Family Time :)

Mom and Dad came to visit earlier this week, we had a great time!  After we picked them up from the airport, we went to eat at Landry's. Yum! On Monday morning we went down to the French Quarter and shopped at the market and in a few stores.  It was actually enjoyable! All of my previous experiences there haven't been.  So, I've discovered morning is a good time :)  Mom & Dad brought their camera, so we decided to take some 6 month pictures.  I think they turned out good, and don't worry, Mom was standing with her hands up when Maddy was on the window sill.  On Tuesday night we went to a steakhouse that was amazing.  They have only been re-opened for 6 weeks due to hurricane Katrina.  For a while, Maddy has been watching with great interest what we eat and drink.  Last week I tried to give her some water out of my bottle and 

ran out of her mouth down her shirt!  But, Keith gave her some water out of a glass and she drank it, proud to be a big girl :)

We had a great time with Mom and Dad and are looking forward to Keith's parents coming in a few weeks hopefully!

Howard Brothers

For those who don't know, my Dad is in the Hardware business.  A lady in our church from home made Madison a onesie with the "Howard Brothers" logo on it, so here she is supporting the company! And another one of me and her....she's wearing a 12 month onesie! I stepped on the scale with her yesterday and the difference you ask: 17.5 lbs. Wow she's a chubster, but a cute one!

6 Months old!

6 months is not so bad when you think, hey it's just one more than five.  However, when you start to consider it's 1/2 a year...that's just crazy.  I'm not sure how Madison managed to be able to wear one sleeper from birth until now, but Shana bought a magical outfit! (Thanks again!) Here is our growing girl. The first picture is at about 2 weeks and the other was taken today! And I promise it's the same outfit, you can see it didn't quite fit her yet.  Add 10 lbs. and today is what you get! 

Deleted blogs and power outages (Hmmm....) 2

Well friends, Keith accidentally deleted our entire blog.  Needless to say I was devastated and angry, don't fret, about 30 minutes is all I can take of a mopey face and all is forgiven.  Luckily, I had saved the stuff from my latest post elsewhere so here it is again:

Hello again from NOLA!  We had a very nice mini-vacation thanks to hurricane Gustav, and now we're back!  We got some moderate wind from hurricane Ike, which caused us some loss of power. (And that unfortunately includes air condition in our 85, feels like 110 weather) You can imagine my 'what are you trying to teach me from this Lord?' attitude when we arrived at church this morning and there was no power.  I think that question came to mind on the third verse of All Creatures of our God and King when I had sweat running down my leg.  Of course I can laugh about it now...  The pics in the slideshow below are of our apartment here (for those who have asked), and a few extras. Enjoy!

Deleted blogs and power outages (Hmmm....)

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