LAUGHTER

Tonight (9/10), while Joey was in his carseat on the front porch, Mel was playing with the toys hanging off the handles.  She was doing it so incessently, Joe LAUGHED very distinctly.  He did it at least one more time the same evening, and both times were Melanie-induced laughter.  It was great!  They also had a great time rolling around in the grass together the same evening.  Joey doesn't seem quite as frightened as Mel did early on.

Picnic

Monday, after all our guests had departed, we headed to Coxhall Gardens for a beautiful day outside.  We packed a picnic and ate by the fountain.  Mel really wanted to put her feet in the fountain, but was not allowed.

After we explored the fountain area, we were headed to the kids' garden area for some activities, when this happened....

So we went home and regrouped, and then all headed to the neighborhood pool for what was probably the last dip of the summer.

 

Joey had fun too....

Joey's Baptism

We were very blessed to have all of Joey's grandparents, aunts, uncles (okay, Matt had to work), and cousins in for Joey's baptism at Zionsville Presbyterian Church.  He wore the baptism gown that both his Daddy and his Uncle Randy wore when they were Christened, which was made from his Grandma Worzala's wedding dress train.  When he got dressed on Sunday morning, Melanie proclaimed "Joey, you look beautiful!"

He was baptized with water from the Jordan River that our neighbors Tom & Paula brought back from their recent trip to Israel.  Glenn McDonald, senior pastor at ZPC, performed the baptism, with Pat Smith as the Elder (as he was for Melanie's baptism in May 2008).

Cousin Fun

The Worzalas arrived Friday evening, and we spent the evening at our house with them while they played with Mel & Joe.  Saturday, Grandma W went to the park with Melanie and me.  Unbeknownst ahead of time to Diane, we had a surprise birthday party for her on Saturday evening!  My parents, Randy, Cory, the kids, and Brenda all came over, and we enjoyed a beautiful evening outside.  Sunday was the baptism and corresponding celebration afterward.  It was a GORGEOUS weekend, and we were blessed to spend it with all of our family!

Joey had fun too......

It's official.... Joey knows how to sleep through the night!  For the last few weeks, we've been waking him up for a bottle before we go to bed (10pm-ish).  For a while, he would still need a bottle overnight.  Then he got to the place where he could sleep through if he had that "late-night" bottle.  Then I pushed it and tried to see what would happen if he DIDN'T get the late-night bottle (he woke up and needed a bottle).  Well.... last night, Joseph Pierce Worzala SLEPT from 8pm-ish until 6:30 with NO waking up and NO bottle!!!!!!!  I'm not getting too ahead of ourselves here, but that was a darn good accomplishment!

Check out Joey's big sister showing him the toys he can play with :)  She's SUCH a good big sister!  If only she could stop climbing on his head, we'd be good!  She loves him sooooo much!

Toby & Trace

Saturday night I headed out with my friends for a gorgeous night of sitting outside and listening to some good music.  Trace Adkins opened for Toby Keith, and a good time was had by all!

Things That Go Rodeo (Subtitle: "I Want Bub's!!")

Saturday morning the whole family went (to?) downtown Carmel to the "Things That Go Rodeo..." which promised many vehicles to climb in.    Mel enjoyed the different vehicles, but for some reason had to carry her school-blankie with her for most of the trip.

Mel caught wind of us talking about going to Bub's Burgers, so she started saying "I wanna go to Bub's."  Her proclamation was so cute, we went.  Never again will we trust her promise to behave herself in a restaurant as long as she gets to sit at "the table"  :) 

Melanie was particularly excited about the school bus....

She also sat in a police car....

She played with the bubble truck....

She loved the model airplanes, one of them was flown by Cookie Monster!!

There was an old-fashioned fire truck....

Joey had fun too....