20 days....WOW!! Lots of snow!!!

So it has been 20 days since I've last blogged!!! I have been going crazy b/c I haven't been able to access my account, for some reason, my mother's lap top wouldn't let me in!!!

A lot has happened since the last blog....we went to Iowa on February 22nd, made our first stop in Fonda to see Bonnie, then on Sunday made our way over to Akron to see my parents, by the way, we drove through a blizzard!!! SO we arrived in Akron maybe around noonish? maybe it was earlier i can't really remember. We were suppose to travel home Tuesday b/c Chuck had to go back to work on Wednesday, well.....Chuck said it would be okay for Allison and I to stay in Akron until the weekend, since Katie (my sis) started spring break Friday afternoon and she was going to come down to KC anyway, so we figured she could bring us down. So that was the plan, chuck and the 2 dogs headed home Tuesday late morning and us girls went to have lunch with Katie in Vermillion at a Chinese Buffet, which i must say wasn't the greatest.

SO.....we ended up being snowed in for 3 DAYS!!! I haven't seen that much snow since i was like...12 maybe?!?!? Good thing Dad has a snow blade and knows his neighbors pretty well or we'd probably still be in IOWA! So we spent most our time in the living room watching TV and keeping warm by the fire place. We didn't lose power or anything so that was good!!

Katie, Allison and I weren't able to make it home Saturday, but we did drive home today (sunday). The roads were perfect!!! I think we saw about 30 cars/trucks/semis in the ditches along the way.

Exciting news....well Allison had her first RICE CEREAL this past week! Grandma, Katie and I picked it up at Walmart on Tuesday afternoon and she had her first taste on Wednesday! It took her sometime to get use to the taste but she really enjoys it! I'm so happy for that. We picked up some applesauce and apple banana baby food today for some taste testing later this week or next week. Don't want to give her too many things to try right away!

She is also pretty much sitting up on her own now. Every once in awhile she'll start leaning, so I have to stick close to her, but she enjoys sitting and leaning forward as she holds herself up with her arms.

She has also mastered rolling from tummy to back, now it's just for the back to tummy roll! What else....oh she's almost able to hold herself up with her arms when she is on her tummy....so pretty much like doing a push up. Her belly still touches the floor, but she can get her chest up pretty well.

One last thing....Grandpa thinks she will be having a tooth coming in soon. She's been doing a lot of "Chewing" and drooling. Grandma says that the teeth are probably moving a bit under her gums....so I'm pretty excited about that.

Oh yea, our more exciting news......We are going to Jamaica in May!!! Two of Chuck's coworkers are getting married and are doing it in Jamaica at a Beaches Resort and asked us if we would come. Of course Chuck said yes!! He is really ready for a vacation. SO the 3 of us will be on our way to Jamaica on May 30th! Now just to find a dog sitter!!!

Sorry for the extremely long blog but I just felt as if I had to "Catch Up"

That's all for now....here's a few photos taken during our trip to Iowa/South Dakota!