the GLENN family

Let's back up to the first weekend after we got back from the 4th of July festivities in Texas, I believe that was the 12th. We took a trip to the French Quarters of New Orleans. The main reason for going was the aquarium, but we also walked around the French Quarters a little bit and had beignets at Cafe Du Monde (because we had to, right?). The aquarium was great. It wasn't as big as we were expecting, but we learned lots of fun facts and saw a giant anaconda.Two of my favorite things that I learned: A particular species of fish native to the Amazon eats berries that fall into the water. Often, these berries ferment and the fish end up getting drunk from eating them and then they do crazy things like jump into the fishermen's boats. How funny is that? Also, shrimp are really really weird. They taste with their feet, their brains are in their throats, and they have teeth in their stomachs. What?? The famous albino alligator I wish I was the kid in ...

First, a couple of random, pre-trip pictures: One of Adaline's favorite places to play is on mom and dad's bed First time I've seen an egg with two yokes! More experiments in the land of doing little girl hair I never thought I would visit Texas in July and think that the weather was a relief, but that's exactly what happened. On Tuesday, I picked Andrew up from work and we headed west. Adaline was doing great but started to get fussy about an hour before we wanted to stop. Andrew entertained her by dressing her baby doll over and over again so that she could undress her and suck on her toes (don't ask me) and we made it to Nachitoches or something. After a long dinner and getting Adaline ready for bed, we got back in the car and she slept until 11:30 when we got to Granny Peg's house. Naturally grandma wanted to stay up and chat, so we did, until around 1am. Whoo! On Wednesday we sat around the house visiting, walked around outside, and t...