Ruby's first tip toe through the tulips

Today Ruby, her "Aunt" Shannon, and her mom headed to Pella for Tulip Time.  We watched the parade.  Being a February baby, Ruby has not had a ton of exposure to the outside.  It's been too darn cold!  So the bright sun was a shock to her eyes... remedied by some cute sunglasses!  They truly did help her feel more comfortable and soon she was 'dancing' to the bands and spotting her favorite part of Tulip Time: the giant windmill.  It was like a giant ceiling fan (one of Ruby's favorite things to watch).  After the parade, Grandma Judy joined us, and Ruby got a little snooze in.  Then it was photo time!  Challenging, since it was hard to open eyes in the bright sun and she can't sit on her own quite yet.  Finally we grabbed a funnel cake for Shannon's mom, Sheryl, who fell and broke her ankle this week.  Ruby wished her "get well" with a few coos and shrieks and off we went.

  Ruby was exhausted after her first big Tulip Time... she slept the whole way home, ate and then went to bed early.