Grandma O' and Aunt Sorcha's Visit- Part 3

The third and final segment of the saga!  Haha... ok, so Saturday morning started out with Wren trying out her beautiful Amish made highchair/rocking horse/desk from Great Grandpa Duggan and Grandpa O'!  

Soon she will be big enough to ride all by herself!

After morning nap, we headed to the zoo!

It was Zoo Boo at the zoo!  Lots of fun Halloween decorations!

This one made me laugh a lot... poor scarecrow!

Going to pet the sharks

Watching the penguins swim by

We love the zoo

Another beautiful fall day!

We heard the elephant trumpet 

(is that what it's called when it makes noises with it's trunk??)

It came up so close to the glass!

Girls at the zoo!

Haha, love Wren's little face peeking out!

The tiger exhibit is so cool!  They come right up to the glass!

Having fun at the zoo!

Thanks for the zoo shirt, Grandma!

This was Wren's second trip to the zoo.  We went back in June when Graham and Melissa came to visit, but Wren slept the whole entire time on that trip!  She was only like 8 weeks old, I think.  This time around she was awake and alert for the whole trip!  We will have to come dressed in costume next year for Zoo Boo... they hand out candy! :)

After our zoo trip, we came home and made caramel dip for the apples we bought at Apple Works.  The caramel was soooooo yummy!  Oh, and I love this cookbook, too!

Sugar Baby by Gesine Bullock-Prado

Once Wren got up from her afternoon nap, we headed over to Jim and Kathleen's for the Kennel Cookout.  

The official "Hot Dog Cooker"

Wren was more interested in looking at Sorcha!

Sorcha and I have on the same colors!  

Black, gray, and purple... I didn't even notice until I looked at these pics!

I thought Wren would have been more interested in the fire...

but no, she wanted my necklace... like usual.

She wants the hot dog (actually the bun) so bad.

I think I have created a little carb monster!

Kissing the punkin!

Family picture!

What a busy, fun-filled weekend we had!  Mom and Sorcha headed back to Minnesota Sunday morning.  We were so sad to see them leave... I wish they lived closer!  We are all looking forward to seeing the whole family at Christmas, though!  Should be quite an adventure!  :)

Grandma O' and Aunt Sorcha's Visit- Part 2

...alright, I'm starting right where I left off on Sunday night.  After Apple Works, we cruised on down to Nashville in Brown County.  Wren was due for a nap, so she slept on the 45 minute trip in the car.  It was such a beautiful fall day to be walking around Nashville!  Our first stop was to get a late lunch at Harvest Moon Pizza.  Wren had her first taste of breadsticks!  She loved them... a little too much I think.  She threw a mini tantrum when hers was all gone.  Yikes.  Kinda like her momma! :)

Here are some pics from the day....  

Grandma O' and Wren!

Letterboxing underneath a lovely Sycamore tree

Love this pic of Sorcha and Wren!

Candy store! 

Happy girl shopping with her Grandma O'!

Taking a break.

Playing with leaves

Letterboxing!

A ziploc bag filled with M&M's kept her pretty entertained.  

Ay yi yi....just wait until she finds out what they taste like!

Took a taste of Grandma's ice cream.  

Not a big fan.... yet. :)

Oh, and here's Wren's very first hand print craft!  

We made these Friday night... so cute!

Checking out her tree.

Sooooooo, that was our busy Friday.  We were super busy on Saturday, too!  I think the camera with Saturday's pictures is in the car that Chris took to work today, so I will have to extend Saturday into another post.  Just like to keep ya'll hanging.... 

To be continued.... again.

Grandma O' and Aunt Sorcha's Visit- Part 1

Mom and Sorcha came to visit us this past weekend!  We had so much fun with them, it was so sad to see them leave today.  It seems like we did a lot in just a few days, though.  On Friday, we spent the morning hanging out...

Wren checking out the presents that Grandma O' brought.

Reading and eating new books...

Candy bag!  

She got all sorts of neat stuff, but it seems that the contact paper roll was the best toy of all.

Later that afternoon we went to Apple Works... 

and tried a bunch of apples....

 bought some caramel corn....

played around in the pumpkin house....

 visited the petting zoo....

admired the leaves...

found some neat pumpkins....

and took lots...

and lots...

and LOTS of pictures!

We had a lot of fun at the apple orchard.  It was a beautiful fall day.  We ended up buying some super yummy Splendor apples, apple dumplings, and caramel corn to share... Wren even tried an apple!  She is so funny... she tries a piece of apple, makes a face like it's the most disgusting thing in the world, but yet she goes back for more!  Haha, I don't think she quite knows what to think about this whole "trying food" thing.  Cracks me up.  Anyway, there is also a little petting zoo there, so we strolled around a bit checking out all the different animals.  Wren seemed to be enjoying herself, until we came to the cow.  Poor baby.  That cow let out a long, low moo and freaked Wren out!  She cried and cried and cried.  You can kind of see her sad face in the picture up above of her and Sorcha by the cow.  I think the pic was taken just as the cow began mooing.  Too funny.  She was a little apprehensive of the rest of the animals after that.  Before we left, we ended up having an impromptu photo shoot with Wren and the pumpkins.  She loved it!  She was picking up leaves and slapping pumpkins, having a great time.  I think between Mom and I we took like 100 pictures!  Our next stop after Apple Works was Nashville in Brown County!  Pictures will have to come later... for some reason I'm having a hard time uploading them.  So I guess this will have to be a "to be continued" post.  

So, uh, yeah... to be continued.  

6 Month Checkup

Wren had her 6 month checkup today!  Here are her measurements and where she falls percentile-wise with other babies her age....

Weight: 15 lbs 7.5 oz..... 36%
Length: 27 inches..... 87%

Still my long and lean girl!

I haven't uploaded any camera pics in awhile, but here is one Chris sent me from his phone.

She has just turned 6 months old, and Daddy already has Wren working at the kennel!  :)

Haha, actually Chris says that because the ear protection fits her, Wren can go to the Indy 500 next year!  

Wren and Daddy!

I cannot believe Wren is big enough to sit like this!  

Awwww, I just love them!

"Hey, move it along, Daddy...."