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The Maple Family

The Maple Family

7.24.2008

Homeless Maples


The Maples accepted an offer and will soon be homeless b/c the purchasing couple needs possession on or before Aug. 20th! That gives me three weeks to pack with two kids! So, anyone have a place for us to stay????
J/K...We are actually planning on staying at Matt's parents until we find a place to call home!
Stay posted - We may be calling on some of you for help. We may have a birthday/moving party (Matt's Birthday is Aug. 17th).

7.18.2008

Looking Good!

I usually try and take the kids pictures, but it's hard for me to get a good picture of the whole family (as you saw on our old family blog photo). For some reason Braden doesn't understand he's supposed to smile at the tripod!!! Anyway, we went and got our pictures taken at Portrait Innovations and watch the slideshow for some of our favorites....

Growing up fast...

Braden is growing up so fast! Time is flying...he's already 8 months! He has learned a lot in the last few weeks. He has now even discovered how to move in ALL directions!
He can move up and down...

(He pulls up on EVERYTHING! I have to watch him like a hawk so nobody calls CPS!)

Forward and backward...

(He started crawling backward a few weeks ago and is now learning how to go forward!)

He has also started self-feeding.
(He LOVES to eat his puffs!)

Here Ducky Ducky...

Aly and Braden LOVE riding in the bike cart! We often ride over to the hospital and ride on their smooth trails. We usually try to remember to take our bread scraps, because there are usually lots of ducks to feed!
In fact, they're so tame and used to people, we really have to watch the kids!

4th of July

Well, we had a nice calm 4th of July this year. We usually go to an Indians game, but thought it would be more work this year (w/ Braden being so young). They have a nice display after the game and then it's great seats to see downtown's'. However, Aly was set on seeing fireworks so we had to come up with a plan. We decided at the last minute to go to Plainfield, because they had a lot going on at the park. They had vendors with food (even elephant ears, frozen choc. bananas and walking tacos), a duck race, inflatable activities, etc. So, we ended up going around 5:30 and had plenty of things to do before the fireworks. The best part was that we were out of the parking lot in 5 min. (only to be stopped by pedestrians for 5 more)....not too bad!!!


They raced the rubber ducks down the creek. Needless to say ours didn't win!

Aly loves these big slides!
She will also jump forever!
It was a fun night concluded with "Oooohhhs" and "Aaaahhhs".