2 Months

2 months today....full of smiles, holding her head up, eating cereal before bed, sleeping five hours at night before waking to eat again, and so lovable

Getaway

Last week took the kids away for a couple of days for a field trip/getaway to southern Indiana. We started out in Corydon and worked our way up to Nashville. This was Madison's first long car ride and she did excellent. We could not have asked for a better baby!

Our first stop was to Indiana's first state capitol.

Visiting the first state capitol building.

Also in Corydon, the Constitutional Elm. They really enjoyed this spot. 

Right outside of  Corydon we visited the location where the most northern battle of the Civil War took place. 

After Corydon, we headed north to Spring Mill State Park which is in the same town Gus Grissom was born. At the park there is a museum dedicated to Grissom where there are alot of artifacts about his life. 

We also visited the Pioneer Village at the park. The main attraction here was Girst Mill. This mill is 196 years old and still running. They really enjoyed watching the mill operate. 

A great view at the park. 

It was a fun but long day of learning. Time for a little fun swimming at the lodge we stayed at in Nashville. 

The first night we were there the kids had the whole pool to themselves. They were so worn out by bed time. 

The next day Jeff took Livy and Josh on an hour boat ride through a cave. They really enjoyed this. 

After the cave ride the rest of us joined them at the cave to do some sifting for treasures. 

They found a lot of stones they got to bring home as souvenirs. 

After the caves we went back to Brown County State Park to walk the trails. 

This was quite the work out for Momma. 

Jeff and Livy enjoyed riding the trails on horseback. 

While Jeff and Livy were out on their horses Josh stayed and rode the pony. Nate didn't want any part of riding any kind of horse. 

On our last day we took advantage of the beautiful view to snap some pictures. Afterwards we headed off to do some site seeing in Nashville. 

It was so nice to take a couple of days to relax and learn at the same time. 

# 17

Hubby and I celebrated our seventeenth wedding anniversary this past weekend. No fancy dinner or date this year. Instead we spent all weekend with our dear friends and family. We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate it than being around those we love.

We spent Saturday evening hanging out at the Zeck's with swimming and a bon fire.

The boys ganging up on Blake. He was one of the brave ones getting in a pool full of kiddos. 

The girls! It won't be long until Maddy is joining them. 

Sunday evening we went to mom and Allen's for dinner. Aunt Kris and cousin Will  spending some time with Maddy.

Cousins hanging out. Maddy fits right in with this group. 

Cousin Brady spending some one on one time with his new cousin.

Can you guess who bought Maddy her first Broncos shirt? Daddy is quite proud!!

One Month

Maddy is one month old today. She is eating every two hours (even through the night), loves to take naps while being held, enjoys being read to, watching her brothers and sister play, and is recognizing voices. She is growing quickly as she has outgrown some of her pajamas already. 

A Look at the Week

Here are the latest pictures taken around here this week. Hope you all had a great week too!

I took some pics of all of the kiddos together. This is too sweet.

I can't believe how fast these two are growing up. They are such good buddies.

Josh has been sneaking into our room at night to spend some one on one time with Maddy.

Jeff took Liv, Josh and Nate back to the creek to play and explore this week. He's such a wonderful daddy. 

Livy is so good with Maddy as she loves to read and play with her.

Livy putting on a puppet show for her new sister.

For school yesterday I took the kiddos to Conner Prairie for the day. We are studying the Civil War right now in history so it's always fun to act out and see some of what we've learned.

Momma with her two babies. Daddy was worried about me going by myself, but they were all so good that they made it easy for me.

Helping to sort beans for the pioneers.

Learning about electricity and how the telegraph worked.

Making windmills was a hit with all of them.

Nate thought Maddy looked cute with his sunglasses. She did so good on her first field trip!

Of course we always have to stop and visit the animals.

Making candles is a long process. They always enjoy taking a couple dips.

Livy would move to a farm in a heartbeat. She loves taking care of the animals.

On our way out we made a stop at the apple store to have some yummy treats.

Maddy is way to relaxed in daddy's arms during her nap today. She already has him wrapped around her little finger.