The Maders: Lake vacation, a tooth, and the cutest cheerleader!

After the VT-Bama game, Dave and I packed up again and headed towards the lake. Dave took the entire week off so we could have a family vacation at the lake. We really didn't do much the whole week. We watched football, read, ate, and slept. Talk about relaxing.
We also realized that Lexie has cut her first tooth! When we picked her up from my parents house on Sunday, I caught a glimpse of a little white tooth protruding through her gum! She is very proud of it. Every time I pull her lip down to look at the tooth, she starts smiling! If only I could capture a picture of that.

One morning Lexie woke up and was ready to play. So we went down to the dock and this is what we saw. We watched the sun rise. It was so pretty. Too bad you can't see the geese. They were every where. It was indeed so peaceful. All I needed was the theme song from the Notebook to be playing! Ha!

Lexie loves to start in one corner of the room and roll all the way to the other corner.

She loves her jumperoo. She can't get enough of that!

She also likes to be tossed in the air.

We planned on staying in Alabama for the Auburn game. On Friday, Lexie didn't seem to be feeling well. Could have been the tooth or just a 24 hour bug. My Mom couldn't watch her because she had a cold. So we packed up and drove back to Atlanta on Friday. It turned out just fine. We had a favorite cheerleader ready to cheer for the Hokies and the Tigers. Lexie must be some kind of cheerleader. The Hokies and Tigers had big wins!!! Hokies 52-10 over Marshall. And AU 49-24 over Mississippi State. FINALLY a real football score, unlike last years hockey score against State 3-2.

BY THE WAY. . . .How about those Auburn Tigers??!!!! Auburn's offense is off to a roaring start! They lead the SEC and are ranked second nationally averaging 345.5 rushing yards per game WAR EAGLE!