She doesn’t mind if I work late so long as the weather is nice and she can play outside!

First swim lessons, she had a blast!

Looking awfully smiley with her Daddy’s baby hat, some fun toys, and best of all- clean laundry.

Camera pictures…

She didn’t get any ice cream, but was slightly mollified by the new book.

This was her first time discovering the glory of beards, which is that they can’t be swept over a shoulder and away.

Helen Jeanette had her first weekend in Charlottesville! Fun times were had by all.

We arrive late Friday night and Helen Jeanette slept a good portion of the trip and then transitioned sweetly to sleeping on the flour since we had forgotten her play pen. Saturday we hung out for a little while I’m the morning waiting for it to warm up and then headed to the Charlottesville mall for a couple hours enjoying the weather and shopping. Helen Jeanette was quite spoiled and together Chris and I bought her three new books.

Keith and Jenny came over for dinner and we had a great meal on the porch watching the geese play in the lake.

Sunday morning Keith came over for brunch and we spent some time going through old boxes of Chris’s stuff. Helen Jeanette got to try on a sweater and hat that Keith wrote as a baby. She also really took to some of Chris’s old toys.

We’re slowly getting our old bedroom set up as an office so we need a place for Helen Jeanette to play. She was awfully excited for her new space!