Traveling

Well, we've returned- we meaning me and Andy. We were off for the weekend traveling out to a wedding in Pochahontas, Iowa. For an idea of where that is, look at a map of Iowa and basically the town is some where in the middle of Sioux City, Fort Dodge, Des Moines, and Omaha Nebraska. It was quite the trip but worth it to visit with some good friends.

Now where were the kids during all of this?

They spent Friday evening and Saturday at home with Aunt Betsy who was kind enough to fly out from Philadelphia for a weekend of babysitting. (They would have never been able to make the trip with all the flying and driving) Then on Sunday morning, Grandma and Grandpa Bush showed up early to take Caleb and Sadie to Idlewild park for the day with their Aunt Jackie and Chris. Then I picked them up Monday afternoon and brought them home. It was quite the busy weekend for us all.

Sadly, I don't have any pictures of their day at Idlewild but I'm hoping to get some soon. Caleb rode just about all of the kiddie rides and had a blast. He even gave Ricky Raccoon a hug. However, he did not care for Raggedy Ann and the Old Woman in the Shoe in StoryBook Forest. But Sadie liked them and happily sat for pictures. We're thinking that he's fine with people dressed up in big animal suits but he doesn't like them in other costumes- then they're just strangers and he's been getting very shy around strangers.

Being away from them for a weekend was very hard especially when at the reception we discovered that Betsy had called. I quickly found out that Caleb was running a little fever. It seems that his molars picked this weekend to decide to try and push through. This made the little boy very uncomfortable- not wanting to eat and having trouble sleeping. But Tylenol seemed to save the day or at least make it possible for them all to get a little bit of sleep. Sadie did really well over the weekend but seems to be going through a growth spurt. The little girl is constantly hungry and loves to eat. She also cut her first tooth on the bottom left. No more chewing on our fingers- she has quite the bite and loves practicing by biting the spoon when you feed her and not letting go. She is also very close to crawling- getting up on her hands and knees and then rocking back and forth. It won't be long before she's toddling after her big brother.

And Caleb has learned a new animal sound thanks to Aunt Betsy. I can't begin to describe it so you'll just have to wait for the video clip- here's a hint though... What sound do you think an octopus makes?

well, good bye for now
and God Bless