Memorial Day Visit

For those of you who don't know my sister very well, she has this very bad habit of being quite impulsive. As the years have gone by, I've given up on trying to figure out what she's thinking and why - it's better to just go with the flow! The most recent surprise was a call last Friday afternoon saying that she was going to be coming to the States the next day!! Since it was a 3-day weekend, my mom had already planned on coming up to Arkansas to spend some time with Madilyn (and us...to a lesser degree). Karen had plans on attending a camp reunion on Saturday, but since Mom was up here, she drove up to Arkansas on Sunday afternoon. Since Mom and Karen were both going to be in Arkansas, Dad decided to drive down from Kansas City, too! Soooo.....long story short, Scott and I had originally thought that we'd have a nice relaxing weekend to catch up on household "to-do's", but ended up with a house full of family!!! It was nice, though, and we enjoyed the visit. I snagged the attached photos from my sister's blog b/c when she and my mom are around, there's no need for me to have a camera!!

I had Madi for a little bit at the beginning
of the weekend, but after everyone else arrived,
they were glad to take her away from Mama
and spoil her themselves!!

Here's Madi with Auntie Karen when she first
arrived (we were at Scott's parents' house at the time).

This picture is funny to me for a couple of reasons...
one is that I think it's hilarious that my mom opens
her mouth every time she gives Madi a bite of food
(although my sister apparently does the exact same thing!)
Also, I think it's funny that Madi is just eating dinner
in her bloomers since I forgot to bring a bib for her!

Grandpa grabbed some last minute sugars before
he had to leave on Monday afternoon

I just thought this was the cutest little picture
that Karen caught of Madilyn checking out the
mirror on her exersaucer :)

For those of you who complain that I don't get
more pictures of Madilyn posted for you guys,
this is often the reason...I have a curious
(and grabby) baby girl who doesn't always
make it easy to capture her little moments!

Madilyn has a very creative Daddy! When she started
getting cranky while helping him with pictures for the blog,
he decided to play "Post-Its" with her!

For those of you who haven't tried them,
Post-Its are quite tasty!!

As hard as she tried, the Post-It
would just not fit in her nose!

Hey, Daddy! How am I supposed to reach it,
if you stick the Post-It way down on my leg?!

Silly, Daddy! I can't see if you put
the Post-It on my forehead!!