Madelyn meets Texas

Madelyn made her first trip to Texas in February to meet so many family & friends!

I made the solo flight with the kids & everything went smoothly on the way there (the way back was a WAY different story). 

We had a busy first weekend with two showers for Taylor to celebrate Baby Boy Walker (see post) & a get together for some friends & family to meet Madelyn.   

John & Madelyn met at my mom's house (above), but I took the kids down to Dallas to Ellen's house so that Kate & Jack could play together, too.  The last time they had seen each other Kate was only about 2 or 3 weeks old.  (and this was the best picture I could get :))

We made a trip over to Duncanville to see Mima & Jack loved running around her back yard.  Mima has moved to McKinney since we visited so it was great to take Madelyn & Jack to the house that I will always remember visiting while I was growing up.

We stopped at the Frontiers of Flight Museum on our way back towards Plano & Jack LOVED it.  He obviously has a love of planes, trains, horses, & trucks so he loved seeing all the planes & helicopters up close.  If we lived in Dallas we would definitely be visiting often because he loved it!

We also made a road trip to Wichita Falls to see Nina.  The kids did great in the car (this was Madelyn's first "roadtrip").  Nina has also moved to Dallas recently, so again I loved being able to take Madelyn to Wichita Falls for the day & see Nina in her cottage.  I know she will be visiting WF again as she gets older when we visit the ranch in Vernon.

We made a quick trip to the Fort Worth Zoo on a beautiful day & Jack was in heaven.  We always try to make a trip to Fort Worth when we're in town & we drove Jack by the house Tyler & I lived in right after we were married.  We will always love that house!

Madelyn & I met my high school girlfriends for brunch the weekend before we left & she fit right in with all the girls.

Holly also joined us for our last dinner & Madelyn loved her!

The flight home was rough.  Our flight was delayed over an hour & it just threw the kids' schedules off completely. There were some meltdowns while we were waiting to board to the plane & the whole flight I was trying to contain the busy baby & keep the cranky toddler happy.  I was very excited to get back to Nashville after that flight, but ty was in the middle of a 30 hour shift so I somehow managed to get all 3 of us & all our stuff to the car. 

Here are a few more Iphone pics of some fun things that went on, too!

Celebrating Baby Walker

We timed our trip to Texas in February so that we were able to make it to Taylor's showers to celebrate our new nephew!

Madelyn fit right in with all the girls during the shower and got to hang out with family & friends.

There was a day shower and an evening shower so after Madelyn's nap it was on to the next one.  It was a full day of celebrations!

Madelyn - 7 months

Size:

You are weighing almost 19 pounds and we are loving all your rolls (especially our favorite…the wrist rolls).  You are wearing size 3 diapers & mostly 9 month clothes.  You have started to outgrow most of your winter clothes, so I am hoping the weather warms up soon!  Your hair is still growing!

Sleep:

We are still working on sleep.  You are still great at putting yourself to sleep for naps & bedtime, but you are waking up about once a night to eat.  It has become gradually later so I think you are close to sleeping through the night. 

Activities:
You are active & really want to be on the move.  You have started getting on all fours & rocking back & forth.  You still love to jump in the jumparoo & “play” with your brother.  He entertains you so much & you just laugh at him.  You love to grab any of his toys that are within your reach & they go straight to your mouth.  You are an excellent sitter now & can just sit on the ground with toys in front of you & play.    

Foods:
You LOVE to eat your solids.  I don’t remember your brother wanting to eat so much but you love it.  You are still eating foods that I have made & include sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, avocado, butternut squash, pears, & green beans. 

New Things:

You want to be on the move.  You aren’t crawling but you can roll all around the room to get where you want.  You also get bored easily & we have been putting all the baby toys to good use. 

You are excellent at sitting up & rarely fall over now.  If you do, it is sometimes on purpose so then you can roll to wherever you want to be. 

You sat in the high chair at a restaurant for the first time & rode next to your brother in the cart at the grocery store recently.

You made your first trip to Texas & met SO many friends & family.  It was full of meeting new people & you did great!  This was also your first airplane ride (with just mom & Jack).  You slept on the plane ride there and were all over the place on the flight home.  It was a long couple of hours for me!