Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Labor Day and other random events...

With school starting and Dan and I back to work, we've slacked a little with our posts! Also, all of our time at home is now so precious with Courtney! She is doing good at the babysitter's, but also very smily and happy to see us when we pick her up! For Labor Day, Dan and I took Courtney to Burr Oak woods for a picnic and to walk on the trails. We also went to a picnic on Sunday with Grandma and Grandpa Hicks and the Allen family. Grandma Jody came over on Saturday for a Labor day barbeque (and I guess to play with Courtney, too). Amidst all the family we also tried to fit in a little landscaping. Dan loves to dig up sod, especially on a holiday weekend, so I decided it would be great to also wrap that into our 3 day break.

A stroll in the woods.
Picnicking at Burr Oak woods.


shhh...not now Uncle James.
This is Courtney's great, great, great, super awesome Uncle Al (yes that is 3 greats)!


Courtney was a HUGE help with the landscaping.We made two triangle planters in the back corners of our yard.
It doesn't look like much, but it took a long time!!Courtney had to earmuff it when this beast crawled out of the mulch - yikes!
It was a good 6 inches long!
A few weekends ago we went to Stewartsville for the fall festival. We didn't want to haul the bathtub so we used this tote...which I think Courtney liked better according to her "I'm just chillin' " pose.
At the parade!
Having fun with mom in our white hoodies!

Courtney is really starting to sit up well now. We sit the boppy around her "just in case"
but she doesn't fall back against it too often! Meghan and Kaitlynn came to visit yesterday! They haven't played together in a long time!

Of the 20+ pictures I took that night, this is the only one where they are both facing the camera at the same time!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, Dana and Dan, she's just too cute! I love all her pics. Yeah, we moved a little while ago and are gradually adjusting to island life. It's a bit slower than San Francisco, but I think we'll be alright. Take care and thanks for the comment.

Meghan said...

Ha ha! The last picture of the two girls together if cute. The look on Kaitlynn's face is hilarious! I'll have to steal that one from you because I never did get one with both of them looking. That was fun...now that school stuff is hopefully slowing just a little bit we need to get together again soon.