Mady is six months old now. It's amazing how fast it goes. It's crazy to think every time we pass through a baby phase that it's the last time for our family. We're trying hard to enjoy every minute and at the same time it will kind of be nice to be done with the 87 pieces of baby equipment we have scattered through out our house.
Mady was 15 pounds, 15 ounces and 26 1/2 inches long at her last check-up. She is (almost) sitting up - can't quite walk away and leave her but she can do it for little bits at a time. She is gobbling up solid foods like it's going out of style and she gets ANGRY when people are eating around her and she's not. This girl likes her food. She's moving into that happy baby stage where she is content to play with toys although she does love to be picked up if she can get away with it (that's what the baby of a family does,
right?)
Her hair is getting fuzzier and her thighs are getting chunkier by the minute. She still loves to suck her thumb - when you get her anywhere near her room she pops her thumb in because she knows naptime/bedtime is close! She is a sweet, sweet baby and we all adore her!
Mady is doing some pretty cute baby stuff right now - rolling and playing and sitting up. She's at the perfect baby age - fun to interact with and content to play for a few minutes by herself until her siblings come barreling into the room and knock her over with their enthusiasm. 7 1/2 months. It's flying by!
Ella just finished up her first year of gymnastics at Gymnastiks Unlimited. Not the cheapest hobby she could have picked up (kick the can would have been good or playing with empty boxes or even jump roping) but the sheer joy it has brought her is (almost) priceless.
I’ve only set out personalized towels for Margaret and Patrick, but I see three people arriving on horseback…if they’re bringing a friend I wish they had told me ahead of time. The embroider is fast but not that fast.
Dylan just finished up his first little season of soccer. He played in a program through the Georgetown Rangers. We missed sign-ups for AYSO and this program was recommended to us because of their emphasis on instruction. All of the coaches were great and Dylan learned a lot. It was a lot of running around (two practices/week + a game on Saturday morning) but Dylan had fun and it gave him a chance to try something new. Soccer's done, now on to swimming lessons!
In no particular order...
