Madison Claire and I went to Chattanooga this past weekend for a Howard family gathering. We were able to see my immediate and extended family in Chattanooga. Ryan had football that morning so he wasn't able to go. I was a little nervous about making the trip with Madison by myself but she was amazing and definitely gave me more confidence to do trips just the 2 of us moving forward. There were several highlights of the trip:
*Madison showed off her new trick of rolling over to Mom, Dad, Sarah, Ryan & Patrick
*Madison had fun jumping in the door jumper
*Madison was able to meet two of her second cousins for the first time - Max & Elijah! Max is 2 weeks older than Madison and was just a doll...check out all of his hair!! Elijah was just adorable and made me so excited for Madison to be that age (he'll be 2 in October). We can't wait to see them again!
*I had a great time visiting with their moms, my cousins, Elizabeth & Shelley. Special thanks to Elizabeth for taking the cute pictures of Madison - especially my favorite one of her smiling with her gummies!!
*We had a great meal thanks to my Mama Howard - the corn was the best!
*We took Madison & Max to visit my Papa Howard in the rehabilitation hospital where he is. They are too young to go in and see him and we would be too afraid they would get sick but my papa so wanted to see them and we really wanted to make that happen. We ended up pulling my uncle Russ's truck outside of his room and Russ held Madison and Sarah held Max while Shelley and I were inside. They looked like they were in a parade! It was hard to see them though so we had my uncle Russ hold them each above his head so they were right in the window for my papa to see. It was hilarious!! Check out the video:
My papa seemed to be doing better and was able to move his hands and feet. He still has a long recovery ahead of him so please continue to keep him in your prayers. We look forward to having him be at home for the next family gathering!
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