Lately

We've had a pretty normal couple of weeks, but a few things stick out. Mostly we've been laying low and getting ready for our big trip to WI for Billy and Rachel's wedding (Andrew's brother).

We've had a few exciting things happen, though. For one, poor Andrew had a traumatizing experience on Sunday. After church, we left our car in the church parking lot and went across the street to a restaurant. I forgot the baby food, though, so Andrew (graciously) ran across the street to get it. He came back with the food, but he also came back with a passenger. We didn't know it at the time, but this caterpillar had hitched a ride on his shorts. All we knew was that he was having some skin reaction to something from a bush he had run through. I went over to the Walgreens and got some Benadryl cream, and by the time I got back he was feeling worse, and he was still feeling prickling in his back. I lifted up his shirt and saw the culprit--as you can see it has little spikes all over it. They were leaving some kind of secretion on him that was causing the reaction. He freaked out, I freaked out, but we got the guy off, and the waitress came and took him outside. She put him in a bush outside, and on our way out one of our friends spotted him and we took a picture. What a morning! Andrew still has the rash.

Elena's had a runny nose lately, probably because she's just broken her second tooth. We took this funny picture this week--she didn't realize this Cheerio had gotten stuck to her snotty nose. I took a picture before getting it off of her. :)



So, horray for a second tooth! Her first tooth is finally coming in so that you can see it really well, and the second one is just a bit of white that you can barely see. This fuss face shows her little teefers pretty well.




This is a funny picture I took of Elena playing the other day. She is so funny--she loves the laundry basket! She tries to get in it, throws things in, takes them out. Always she takes them out! Funny kid. :)
Hopefully we'll get some good pictures at the wedding and post about our trip soon after we're back. We leave tomorrow (Wednesday) and come back on Sunday. We're looking forward to seeing the Hyer family and having a little time away!