July- We made it to Oregon!

 26-29 Weeks Old

Our road trip is finally over, we made it to Salem, Oregon! 

We celebrated the 4th of July by eating elephant ears (huge pieces of fry bread coated in butter and cinnamon sugar) and watching fireworks from our back porch. Madi also had her first solid food- rice cereal and she loved it! A week later she also tried peas (which gave her a rash), and carrots which she loved. 

Madi has started rolling around again, it took her a while to remember how to roll since she hasn't had any time on the floor lately because everyone wanted to hold her :)

We spent two weekends discovering different beaches along the Oregon coast. We explored Lincoln City, Newport, Depot Bay, Tillamook, and Garibaldi. We are also on the hunt for the best clam chowder, so far a small restaurant outside Garibaldi is the winner, but it's still anyone's game. Madi loved the beach, especially the sand. She likes to run it through her fingers and then stick it in her mouth :)

Madi's second tooth came in this month and we are sure glad that it is here- there have been many sleepless nights. I can't believe how fast she is growing!

We also decided to move again at the end of this month. We just haven't lived out of suitcases long enough :) The apartment we moved into wasn't a good fit for our family, so we did some searching and decided that an apartment in Keizer would be better for us. We are glad that we made the move and hopefully won't be uprooting anytime soon!

 We made it to Oregon- Mt. Hood is in sight!

 Madi's got her snack for the road :)

 Trying rice cereal for the first time

 Madi loving that sand

 Giant rocking horse on the coast in Newport

 Happy 4th of July

 Who loves carrots?

 Just look at those chunky legs :)

 Getting bigger than her bear

 Such a happy baby- she loves swings

June with the Mangums and Lambs

22-23 Weeks Old
These weeks were spent in Powell, Wyoming visiting Cody's family. All of Cody's siblings and their families, Cody's parents, and Cody's grandma were able to attend the family reunion and we were so excited to introduce Madi to everyone. She was able to meet her eight cousins and they were so good with her :)

Some of the festivities included: a trip up the mountain where we stayed in a cabin, went on hikes, and rode on a tire horse; a visit to a waterfall, a trip to the temple, playing with dogs, a waterslide, golf, shopping, camping, fishing and how to suture a wound.

Madi is now able to sit up on her own!

 The Mangums

 Tire Horse Swing

 'Golfing'

Playing with dogs- Madi loves to pull their hair

Fishing

 Surgeon Cody

 All bundled for a hike

 24-25 Weeks Old

After two weeks of fun we were on the road again, this time our destination was Sandy, Utah. My family was excited to see Madi again, and I guess they were excited to see us too :) She is the star of the show now :)

Our Utah festivities included: Wheeler Farm, Tracy Aviary, a Baby Shower for my friend Megan, Thanksgiving Point, feeding ducks at Liberty Park, Science Museum, Park City Zip Line, and swimming.

Madi also got her first tooth this week!

The Lambs

 Feeding the Ducks

 Tracy Aviary

 Worn out :)

Baby Shower

 The Leonardo

 Science Museum

 Swimming

Wheeler Farm

Thanksgiving Point

More Swimming

Memories of May

19 Weeks Old

This week was very eventful!

I got a phone call one day from Cody as he was out golfing, it went something like this: "You better sit down, what I'm going to tell you may shock you. You are talking to the newest member of the hole-in-one club." Congratulations Cody!

This week Cody's sister Mindy and her son Christopher came to visit us. We had a blast visiting the zoo, Como Town, the Mall of America, and of course we had to get cupcakes :) 

Both of our parents also arrived in town and Cody gave Madi her baby blessing in our sacrament meeting on Sunday.

 

Cody's Hole-in-One

The cup is across the pond, behind Cody's left shoulder

Madi and her best bud, Christopher

 Madi on her blessing day

Our good friends, Vanessa and Michael

Madi's Baby Blessing Pictures were taken by my cousin Brooklyn. Thanks Brooklyn!

20 Weeks Old

 This week also brought a lot of excitement :)

For starters, Cody Graduated!!! 

Cody graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Masters in Hospital Administration. 

Cody was also offered a position as the Adimistrative Fellow at Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon so he will be starting there in July, so fun to see all of his hard work starting to pay off. 

Thanks to everyone who traveled to come support Cody and Madi! We appreciate your sacrifice and loved having a group celebrate with us :)

21 Weeks Old

 

Cody's graduation meant an end to our time in Minnesota :( We are grateful for all of the friendships we established during our brief stay in the Twin Cities. I say we established friendships because this is only the beginning, we plan on keeping in contact with the many wonderful people we met here. 

Once our wonderful families had returned to their homes, we packed up ours and hit the road. Our plan was to drive to Powell, Wyoming and spend two weeks with Cody's family. Then drive to Sandy, Utah to spend time with my family and then we would drive to our final destination, Salem, Oregon.

 Madi saying goodbye to our good friends, Mitch and Anna's, cat Sammie

 All packed up and ready for her first road trip

 A pit stop at Wall Drug for a few photo ops :)

Mt. Rushmore in the howling wind