In Early June Mo and I traveled down to Texas to visit family and to introduce him to friends in Big D.
Moses enjoyed getting see Grandad again and the two of them spent a good deal of time together relaxing in that good ol' green leather chair.
With a huge thanks to my sister in law, Joy, and my dear friends Drusilla, Annie and Erin, a 'Meet Moses' party was held and much fun was had by all. Here Moses is pictured with Nana Dru. Unfortunately, I don't have photos to post from the actual party as I was busy hobnobbing with guests. But take my word for it, it was a bash!
The new ginormous Texas Stadium opened while I was in town and I got to be Dad's date to THE opening event: Lee Ann Womack, George Strait and Reba McEntire. The stadium is Texas sized, seating 100,000 people. Quite the event!
Dad and I have this thing with cotton candy (sort of a tradition, if one can have a tradition with spun sugar?) so here we are enjoying the stuff at the concert. It's a good thing we did because it was the only food we had to fill our bellies that night. The biggest opening night blip was that the concession stands completely ran out of food. Oops. Thanks for the fun night, Dad!
And because we couldn't get enough of sports stadiums, Dad, Aunt Joy, Moses and I headed to an afternoon Rangers Baseball Game. We think our guy was the littlest sports fan there that day. He and Aunt Joy had the most team spirit as they both modeled their Texas Rangers attire.
Joy and I enjoyed bathing Moses and Dad's cat, Athena, was curious about this new little house guest. If there ever was a cat the curiosity really did kill, Athena would be the one.
We think we enjoyed the baths a little more than Moses. "Geez, Mom. Really?" Is he already thinking these thoughts?
Dad definitely had his hands (or lap) full but he seemed to take it in stride.
My "Superfly Superbaby" fast asleep in the room where his Mom grew up.
To top off all the fun of the visit, Dad treated us to his now famous chocolate covered strawberries. The first batch was a little iffy...(see above) even though he followed the directions (I am his witness to this!) the chocolate hardened in the bowl before we could even dip the silly strawberries.
But he persisted...
...and made a tasty end to things. Thanks for having us, Dad. It was great to see everyone in Dallas. See you next time!
Moses acclimated to his Chicago car seat just fine and proceeded to munch on his blanket with the usual gusto.
We hung out on the floor...
...and played in the bed waaay past our bedtime.
We enjoyed the company of both Aderholdts junior and Aderholdts senior in the suburbs. It was great to see you guys!
We also got to take a boat trip courtesy of Skipper Grandpa Bruce...or is it Grandpa Skipper Bruce?
Moses even had his own Moses-sized life jacket! Although if you look closely you'll see that he was less than enthused.
I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed getting a better look at Chicago from the Chicago River. It's a beautiful city!
And I think Moses would agree! He especially liked it when we went under bridges and let out boisterous noises of approval each time we emerged back into the sunlight.
