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Maddy on Tour

After Maddy's audiology appointment we ran home and packed up and then headed for Farwell, TX to start memorial day weekend! Maddy was worn out from the appointment so she slept well on the trip. We got to Farwell about 1 a.m. My parents had already been there a day. They were up when we got there so my dad could see Maddy. She was asleep when we got in so we all went to bed pretty quickly. The next morning she got to meet Great Grandpa and Grandma Embry. They were so cute. My papa could not have any peace til he had a picture with Maddy. He was afraid we were going to leave without him getting a picture with her. My mema just wanted to hold her all the time. She kept peeking in on her while she was sleeping. It was really cute.
For lunch (dinner as they say in Farwell) the family came over and we had ham, mema's rolls, salads, and potatoes. For dessert they made homemade ice cream and Amanda brought a delicious butter pecan cake. After that we sat around talking for most of the afternoon. It was good to see everyone and Dawson was there. I hadn't seen him in a while so that was nice.
The next day we went to Lubbock., but not before eating mema's yummy cinnamon rolls! We got to Lubbock for lunch and ate with Great Grandpa and Grandma Eckstein who were thrilled to see Maddy. We played a couple rounds of scrabble with Grandpa that afternoon and then the Crosses came over for dinner that evening. We hadn't seen Brian in quite a while so it was good to see him and the kids had definitely grown. They are all cuties. Aaron really enjoyed holding Clayton. He thought she was such a cute baby. The next day was Sunday so we went to church with Grandpa and Grandma at Central. I spent most of the service feeding Maddy and then Aaron spent the other part walking Maddy in the back because she was not ready to go to sleep. After church we went to Rosa's for lunch and then back to G and G's. My mom and I went to Wal-Mart for a couple of things and then we went to Chrissy and Brian's while G&G and my Dad went to small group. We met them at Wattaburger later on and had a hamburger with Uncle John. I think Grandpa was already done passing out his tracts by the time we got there but he did have one that he gave to Aaron to pass on to someone. :) After that we went back hom and played another game of scrabble with Grandpa. We all slept in on Monday morning. Then Aaron and my dad picked up our meat from Ethan's house and we headed back home.
I think getting to introduce Maddy to everyone just made this trip exta special. And it was so good for her to have a break from doctors picking on her and just have people hold her and love her. We definitely look forward to more opportunities for that for her in the future. I thought she would get off schedule really bad while we were on the trip. She was definitely out of routine a little bit but Aaron and I had decided to be laid back about schedules when we weren't at home because getting to socialize with family and everyone feeling like they had time to spend with the baby was a lot more important. She still did really well and has popped right back into her schedule and routine now that we're home. All in all it was a great trip.
This week we have 2 month shots on Wednesday, Scottish Rite on Thursday, and Physical Therapy on Friday so we'd appreciate your prayers about all those things. Nothing should be too big of a deal but it will be tiring for us all. Hope all of you had as great of a memorial day as I did!

Comments

Brittany said…
Looks like she had a great time!! That's wonderful that all the family got to enjoy her. Now rest up and get ready for all the appointments!
Ms. Embry said…
I am soooo jealous!!! Especially when you started talking about all the yummy homemade food! I would have given anything to trade where I was at for being with you guys!! That was a very productive trip as far as getting Maddy introduced to a lot of important family members! :-) I notice Ethan wasn't mentioned...was he not there?
texasholls said…
Oh yes. Ethan went rafting somewhere down by San Antonio...so no, he STILL has not met Maddy.
the libbys said…
oh! sweet little maddy is 2 months already! the shots stink! i'll definitely be thinking about you guys and your busy week! glad you had such a fun trip with family :)

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