We visit Parker Rose and her parents.

We went to Smyrna yesterday to hang out for a while with Parker Rose and Nate and Beth.  Parker Rose changes so quickly.  She is no longer the tiny infant her parents brought home.  She has beautifully plump cheeks and she smiles a lot and it lights up her face.  This is not baseless grandparental bragging.

We got to keep her for a short time while her parents worked on house-building chores, and Mike gave her a bottle.

Watching Nate and Beth and Parker Rose interact as a family was a true delight.  Nate and Beth's obvious joy in Parker Rose and the quickness and high intensity of the smiles she gives them brightened our day.

We also got a tour of the house they are building next door but inexplicably failed to take a single picture of it.  However, Nate and Beth have been providing great photographic coverage of the process on their  blog.