Wisconsin Trip

Maggie and I are back from our week-long Wisconsin whirlwind adventure. We saw a lot of people, missed a lot of naps, and had a lot of fun, but we're happy to be home. Although, he got a lot done while we were gone, John's pretty glad we're home, too.

Our photojournal for your enjoyment...

Maggie was so excited to be going to Wisconsin, she didn't care how she got there!



Even our first day in Wisconsin was exciting. Maggie went to her very first hockey game to watch her Uncle James. (Ofcourse, she had to wear her new Halloween outfit from Grandma.)




The big excitement for the trip was the birth of Maggie's first cousin, Owen Marc Holdmann. John's sister, Sue, was induced Sunday night and had Owen Monday night. He weighed 6 lbs, 7 oz and was quite a bit smaller than any of us were expecting (but just as cute). Maggie and I visited on Tuesday.



We were lucky to catch one his brief awake times during our visit. His proud daddy (Ben) was more than happy to show him off to the camera.



Maggie was mesmerized by him and probably amazed that there was someone smaller than her. As you can see, she wanted to hold him, too, but I didn't let her have a turn.



Grandma is so proud of her two grandbabies.



For those interested in following the Holdmann family as well, Sue started a blog, too.
http://www.babyholdmann.blogspot.com/


Monday (sorry I'm out of order) all of the girls on my mom's side went out for lunch and to Bayshore Mall for a girls' afternoon out. After a rough day of shopping, Maggie needed a bath, which of course means naked time.

Naked time is Maggie's favorite time.

Maggie is starting to move pretty well. She can get where she wants to go, mostly by army crawl, but she's talking her first walking "steps" and especially likes to practice the downward dog.

After their interactions Monday night, which consisted mostly of Maggie pulling his hair, Quincy avoided her the rest of the week. If she started to move towards him, which was anytime they were both laying on the floor, he would get up and move out of reach.

Maggie and Uncle Andrew

Ok, so like normal, I went a little crazy with the pics this week, but can you blame me? Maggie's been doing really well with the solid foods. Last week, she had sweet potatoes and this week was peas. She loved them both, as well as the beets, the french fries, the toast, the graham crackers, and everything else she has tried so far.

Thanks to John's mom, Maggie had a Halloween costume (I wouldn't have bought one, but that's what Grandma's are for). Here is the little pumpkin. This first one is, by far, my favorite picture she has ever taken!

By the end, she was obviously sick of me trying to make her sit still.

That's it for the photos, but that's not to say that everyone else we saw wasn't equally important. We had a great dinner at Grammie's, where everyone showed up, and a nice lunch with Grandma Romens. We wish we would have had more time to be able to see those people we missed, but we will be home for Thanksgiving (briefly) and for Christmas (for a while).