Grandparents and Biking

Jeremy started his bike trip on Thursday morning. So, Wednesday night we headed to Wooster. His dad was nice enough to get up before the sun and take Jeremy up to Cleveland to start the ride. (He is the biker on the far right in the yellow and white shirt.) Jeremy made it from Cleveland to Wooster by about 2pm (left at about 7am). While he was biking, I left Madison with Grandparents Yoh and went to see my brothers' families. I watched the kids jump on the trampoline and collected nuts for them to haul in their little trucks. I had lunch with my dad at the house. Grandparents Yoh had a great time with Madison. Gloria had a new toy for Madison to try out. You can see it in the picture below. I returned and welcomed Jeremy back from the biking world and checked in on Madison. I left about 5pm to go hang out with Sandy. We at a yummy vegetarian meal and some ice cream, watched Whip It, and just hung out. It was nice. I felt like a single lady!

Friday, we hung out til about noon at Yohs house before going to have lunch with my brother's family. It was fun to talk with them. I surprised my mom at work with a grandbaby visit. Then, we headed home. We made great time til we were about 20 miles from home. As we were passing a semi, I heard this loud noise and assumed it was the truck. But as we got passed him, the sound became louder, and I realized it must be us. I put on my flashers and headed to the side of the road. My back passenger side tire was unraveling - blown out. (See picture for proof) I called AAA and they arrived in about 30 minutes. The guy put my tire on, and I hopped in the car ready to get back on the road only to discover the battery was now dead. I ran back to catch him, and he jumped my car for me, too. Jeremy actually beat us back - biking - from Wooster to Westerville! (100 mile day... you won't catch me doing that, but I'm proud of him!) We don’t have many pictures of Madison sitting which is one of her newer developments. She mastered that in about a week or week and a half. It was fun to watch. Notice how big her diaper bum is! We have had to move her up to the next size of cloth diapers which will last till potty training time – they are big :)

Saturday, Jeremy took off for Springfield, Ohio, for the third leg of his trip. He made that trek by about 2pm (left around 8am). He got soaked along the way, but pushed through to finish the day. Madison and I hung out. She had a good morning nap, followed by a short afternoon nap. That always means she is more needy – can’t play well by herself. I was in the middle of making peach crisp when she woke up. Thankfully, reinforcements (my parents) arrived shortly after to entertain her while I finished up. My mom and I took Madison to the zoo. It was a beautiful day for it. She enjoyed the aquarium because she could actually see the fish. Most of the other animals don’t even exist to her because she isn’t old enough to pick them out. We enjoyed the animal viewing. We had Chipotle for supper and played a bit before tucking her – and shortly after, us – into bed.

Sunday, we headed to second service at church long after Jeremy left Springfield for the last leg of his journey. He rode to Cinnicinati today. He had to wait around for the bus to bring him back to Columbus, but said that it wasn’t too bad – they had mobile shower units for them, pizza, gaterade, music, etc. We picked up the cross-state biker about 7pm in Dublin. During church, we put Madison in the nursery again. She made it without crying for two hours… only one short spell they tell me; she was fine when I got there. We had spaghetti and lettuce (from Sandy’s garden – yum!) for lunch. My parents stayed until about 5:30pm which was nice. It was a good few days, but a bit hectic. I sure appreciate all the help from the Grandparents. I realize how much I appreciate when Jeremy gets home from work – just to have adult conversation/interaction and a short break from being primary entertainer. These last four days gave me (almost) all day breaks.