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...."

Play Date at the Park

We have had some absolutely beautiful fall weather here this year.  One day last week, we met up at Southeastway Park with some of the moms and babies from our breastfeeding support group.  We strollered around the park a bit and then hung out in the shade so the babies could play and the moms could chat.  We love these girls!  The girls are all around the same age... born between January and May.  Now that I think about it, I think each baby was born in a different month!  Sara- January, Lily- February, Macy- March, Wren- April, and Sydney- May!  Too funny!  Here are some pics of the girls hanging out... all of these pictures were so funny, I couldn't choose just one! 

Macy, Lily, Sara, Wren, Sydney

Wren playing with Sara's hair

This one cracks me up!

Lily getting Macy, Wren getting Sydney, and Sara just hamming it up for the camera!

Baby girls!

Love these babies!

I love how it looks like Sara, Wren, and Sydney have their arms linked!

Cutie pies!

Penelope was at the park with us too, but she and her momma left before we were able to get a group picture... hopefully next time we can get a pic with all of the babies again!   

Purdue vs. Minnesota

Daddy's alma mater vs. Mommy's alma mater = a team neutral baby!

On Saturday we made the trip up to West Lafayette to watch the Gophers get pounded by Purdue.  Poor Minnesota.  They just aren't very good.  At all.  Oh well, it was a lovely fall day regardless.  Actually, it was a HOT fall day.  We only made it about a quarter sitting in the stands.  It was super sunny and hot.  And Wren did not want to keep her hat on... she preferred chewing on it instead.  We tried to shade her with our bodies, but that only lasted for a bit.  Plus she pooped EVERYWHERE.  So... needless to say, we did not watch the whole game from inside the stadium.  When we left it wasn't even halftime yet and Minnesota was losing 24-0.  Yikes.  We ended up finding a nice shady spot outside of the Union to throw down a blanket, change the baby, and eat lunch.  That worked out nicely.  Wren was able to play in the grass and I didn't have to face the embarrassment of wearing a Minnesota shirt in a sea of Purdue fans.

We ended up spending the rest of the day walking around campus.  It was a great day, despite the Minnesota loss! :)      

Chewing on her hat rather than wearing it.

Looking like she wants to chew on the camera 

now that the hat is back on her head.

Wren and Daddy 

Wren and Neil Armstrong.

(Notice the complete outfit change.... 

uh yeah, she pooped so much that a total change of outfit was required.)

So tired... such a busy day!

We need to get Wren some Minnesota and Purdue gear... maybe dress her in half and half next time?  :)

6 Months!

Half a year old already!  Wow!  I can't believe Wren is 6 months old... jeez.  Our monthly photo shoot was not fabulous today.  It's so dang hard to get her to lay (and stay) on her back.... I may have to come up with a different idea for the next 6 months' worth of pictures.  

"I have a question, how long do I have to do this for?"

You can kind of see her little baby teeth!

This is Wren's side pose.  She loves sitting like this.  A lot.

Why so sad, Chickaloo?

Haha, makes me laugh!

What a goof.

Rolling...

Daddy stopping her.  

She thought it was pretty funny.

Success!

Ha.

Bright light!

Let's try this again...

Cutie Pie!

I think this is one of my favorite pictures.  Ever.  

I really seriously can't believe that my baby girl is 6 months old today!  She doesn't even seem like a baby any more.  I know she technically still is a baby... but she's not the little itty bitty baby we brought home from the hospital way back in April.  She has teeth... and she's crawling... and laughing... and (mostly) sleeping all the way through the night... oh, and throwing temper tantrums.  Funny stuff. She's getting SO BIG!  Last night I packed away all of the clothes she has grown out of in the past 6 months.  I really got sad doing it, too.  Some of the outfits looked so tiny.  It's hard to believe she was ever that small... and now she's so big.  It really was difficult for me to pack away the 0-6 month clothes.  Oh well, hopefully we will get to use them again someday!  :)

We Finally Have Video!

Yay!  We finally did it!  Pretty much because we had to.  The video camera had no space left on it, so if we wanted to take any more video of Wren, we needed to put everything on the computer to free up some space.  Soooooo, after 6 months, here is the first posted video of the punkin... and she's pretty much crawling!!!!