Friday, November 14, 2008

Part II of Our SECOND East Coast Trip! =)

...And the adventure continues! Before we left Western NY to go to DC, Madeleine got to play with her Mimi & PopPop for a few last minutes in the airport, which she THOROUGHLY enjoyed!!!

"Dancing" on the table

Extreme Baby! Maddie loves being crazy: upside down, tossed up, spun around, etc. etc!


Madeleine LOVES flying (especially SHORT distances, hehe!).
We got lucky on this flight; we actually had the entire row to ourselves! (too bad the flight was only 1.5 hours...) :P


After the flight, everyone told Madeleine what a Great Flier she is! (but of course!)

Now we get to visit Grandma and Granddad (Sharkey)!

Madeleine gets kisses...

and GIVES kisses! =)


Madeleine was also eager to show Granddad and Grandma her new sounds:
"Lpth"

"Fff"


And of course, give more kisses! :)



Madeleine and I even got to visit Rose's school! We met other teachers, the principal, and students. It was great to finally see where she works & to meet all the people we hear so much about! However, in my excitement to go, I forgot the camera. :( Guess we'll just have to go back next time... ;>

Here we are meeting Bill on his way home from work (from the Metro stop, really). Rose thought she'd give the Moby wrap a try ~ I *think* she liked it. =)


"Family Fun!" =)

Since DC is only ~2 hours from Philadelphia, Kristin (bravely) volunteered to bring Libby (aka Emily Jr) & Charlie down to meet their littlest cousin! :)
...of course, for poor Kristin, getting there was NOT half the fun! :P However, that's a WHOLE other story & you'll have to ask Kristin yourself about her (mis!)adventures in getting to the Sharkey's...
Nevertheless, once everyone was (finally!) gathered, the cousins had a grand time! =)

Maddie & Libby really seemed to love each other!

Sharkey with his girls: Maddie & niece Libby.

The adoration of Older Cousin Libby has already begun! =)







Unfortunately for Sean & Kristin, the weather was horrid and rainy when they visited (on Saturday). However, Sunday was gorgeous, and we went to the Halloween Fall Festival in the Town Center.
Madeleine loved looking at all the kids. But she'll have to wait a few years to follow them into the Hay Maze. ;>

For now, she's content to SIT on the outside of the maze. :)

and explore this prickly stuff!






Thank you, Rose & Bill for another fun & memorable visit! =)