This is our daughter, during a "Daddy Feeding". You can see that I have to work on my technique a bit, because it is apparent that the majority of the sweet potatoes end up on the bib. I happen to think this is a really cute picture, but I guess we are supposed to making sure Madelyn gets some nutrition out of her feedings, so we'll keep trying I guess...
This is Madelyn and Pop, at their house in Elkhart. It's not often that Dad can actually out-smile someone in a photo, but congratulations kid, he's done it with you.
Ok, so the pictures are completely out of chronological order, but it's not the order that counts, it's that we put in the good pictures and say some stuff about them. This is Alanna, Maya, and Madelyn at their house in Mishawaka.
Pap and Madelyn hanging out on the grandma-couch (Jill's words, not mine :). It appears that she's saying "come get me", but actually she's trying to show Pap how big she is by waving her arms in tight circles. She learned this from watching late night Richard Simmons infomercials with her father.
Talk about out of order. This is the fateful feeding, just before the top picture. I tell people she likes sweet potatoes, but maybe I just like giving them to her. She likes to spit them everywhere. Jill has more luck with this. Maybe it's not luck...
Ah - the look of Christmas excitement in the face of your child, it's beautiful. Madelyn was lucky enough to get this "gumball" machine twice, once at the McKee Christmas (shown here), and once at the Carnes Christmas. She likes the gumball machine since it lights up and makes noise. It's fun to watch her discover new sounds and objects.
We can't believe she is going to be 6 months old next Saturday - the time sure does fly by.
Well, thanks for checking in with us - please leave a comment if you have time - it's a fun way for us to see how everyone's doing.
Madelyn and I went for her 6 month check-up today. She is now 15 lbs. 10 oz. and 27 ¼ inches “tall”, as her daddy likes to say. The doctor was happy with her progress, as we all are!
Here is a picture of just half of the Carnes grandkids! Cute aren't they? 
We then went bowling at Regal lanes with Jason, Chuck's parents, his brother Chris and his family as well as my cousins Steven and Kelsey from Arkansas. For those of you that bowled with us, I apologize for Kelsey's inability to put down her cell phone! 
The final stops on the tour were "The Buns" and Coach's (I know it has a new name, but no one seems to want to admit that!) 
This is our daughter, during a "Daddy Feeding". You can see that I have to work on my technique a bit, because it is apparent that the majority of the sweet potatoes end up on the bib. I happen to think this is a really cute picture, but I guess we are supposed to making sure Madelyn gets some nutrition out of her feedings, so we'll keep trying I guess...
This is Madelyn and Pop, at their house in Elkhart. It's not often that Dad can actually out-smile someone in a photo, but congratulations kid, he's done it with you.
Ok, so the pictures are completely out of chronological order, but it's not the order that counts, it's that we put in the good pictures and say some stuff about them. This is Alanna, Maya, and Madelyn at their house in Mishawaka.
Pap and Madelyn hanging out on the grandma-couch (Jill's words, not mine :). It appears that she's saying "come get me", but actually she's trying to show Pap how big she is by waving her arms in tight circles. She learned this from watching late night Richard Simmons infomercials with her father. 
Talk about out of order. This is the fateful feeding, just before the top picture. I tell people she likes sweet potatoes, but maybe I just like giving them to her. She likes to spit them everywhere. Jill has more luck with this. Maybe it's not luck...
Ah - the look of Christmas excitement in the face of your child, it's beautiful. Madelyn was lucky enough to get this "gumball" machine twice, once at the McKee Christmas (shown here), and once at the Carnes Christmas. She likes the gumball machine since it lights up and makes noise. It's fun to watch her discover new sounds and objects.
