We're in Kansas City for Grandbaby Time!

We have been inching our way south and west, because we have a special destination. We're heading back toward Kansas City where our oldest son and his wife and their daughter live.

Carter is six months old now, and she is growing and changing every day. If you don't like pictures of a cute baby girl, we must warn you that this blog is going to be filled with them!

We arrived right after the family got back from a celebratory trip. Our son just finished his board exams. After four years of college, four years of medical school, and three years of residency, he finally can experience life without having to continuously study. Instead of books, he now has a little girl to keep him busy!

Because Dad has a new job as a pediatrician in a clinic, and Mom is working as a Physician Assistant, Carter goes to day care a few days each week. But while Gram and Grandad are in town, we are her day care.

We adore her, and we think that we have wandered to another of God's wonders.

It's good to get some "face time" now that we're back in Carter's home town!

Instead of hiking forest trails, we are pushing a stroller through residential streets.

But it's a beautiful place to stroll since the fall foliage here in Kansas City has been incredible!

We arrived at the peak of fall foliage, and their neighborhood is filled with big old trees that turn brilliant shades of red, orange, and yellow.

We tried to use that brilliant leaf color as a back drop for more baby pictures.

Can you tell who is having a better time, Grandad or Carter?

Because of the great care and training of her parents, keeping Carter is a joy. In between all that play time, we change a diaper (allowing plenty of time for her to play with her toes),

read a book,

and then she puts herself to sleep for naps and at night. We wish we would have been as smart as these parents when we were raising our children! Having two medical professionals for parents probably helps.

We are staying at a campground in Independence, Missouri for these two weeks. But we have managed to make the trip into Kansas City every day since we arrived. Can you blame us? That's another thing we like about our nomadic life style. Sometimes it allows us to live in the same town with people we love!