Busy, Busy

Updating her facebook status... :-)

 

 

Mom! quit buggin'.. I'm busy working!!

 

 

On The Move

Leah is officially on the move. She hasn't had much interest in crawling but she does have a desire to get what she wants... thus the army crawl and long reach. We are in no hurry for full fledged crawling as we haven't even bought a gate yet. But we are super proud of her for her army crawl.

And relishing in her success..

Wedding Dance

Our family had a great day celebrating Brett and Brie's wedding a few weekends ago. This was Leah's first wedding ever. It was a beautiful day, everything at the wedding (including the bride) was gorgeous and it was  a fun time with family.

Kayla & Eric were nice enough to let us stay at their house and it worked out perfectly. Leah loved playing with all of Ellery's toys...

 

 

Had to take a few family shots.

 

Then it was time to dance. I wish I would have got some more pics or a video of Parker's sweet dance moves. It's not every day that you see a 3 year old trying to spin himself on the floor. He was such a little stud! Both him and Paige were having a great time at the dance and it was so much fun to watch them.

 

 

 

 



Happy B-day Grandpa D!

Grandpa D, I hope that you have a wonderful birthday. I'm so lucky to have you as such an involved Grandpa that watches me all the time and is so much fun to be around. You can always make me smile and give me lots of attention. You never let me sit on the floor and scream like my parents do.

And Ziggy LOVES you too. You and Grandma spoil us both rotten. We hope you have a wonderful day doing something relaxing and fun.

Love,
Leah and Ziggy

Happy Birthday Aunt Nikki!

Happy Birthday to a WONDERFUL aunt. There are not many aunts that would sacrifice their entire summer break by taking a fussy/needy baby every day! There will never be words for how appreciative mom and dad are that you did that.

I am so happy to have your creative abilities in my life. You are the best decorator, party planner and crafty person we know and we are lucky that you share your talents with us. I still have the best room in whole house and it's strictly because of you.

I am extremely lucky to have such a loving, amazing aunt. I hope you have the best day today because you totally deserve it!

Love,
Leah

Tug of War

Ziggy finally found someone who will play with him...

 

August Favorites

7 Months Old

Love our little 7 month old!

Here's what is new this month:

• You are eating pretty random throughout the day. You eat veggies or fruit at night and we are starting you out eating cereal in the morning this week. So, you will be eating 2 times a day.
• You've made it through all the stage 1 veggies.
• You hate all fruits so far. We've had bananas, apples, prunes and peaches and you haven't liked any of them yet. You like veggies or cereal a lot better.
• You have also started eating some puffs. You seem to like those.
• Your favorite thing about meal time is playing with the spoon, especially banging it on your tray. You also like sucking on the washcloth afterwards.
• You do okay with your sippy cup. You can get stuff out of it but aren't very good at holding it on your own.
• Just yesterday your two lower teeth popped through - both on the same day.
• This also means everything goes to your mouth.
• You LOVE to stand now. Sitting is only good for so long and then you want up to stand.
• Playing with toys usually involves turning the toy box over and having the toys all over the floor.
• You love to play with any kind of paper.
• You sleep mostly on your side now. The last 2 nights I've let you sleep with a blanket and you have slept awesome!! If that's the trick we will keep it up :-)
• You roll all over on the floor but prefer to be on your back rather than your belly. You don't have much interest in crawling yet.
• Your favorite toys right now are your standing piano and your singing mirror.
• You are a pretty smiley girl but you definitely have an attitude. You like things your way and love to have everyone's full attention!
• You starting screaming when adults leave the room, especially mom.. boo!
• Outside is your favorite place to be.
• You are wearing 6-9 month clothes and size 3 diapers.
• You moved into your new house this month!!

Last month - 6 Months:

 

And our big 7 Month Old: