After The Tenth..... When The Fun Really Begins

This has been a tough few days for me. First, I had a work trip that had me in Jamaica for four days. That sounds better than it actually was. It would be more accurate to say I spent 4 days in a Jamaican conference room. The most sun I got was during the ride from the hotel to the client's office. Luckily, I was able to Skype most mornings and get a feel for what was going on back home.

Completely exhausted, I returned to the States last Thursday night, only to awake and have to assist Annie with getting her and the baby to the airport in time to catch their flight to Minnesota. Annie took Macy to meet her Minnesota family members. Mark off another state on Macy's grand tour of the US, this time adding a state I've never visited.

So, I'm now home from my business trip and spending my long weekend alone. Bummer for me.

As an added bonus, Grandpa Kupper met them out there and they are all spending a few days up at the lake house. Needless to say, I'm a bit lonely and pretty jealous that I had to stay home, but someone has to work to pay for all of Macy's flights! (Actually she basically flys for free until she's two, so the free ride exists for another year and a half...something tells me we are going to make the most of those free flights)

My name's Scott and my daughter is addicted to TV.

There, I've finally said it and I already feel better. I cannot explain it. Ok, that's not entirely true, since I truly enjoy lying on the floor watching TV.

However, Annie and I are both well aware that all recommendations are not to let your child watch TV before they are two, but somehow Macy has discovered the boob-tube, and she LOVES IT. It doesn't matter if we turn her around and face her in the opposite direction. She will twist and contort her body so she can get a good look at the the TV.

We think this might be the true reason she taught herself to roll over so soon. She also seemed to easily roll from her back to her tummy, which just happens to put her in perfect TV watching position. We've been  told that babies normally go from their tummys to their backs first, but with parents like us, is it any surprise that she's "different?" 

Here are two images, one which clearly shows Macy enjoying her favorite hobby. Since we take so many pictures of our adorable little angel, I can't remember for certain what she was looking at in the second image, but does anyone want to venture a guess?

As fast as they seemed to swoop in, they swooped back out and the Kupper (and former Kupper) family members were back on their way home, leaving only fun memories and some great photos. Their visit certainly brought lots of laughter and NOISE, which made the house seem to overly quiet in the following days. Their visit coincided with my 1st Father's Day and what a fun way to spend it.