Well, I'm pleased to say that the grandparents' trips went quite well! Everyone had a nice time and everyone was able to enjoy Miss Maddy! We dropped my parents off at the airport this afternoon. It couldn't have gone better! We ate lunch about an hour before they had to leave. We had the left over turkey with gravy on hard rolls--so good! About a 1/2 hour before they had to leave Maddy got up! So I changed, dressed and fed her. We all hopped in the car and we were at the airport on time! It actually was a very smooth ride down 66 which I wasn't too sure would happen given Thanksgiving weekend.
After we dropped them off, Matt and I were going to head over to Gravely Point park outside the airport but we tested it out first just opening the windows while a plane went over (they take off over Gravely Point) and Maddy was frowning. So we decided to just move on. We stopped at Roosevelt Island instead. I've lived here for five years and haven't been there! It has nice walking paths and some great quotes. Maddy enjoyed herself and it was a really nice day after it was rainy all week so it was great to get outside.
We got a lot done today between the grandparents and us. We put up the glass insert into our screen door and took off the screen. We switched the couches back around. Matt and I started to put up the plastic on our banister behind the TV going to the family room and Grandpa and Matt switched Maddy's carseats around! She LOVES facing forward and is so confused by it! It's really cute! We also washed all our sheets and hung them out to dry. I love the smell of line-dried sheets.
I also ordered our picture Christmas cards as well. They should be here in a few days. I need to go pick them up at CVS but it saves us the $12 shipping charge!!! Good grief! I did order 100 of them, but I don't know how many I'll send out. They are nice looking though and I'm quite pleased with the way they turned out. They have four pictures on it, three little and one large in the middle. I put one of us as a family in the middle that the grandparents took and the rest are Maddy around the outside.
Picture taking was quite interesting. Basically it was a big circus event! I got partially ready while Maddy was sleeping, then when she was up, I had the grandma's get her dressed while Matt and I changed and Grandpa got the bottle warmed up. After we were ready and Maddy had a bottle in her, Each grandpa had a camera and I gave my mom mine and the flashes went! We got some really good shots (and some really bad shots too since Maddy became fussy with the flashes) to choose from! As soon as pictures were over we all changed out again! HA!
I also wrote up my Christmas letter today. It's the first time I've ever written one. It's pretty good overall--not braggy. I HATE braggy Christmas letters. I'm not saying one shouldn't share their acheivements but, sheesh! Some people go overboard!
I did upload some video from her birthday to go with the pictures!
Well, I'm pretty tired even though I slept well and I still have to think about dinner. Maddy is still taking her afternoon nap so that's great! I hope this finds everyone well and that everyone is having a good weekend!