The 4th in Flag

In order to be able to take as much baby and hiking gear as we wanted, we packed up Hannah and all of her accessories and drove to Flagstaff to spend the week with my parents. Hannah did quite well in the car, with only the occasional melt-down. Music (Mom singing) definitely soothes this beast. I can only sing my standard repertoire so many times, so I found that James Taylor (turned around backwards from the front seat) works great and Simon and Garfunkle (in the back seat with the volume cranked) doesn't.

Our biggest challenge was dealing with the 5% humidity in Flagstaff. For those of us who live in the Texas swamp, this might seem attractive. Turns our 5% is dry enough to suck all of the moisture out of a person, especially when this person won't drink water! Hannah had some fussy moments, but seemed to do okay with a bit of extra water in her formula.

Of course one of the best things about a week with grandparents is the sharing of baby duty. Early riser Grandpop took morning bottle duty and Grammy changed way more than her share of poopy diapers - thank you!!! Andy and I also had the chance to get out for a hike (too high for baby) and went out to dinner on our own! (Of course Flagstaff is a small town and the proud granparents were just a few blocks away showing off their precious grandbaby.)

Hannah took advantage of the extra attention to show off her new sitting skills.

This is the bassinet that my I slept in, as did my mother and her brother!

(Please disregard Hannah's subtle sign language!)

Hannah and Grammy in their matching "Life is Good" t's. Indeed it is.