Trip to Ohio

Charlotte and I took a trip to Columbus, OH

to stay with my brother and his family
(Elliott, Sara, Isabelle, Madeline and Samuel)
while Adam spent a week at IU working on his MBA.
We had such a great time - I think we will go up
there any time Adam leaves town in the future!

On another exciting note, Charlotte gave me my first
HUGE smile - she looked directly at me and smiled for
a long time! She has smiled briefly before this, but
there was no mistaking that this smile was for me!
It just melted my heart!


This is Charlotte's first day with the cousins!
You can tell she doesn't know what to think of
all the commotion. It's pretty noisy compared to
our quite house! She warmed up and had a great
week. I think she missed all the activity when
we got home. Bella tries to make up for it daily : )

Charlotte fell asleep in her bouncy chair
(no doubt exhausted from all the activities)!
Samuel decided to load her up with all of his
stuffed animals and his blanky for her nap!
He was so thoughtful and sweet to share his
most prized possessions with Charlotte!