Weekend Away

Kara and Ben spent their first weekend away from the girls to head to the wedding of their college friend, Emily, and her husband, Chris.  It was a superb, beautiful celebration down in Iowa City and it was an absolute pleasure hanging out with friends without the diaper bag, waking up in the morning without watching PBS, and going out to eat without worrying about meltdowns.  The girls stayed with Grandma and Grandpa in Owatonna and had a great time.

The girls continue to grow quickly and have been a lot of fun.  Nina has been a barrel of laughs with lines like:

Mom:  "Do you like compromise?"  Nina:  "Ummm...I think no."
Dad:  "What're you doing?"  Nina:  "Putting on my sandals so you guys don't say 'put on your shoes, Nina.'"
In the backseat, just waking up from a nap, talking to Mom & Dad:  "Are you two ok back there?"
After imaginary phone call at grandma's: "Yeah, they're on a trip.  They really miss me.  They're really sad."

Vivian will now stand independently, which is not appreciated when in the bath.  She likes feeding herself food and bottles, she waves a lot, she likes to share things she picks up, and she loves to point at pictures.  She was a little crabby this mother's day, but enjoyed spending time with family.  Here is the much-overdue photo update spanning three-plus weeks.

 

Enjoying the Cinco de Mayo Parade     -------    Music in the park has started!