Mount Olivet Cemetary, Nashville

Top: Julia Demoville Morgan's stone, still readable for the most part. There is a 2-line inscription at the very bottom that I couldn't make out.
James Taylor - can't really read it anymore.
Mary Felix Demoville's broken stone. :-(
A gap between Julia Morgan Demoville and John Andrew Demoville - was there a stone there? I haven't looked at my earlier pictures yet to see.

Puddles, Ice Cream and Rolling Over

We went back out to Bernheim Forest on Sunday and walked around a lake there. It's a 1.3 mile trail, Claire probably hiked a half-mile, she was a trooper. Ice cream (and a warddrobe change after a water bottle incident) was definitely in order afterward. Today it rained and we have some very nice puddles in our driveway, so Claire did some puddle-jumping, first with boots, then without. It seems without is more enjoyable.

Harris turned 5 months old today! He gave Mommy and Daddy the gift of sleeping through the night - he woke up at 5:45 for a bottle then went back to sleep until 7:30. Good boy. He also decided today was as good a day as any to master rolling over. So he did it most of the afternoon. He also did it on the kitchen counter after his bath (I was holding him) just to give Mommy a scare. There is video of him on the counter as well as Claire puddle-jumping and hiking on the bottom left of the blog.

Happy 4 Months, Harris Caldwell!

Harris is 4 months old today! In honor of his month-day, Claire made him a delish dinner of plastic turkey and egg. In a move wise beyond his 120 days, he (wisely) declined the offer. The gesture was appreciated, though. Master Harris is improving on his tummy time - pushing up pretty well, though still with quite a bit of attitude about it. He looves his new exersaucer, and is getting stronger about sitting up and reaching for things just in a week of having it. Tonight he rolled over onto his side - quite accidently, but there you go.

Kentucky Railroad Museum and Lincoln's Birthplace

Suffice to say (for now) the railroad museum was a bigger hit with Claire than Lincoln's birthplace. I suspect we will be revisiting the museum with Grandpa Springsteen a few times - it is pretty cool and not far away.

Louisville Zoo - May 5

As you can see the Orangatun's were particularly cooperative at the zoo today! Claire kept yelling, "Hi Big Monkey!" at the poor guy/girl when she was nose-to-nose. I think she wanted to hug him (her?). Not many pictures, it was a Tuesday so it was just Mommy + 2. Harris was awake most of the time and a sweetie per usual.

We also saw/chased peacocks, saw a crocodile yawn, were annoyed by the loudness in the penguin room and saw the tiger's noggin but he wasn't willing to come down off his ledge to visit.

A day in our life...

I was getting Claire a new shirt (thanks to a PB&J incident) when she got my purse, sunglasses and keys and told Ray, "Bye!" At dinner she decided to play peek-a-boo with her clean shirt... after dinner she read a book about farm animals to Elephant. Harris had a nice bath and was Mr. Happy afterward. He decided he needed to eat like he is going to hibernate tonight before bedtime. Looks like another growth spurt is looming...

Bubbles! (yes, we do this alot)

Claire had an afternoon of mega-bubbles the other day. We haven't managed to find the Bubble BBQ in the boxes yet. There are a few more boxes to go through, so it will turn up...this was fun, though - a little splattery, but fun.