Trip highlights

We just completed a 3 week tour- western Kentucky, bookended by Oxford, MS. Maddie got to meet almost all her relatives. Here are some highlights from the trip:

Her papaw made her a heart pancake. Yes, this is a highlight. The nephews get smiley faces, but being the first girl grandchild on my side, she got something more girlie.

She received basic rocker training from every grandmother, great grandmother, and aunt around.

Maddie showed off another of her sweet sides in her spiffy Halloween costume:

She played what she thought was a good practical joke on dad:

We bought baby furniture. Yes, furniture - a convertable crib and changing table. And brought it home. Derek has set up the changing table in the hallway..... we still have a long ways to go before the crib can be set up. Here's a pic of the changing table. We also bought all the bedding and a bag full of baby clothes. It was an excellent deal at a yard sale. We had an inside connection and got to go Friday afternoon, before the sale started.

She had her first trip to The Square in Oxford which included lunch at Ajax. There she met Red and Ruby Galey - good friends of the Barr family. She made her first book purchase at Square Books Jr. (chose a couple of Dr. Seuss classics), and visited for a bit with Mr. Falkner.

We also made a day trip to the farm. I'm sorry I don't have any nice pictures of Maddie there. However there was one "highlight" there that isn't cute, but I have to include it because it is a once in a lifetime sight. I'm sorry if it offends anyone.

Two bucks, an 11 point and a 13 point fought over territory just behind our living quarters. Their horns were so similarly sized they became stuck together. The deer then fell into the pond and drowned. We discovered them the next morning. Dad wanted to save the horns (understandably so, he said he's hunted for 30 years and only heard of such situations, never seen it) so he and my cousin Jeffrey tied the horns to a near by tree and walked away to allow nature to take care of the rest.

So there you have it. There was more. We were generously showered in Kentucky twice. I have a picture of one of the beautiful cakes but I figure that isn't interesting enough for a blog. Derek and I were in a restaurant together for the first time since Maddie's 0th birthday. We saw UFO's over my mother in law's house. You can never expect UFO pics to turn out well though. =)

We left College Station Oct 24, and returned November 15.