It's A Party!

So Friday night was the BIG WORK PARTY that Eric and I ( and Maddox) have been preparing for for quite some time. It went really well and I think everyone had a great time. I hardly get to spend any time with my coworkers since we are all out seeing patients in the field so it was great to get together. We ended up having about 20 to 25 people, good food ( some supplied by me, some by Sam's and some by my fantastic co-workers Katie and Megan). Best of all one of my coworkers, Teresa who is an OT, brought her 22 month old grandson Cale. Maddox and Cale were so cute together. They seemed to play together pretty well. Maddox was enamored with Cale's hair and kept reaching out to touch it as you can see in some of the pictures. It is amazing the difference in the motor skills of a 17 month old verses a 22 month old. Cale is VERY steady on his feet and was able to maneuver both the giraffe and the cozy coupe around much better than Maddox. They hugged a couple of time which was just precious...of course I didn't have my camera ready. Cale's language was better too and he would say 'Hi Maddox' every now and then. So cute. Eric played chaperon to the kids, along with Cale's grandma Teresa, and made sure they were getting along and sharing....THANK YOU ERIC! Cale was GREAT....it was Maddox we were slightly worried about since it was HER DOMAIN and HER TOYS. All in all a good time. So after the big party Friday we have just been relaxing all weekend getting caught up on chores and just hanging out. A great weekend had by all. Maddox's new favorite toys are the POPPER and the blue and red shape organizer by Tupperware ( from the Gillaspie family) with the yellow shapes inside. She is getting really good at maneuvering her little fingers to get the shapes to drop down into their respective holes. She used to just be able to do the circles/ovals but now she can do the sided objects like the star and the cross and the square. She is learning so fast....it is so fun!! PS the videos appear to be on the brink....keep checking back to see if they are working. Not sure what is going on.