Kansas City, Here We Come!

On Thursday, Grandma, Grandpa, Sutton, and I set out for Kansas City to visit family. The Duell family reunion is this weekend, and Sutton was introduced to my dad's side of the family--I think she is a big hit! We also met the newest addition to my Uncle Clarence and Aunt Sue's family--Irie. She's a cutie, and I think she and Sutton will certainly enjoy hanging out at family reunions when they are older.

The coming week, we will spend visiting my mom's family, and this will be the first time that most of them will meet Sutton...I'm excited to show her off! She's such a good girl!

I'll write more about our trip when I get home and settle back in, but in the mean time, check out our dropshots website for updated photos and video.

I've Fallen Behind Already

So, it's been quite some time since I last updated the page.  We've been soooo busy.  Sutton and I have been running around so much lately, spending lots of time with Grandma and Grandpa.  Last Saturday, we helped host a couple's shower for our close friends, Dillon and Kimba.  They are getting married on Sept. 6th, and we're so excited for the wedding!  Our built-in babysitters, my parents and Jenn and Mike, were also attending the shower, so Sutton spent her first evening at home with non-family members.  My good friend Lora and her husband Bobby watched Sutton, and they said she was such a good girl...I knew she would be.  She's such a good, sweet-natured baby!

She's started standing with the help of two strong adult arms, and she LOVES it!  She wants to do it all the time, and I can assure you, it's much harder than just cradling her in my arms!  If she wants to be standing, and you try to just hold her, she'll make a fuss--it's so cute!  Last Thursday, my parents were at the house, and my mom was holding her over the table so she could stand, and she just stomped and stomped on the table.  Again, it was so cute!

She's become so  alert and verbal.  I definitely think she's a morning person because she just gurgles and smiles so much in the morning.  It's so fun!  

On Friday, mom, dad, and I went shopping with Sutton, and we bought her all kinds of cute clothes.  I know Jack thinks we don't need it, but some of them are just too cute to pass up!  

Also, on Friday, Nonna and Pops came to visit because Sutton and I will be out-of-town from this Thursday through the following Friday.  They wanted to get in a visit because if they hadn't, it would have been almost a month since they last saw her...and that's just way too long!

So, Sutton will be going on her first real road trip--we're driving to Kansas City with my dad and Jenn and Mike for a family reunion on my dad's side.  I hope it's not too stressful for her.  We're also going to spend a couple of days there to visit my mom's family.  It should be fun.

We have tons of stuff coming up--3 weddings and, of course, TCU football season--so we're all going to be really busy.  Also, Sutton is having photographs done on August 18th, so when those are available, and if I'm able, I'll post those on dropshots.

Today, we're going to celebrate Jenn's birthday at Carrabba's--yummy!  And, of course, Sutton's going to be wearing on of her adorable new outfits from our shopping day on Friday!!!