Kansas, Day 2

Sunday Activities:

Providence Community Church

(Matt preached a great sermon on fellowship and I held a very tired Gwen in the back, who would only sleep in my arms if I was walking. So I paced. Wish I'd taken a picture of their church, it was so nice. I can totally see how they feel at home there!)

Chicken salad sandwiches back at home

Matt and Bert watched the kids while Hannah and I went to her favorite antique store!

Gwen had her first REAL babysitter (real because it wasn't someone who already knew Gwen)

Grown-ups went out for delicious BBQ in Kansas City and walked "The Plaza"

Case and Woody, probably watching "Bolt"

The river in Kansas City that runs along The Plaza

Jack Stack = Out of this world BBQ

Bring on the fountains!  Kansas City aka "The City of Fountains"

The Plaza

Nose-spraying stallions

A Steve Jobs memorial outside the apple store.
A few people had written about how much he changed their lives etc.

What a fun night!

Kansas, Day 1

Saturday Activities:

Checking out the beautiful awesome new house!

Yummy cinnamon rolls & coffee

Walked to the park with Hannah and the kids

Bert worked on a shower door project 

(Saturday was a work day for Matt)

Lunch at Chik-fil-A

Naps :)

Playing in the backyard

Orange chicken for dinner

Walk to get frozen yogurt

Love this room - so cozy and beautiful

Sadie, Hannah and Gwen - I love how Sadie is reaching for Gwen's hand

Bert playing with squirt guns outside with Case

A perfect, warm, fall day

Gwen insists on eating leaves even though she dislikes their flavor

 

This once lived in our yard!

So fun to see them all play together!

Road Trip to Kansas!

We took a 7 hour drive south to visit our friends in Kansas City, Kansas.

Gwen did well on the drive, but was quite confused when we got there around midnight and we wanted her to go to sleep for the night.  It took a few more hours of coaxing her before we got to rest for the night.  But we had a great trip!  I will do entries for each of the days since we took lots of fun pictures and have sweet memories to document.  Good friends are such a precious gift from God.

Much more to come!

Gwen "Resists the Spoon"

The first 10(ish) times we attempted feeding Gwen baby food she sealed her lips tight and turned her head to the sides.  She wanted to play with a toy or do ANYTHING but open her mouth and eat.  When I told the doctor, she said 'oh sure, she resists the spoon.' She gave me a couple tips to try, including giving her applesauce or putting food on her hands to seeing if she'll bring it to her mouth.

  (We can't give her finger foods yet because she doesn't have ANY teeth yet.)

In the last week she's made some major improvements.  She is somewhat more willing to eat apples rather than the pears, prunes and rice cereal we tried before.  And now we've learned that she's willing to open her mouth if she's holding onto the spoon.  Hmmm. This could be interesting. :)

Apple Orchard Day, 10/2/2011

We enjoyed the afternoon with the Lindquist and Hansel families one Sunday after church

Jon, Addie, Tonya, Vaunder, Owen and Russel

Gwen loves leaves (and grass) with passion

Her laugh is pure joy

Anna and Gwen bonded

And I raced Vaunder and Owen to the top of "straw mountain"

Jason, Anna and Ian

Gwen (before she honed her sitting skills) and Ian in the pumpkin patch