Caught in the act...

Lake House

We went up to our lake house for the Memorial Day weekend and had a great time. Kyle, Teri and Kyri were there along with Teri's brother, Bryan, and his wife Kay and their new baby girl Aubry. All the girls did great and kept us entertained the entire time.
We tried to get a picture of all three girls when when they were awake, happy, and looking at the camera. As you can see, we settled for one - awake!


Charlie had her first experience with water other than the bath. We took her down to the beach and dipped her feet into the water. She wasn't overly thrilled with the idea but she didn't seem to mind it either. This is a good sign because I like to spend a lot of time at the beach when we are there.













After she went for her "dip" she relaxed with Dad in the shade on the beach.









It was a nice relaxing weekend but we did have to keep the girls in line. Kyri did get a little out of hand so her parents had to put her in time-out underneath the coffee table. Actually, all the adults needed to step away and she needed a safe spot where the dogs wouldn't pester her!

Charlotte's Baptism

Charlotte was baptized yesterday and we couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. The ceremony was great, the weather was great, and it was great to be around family and friends on such a big day. Charlotte's Auntie Teri and Uncle Kyle did us the honor of being Charlotte's Godparents. I think that is the reason that Charlotte was so good during the ceremony...she was being held by Auntie Teri!

After the service it was nice to relax with everyone back at our house. Thank goodness the weathermen were right and it was a gorgeous day! Great-Grandma and Charlotte were able to enjoy the beautiful weather out on the deck.

Road Trip

We took our first road trip with Charlotte and it couldn't have been a nicer time! We went to visit Michael, Laura and Nan Robey (and their dog Bowden) down in Casey, IL. Michael was Owen's fraternity brother and roommate at Eastern. We were a little nervous since Charlotte is still not consistent when it comes to sleeping through the night but they assured us they didn't mind a crying baby. We made the 4 hour drive on Friday and just took it easy for the rest of the night once we got there.

On Saturday Charlotte started the day off with horseback riding. The horse was VERY well behaved so we weren't too nervous about her getting hurt.

Once she was done horseback riding we were off to lunch at the Kandy Kitchen in a neighboring town, Greenup, IL. It is an old fashioned soda shop that has really good food and homemade ice cream. All of us ate too much at lunch and didn't have any room for dessert but Nan rose to the challenge and ate all of her ice cream.

After lunch we headed over to Cameo Vineyards for our first wine tasting and winery tour. All of the wines we tasted were from Illinois grapes and bottled right there at the winery. We had a really nice time there just relaxing and tasting some local wine.The weekend was relaxing and it is always nice to have a few extra hands who are willing to hold Charlotte at any time. We thank the Robey's for being so inviting and accommodating for our first big trip with Charlotte. We hope all of our adventures with Charlotte go this smooth and are just as fun!