the past week

We have been so busy lately, that the blog has been a little neglected. I'll try and do a quick summary of the past week:

Last Saturday, Grandad, Martin's grandfather, passed away. He had been sick with a bone disease for several months, but this was pretty sudden. We traveled to New Windsor, Maryland, where he lived, for the viewing and funeral on Wednesday and Thursday. It was a long two days for us, dealing with the grief of losing Grandad and the emotions that go along with the funeral events, but also since this was our first time traveling with Emma. She was his first great-grandchild, and since we couldn't travel yet and Grandad wasnt able to travel either, he never got to see her in person. He did get to see pictures of her, and was so proud to be a great-grandfather! We look forward to when we'll be reunited with Grandad. Even though he was Martin's grandfather, he also treated me like his own granddaughter. He was a very kind and caring man, especially to his family, and he is very missed.

The weekend was busy for us too. Friday night we had our small group meeting with friends from church. It was great to hang out and fellowship with friends, and Emma slept in her car seat the whole time we were out. I hadn't been grocery shopping in about a month (!!) and so Martin and I went together with Emma to Walmart and then to Acme on Saturday morning. I dont remember the last time I was at a grocery store on a Saturday morning - they are so busy!! It was good though, and Emma slept the whole time. That afternoon it was soooo nice out, so we put Emma in the Baby Bjorn and Martin carried her and we went for a walk (again, she slept the whole time). Sunday we went to church in the morning (Emma slept the whole time). That afternoon Martin and Adrian washed our car and their car - it was still so warm out in February (after being really really cold earlier in the week too). We went over to the Peterson's for dinner that night and played Mario and Sonic at the Olympics on the wii. It was a really fun game, and had so many different sports to play.

Though it sounds like Emma sleeps all the time, she actually has been awake a lot more lately during the day. We've gotten some good pictures with her eyes open, but I havent put them on the computer yet...hopefully I'll get to that soon!