, Mady really has stranger danger and would cry every time Momma left the room or when Grandma held her. On Saturday we took the girls to have their pictures taken together at Penneys. They turned out really good, I'll post them when I get them back. Saturday afternoon we went to the Children's Museum of La Crosse and had a blast. Malayna loved playing dress up and playing the piano. Mady liked that they had a foam area for her to play in. She and a little boy played in that area for a long time. Malayna also climbed the rock wall... she's so adventurous.
On Sunday we went to visit Sand Lake. Mady crawled all around Momma's classroom without having 30 little faces looking down on her. Malayna loved the keyboard and drawing on the whiteboard.
It was so nice to spend time with Grandma Linda and Malayna!