Vacation Report!

Maddie and I have had a very nice vacation in Monroe, and we still have two more days left! We've had many visitors and it's been nice to see everyone. Maddie's cousins, MaKenzie and Abby stopped by to play and I grabbed a couple pictures:

Kenzie gives Maddie a hug:


Abby and Terri with Mads:


Maddie has had a lot of fun playing on Grandma J's carpeted floor. She's getting good at sitting and standing with assistance. It's amazing how much she's doing and learning on a daily basis. She has also been eating rice cereal every night to get the whole eating concept down. Some nights are better than others, but overall she seems to be getting the hang of it.

Thursday Kim was kind enough to take me back up to Oshkosh for a doctor's appointment. The doctor had X-Rays taken of my leg to make sure that all the hardware was staying in place and that the bones hadn't shifted. He said that everything was looking good, but he wanted to see me back again in two weeks for another X-Ray to re-evaluate. He said that we might possibly take the cast off at that appointment, but more than likely we will end up keeping it on for another ten days after that appointment. All in all, that's 24 more days with the cast on and it's been two weeks already today. I understand that we don't want to rush the healing process, but it's still a bit of a bummer.

In other news, Little Miss Madeline had her SIX month birthday on Saturday!! I can not believe that our little peanut is a half-year old already! She's going to be crawling and getting into all kinds of things in no time!! Here are her birthday pictures: (07/21/08 - Now rotated for your viewing ease!!)





Andrew came down on Friday night after work and stayed until Sunday afternoon. We had a lot of fun on Sunday when Maddie donned her bikini and hit the pool for a dip. She had a lot of fun and was kicking and splashing away!




We also took a walk to the park on Sunday afternoon where Maddie had her first park experience. She had a ride in the swing, and a few rides down the slide with Aunt Kim as well.





Maddie and I head back home on Wednesday evening. Maddie has her six month check up on Friday, which means more shots. I am interested to find out Maddie's length and weight to see how she's growing.

Here are a few more pictures from our week. Thanks for stopping by!

Playing with the Wiggle Worm (and destroying it!!):


Wearing Aunt Kimmy's baby's sunglasses:


Watching out the window for visitors:


Testing out the pool before the water is put in:


Lily supervises everything from her perch: