Piece Of Home

Things in our neck of the woods have been exciting! We had an extra special visit from a very old family friend (not that she's old, just that I've known her my whole life) and her family. Cindy's husband is part of the Border Patrol and was moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota about 3 months after we moved here. We have been wanting to get together since then; of course with winters, a pregnancy, and then a new baby, it just hadn't worked out until last weekend. It was so much fun to have them here for the day, though! It was like having a little piece of home and familiarity, which is always nice when you feel like you are stuck up in the middle of nowhere. Of course we are getting ready to go down to Texas for a couple weeks and we couldn't be more excited! Our tentative schedule is as follows:

Aug 16 & 17 Driving to Texas

18 Arrive in Belton

19 Kyle

20 Celebrate Carlos' Birthday

21 Elizabeth's Bachelorette Party! (Austin)

22 Celebrate Kayla's Birthday (Pflugerville)

23 Dallas

24-26 Belton

27-28 Kyle

29 Elizabeth's Wedding (Pflugerville)

30 Mack's Birthday Party (Pflugerville)

31 Belton

Sep 1 Ranger Game (Dallas)

2 Leave Texas :-(

We decided that instead of driving back south to visit for another couple days that we would just head north and vacation in South Dakota for a couple days before getting back to Minot on Sep. 7th.

So the biggest news that we have had in our house hold this week is we finally got baby Nuggs on a bottle! Mack was the type of baby who didn't care where food came from, as long as she got some, so bottle-feeding for her was no big deal. Kaitlyn has been putting up a fight for months, but I had decided since she was born that I would start to wean her the month before we left for Texas. We basically had to dig our heels in and only offer her a bottle for an entire day. She refused it all day, so basically didn't eat. By the next morning she was finally hungry enough and eagerly grabbed the bottle, held it herself and chugged down 4 ounces! Since then she has taken (and held) the bottle without any problems!