Family

This past weekend we went to my parents to spend some time with the Harms side of the family. My cousin and his wife just had a baby and my aunt from Kansas came to meet the babies. We had a great time!

The whole family

Opa and Oma with Brayden and Madelyn

Aunt Janice and Mady

Parties, Boating, Races

Our computer decided to act up a few weeks ago, so we've been trying to get it to cooperate with us again! We finally have it kind of working, so I figured I better get caught up!

A couple of weeks ago we got to spend the weekend in Iowa City visiting friends. Our good friend Steve finished his PhD, so his family had a party for him that we attended. It was great to see them!

Terryn and I with Elias and Madelyn

Aunt Katie and Madelyn

We also had some friends in Newton over one night, and they have a little girl, Loren, who is just a couple of weeks older than Mady. This is them "playing" together!

Loren and Mady also got to hang out for a while this past week while their daddies played softball. They were a riot! They were baby screaming back and forth to each other, playing with each other's feet, etc. It was so funny!

Mady in her life jacket!

My sister got tickets to one of the races in Newton a few weeks ago, so my sister, brother, and Dad went to the race on Saturday. On Sunday my sister, brother, and I went to the race. It was fun...definitely better than I thought it would be!

Happy 4th of July

We had a great weekend celebrating the 4th of July. Eric had the weekend off, which was a nice treat. I worked in Iowa City on Saturday, so Eric and Madelyn spent some time with Eric's family and got to go to Madelyn's first fireworks.

Sunday we had some friends over for a barbeque and were hoping to see fireworks, but they were rained out.

Monday we spent the day at my parents and had lunch with my family and grandparents.

Our family. Aren't we patriotic?!

Madelyn and Opa

Madelyn and Mommy

Madelyn and Daddy

Isn't she so cute in her dress? Thanks Aunt Amanda!

Touring Newton

Madelyn and I have been taking lots of walks around Newton lately. She really seems to enjoy being outside and it's good to get out of the house and out and about. Here are a couple of recent pictures.

Enjoying the outdoors

Reaching for her giraffe.

Four Months Old

Madelyn is four months old today! It seems like she's grown so much and the time has gone so quickly. Here are a few quick pictures:

Enjoying tummy time a little more

Standing up with Dad

Four months old!

Rocking, Rolling, Boating

Mady is getting so big!! We took her to get weighed and measured last week and she was 12 lbs. 12 oz and 24.5 inches long! She's also started rolling over. She's got back to tummy down pat, but is still struggling with tummy to back. She hates tummy time, remember? So she gets turned over and then is mad that she's on her tummy!

She also loves standing! Her legs are so strong and she loves to stand on our laps. Maybe she'll just bypass crawling?

Playing in her exersaucer. She's actually watching the television. She's so drawn it! We're going to have to watch that as she gets older!

We've also been able to go boating a few times, which makes Eric very excited! Mady has done great with it, and really seems to like riding along.

Madelyn and me on the boat.

We got a smile!! Grandpa's holding her on the boat.

Mady and Grandpa

Mady and Grandma

The boat wore her out!

Mady and Daddy

Hanging out on the beach

Busy Week

I don't know where the time goes sometimes! We've had a pretty busy week and a half around here since I last posted.

I went back to work at the University of Iowa on May 17 and 18. I worked those two overnight shifts in a row so I stayed in Iowa City and Eric kept Madelyn. They did great, but it was so hard for me to be gone that long! As much as I have loved that job, I am thankful that I've found something part-time in Newton.

These pictures are of Mady at 3 months old! Sorry the top one is blurry...again we're always fighting to get her to smile at the camera!

Our little mohawked bath time girl.

Hanging out with daddy.

Madelyn and her friend Will having a hug

Grandpa and Grandma came to visit!

Watching TV with Dad

Happy Birthday Grandpa Harms!