Taking Flight

July and August have been busy months, with no promise of things slowing down anytime soon. I think that each year I'm more amazed at how quickly time flies by, but since Zoe has arrived it seems like time took on extra warp speed!

One of the highlights of July was taking Zoe to Wisconsin to see Geoff's family. I admit I was nervous about her first flight, but God was good to us and she did quite well both ways. We were also magically able to pack everything for the 3 of us in carry-on bags! We took Zoe's stroller and car seat with us to be checked at the gate and it was so nice to have it in the terminal with us, to push her around so she could take a nap before the flight got underway. We've done well with training her to go to sleep on her own, that being rocked or held to go to sleep just doesn't work which is nice most of the time but there are those moments (like being on a plane during nap time) when it would be nice! Oh well. We all managed :)

Geoff's parents and brother had come in March to meet Zoe, but some family had not met her yet. Here she is getting to know her great-grandma. Zoe got to spend time with her each day and they took quite well to each other :)

Zoe got her first Disney toy from Great-Aunt Linda

 Singing with great- great Tante. We went to an event at her retirement home and Zoe was the biggest hit!

 She got lots of play time with Uncle Jordan and of course cuddles and songs and general lovin' from her Oma and Opa! I think we went at the perfect age when she wasn't afraid yet of strangers. We try to skype weekly with Geoff's parents but its hard to tell whether she recognized them from that or not, though I think she probably did. She was a happy traveler and it was great as usual to spend time with family. Looking forward to our next trip to see them, which is planned for Thanksgiving. Hard to imagine what she'll be doing by then!