Out and About in the Woodlands & Aunt Rae Rae's Trip

Madeline and I came to the Woodlands for our summer vacation away from home because Les is traveling for the next two weeks. We were bored at our house so we came here to see Nana and Papa. Maddie did wonderful on our car ride over here. She slept for two hours, then i fed her a bottle and she went right back to sleep. It was great!

Today is Sunday and we are sad today because Aunt Rae Rae left for Costa Rica. She is going to study spanish there for a month. She went with a friend, Cheryl and they will be living with a host family and going to school. Rae was really excited about the opportunity of learning spanish in the culture and of course going to the beautiful beaches. She is going to keep us updated through short phone calls and internet. I will post any pictures or information she tells us about her trip. We will certainly miss seeing her!

Heres to you Rae! We toasted to her and her new adventure she will have in Costa Rica. We will miss you so much!!!!!

I am posting pictures that we have taken since we have been here. So you can see what we have been up to the last few days.

Nana got her priorities in order and converted her desk to Maddie's changing table. She has a soft changing pad, wipe warmer, diaper genie, and diapers all ready for Miss Maddie. Maddie loves to lay up there and get her diaper changed or get dressed for the day.

Whenever Maddie is in her carseat or riding in her stroller we take along the womb bear. We toook out the noise device and left the bear at home. We turn it on and she immediately calms down and usually goes to sleep. This is the technique i used to get me to the Woodlands when i was driving by myself. She loves her womb bear. We need to invent a little womb bear for the car.

Papa and Maddie are "kickin' it at the table" in Aunt Rae Rae's words. We are out to dinner to toast to Rae's Costa Rica trip and spend some family time together. Maddie got tired of her stroller and wanted to see what was happening at the table.

Uncle Rick came over to see Miss Maddie. Last time he came over to meet her she was asleep and he didn't want to wake her up. This time she was up and still in her pj's. She looks pretty comfy in Uncle Rick's arms.