you should see the other guy...

Baby Girl had a run-in with the corner of her changing table on Wednesday morning. 

The goose egg is long gone, but the bruise has decided to stick around!

Playdate

Last week Baby Girl had a playdate with her friend Gabriel and everyone (including mommies!) had a great time!  We will definately miss our sweet friends very much when they move next month. 

Olivia enjoyed her yummy lunch in a new high chair....

Gabriel was happy to let her borrow it because it meant he could eat at the big table!

They waited patiently to go play outside....

and Olivia promptly found herself a ball to play with....

......and then a truck!!

They crawled through a tunnel.....

.....and even shared Olivia's pink sunhat!!

baby in the mirror...

I am being harrassed for more pictures (see comment section of previous post!), so here are a few to tide you over.  No time for commentary - we are a busy busy family!!  Our schedule Fri-Sun includes two playdates, one happy hour, two birthday parties, a cook-out, and one couples Pampered Chef party! (and that is only our social schedule - we have real life items to complete, too, such as homework, grocery shopping, cleaning for house guests, church, etc) 

So, without futher ado here are some smiles at that cute baby in the mirror......

Mommy's helper...

Baby Girl wants to be a part of everything I do these days!  Here she is "helping" with a tissue paper craft.

She is also very "helpful" with loading and unloading the dishwasher, folding laundry, and putting away her toys ;)

If you are a mom, then no further explanation is required for the "help" that she provides on those tasks!

A family event.

The three of us walked in our local March Of Dimes this weekend.  We have done it every year since two of our godchildren were born 12 weeks early and are only alive because of the efforts of the NICU staff and research funded by March of Dimes.  Then last year, my sister's triplets were born 10 weeks early and we again saw the amazing things that can be done to give micro preemies a healthy start.  As a family, we will continue to raise funds for this organization and support our local walk as long as we can. 

Thank you to all of our friends and family who donated and supported us with well wishes and prayers as we completed this walk in Brady's memory as well as in celebration of Jordan, Drew, Grace, and Grant.

standing girl.

Baby Girl can pull to stand on just about anything now.  The skill emerged for the first time Sunday morning.  I went in to get her up for the day she was standing there in her crib smiling at me!  She seems to really enjoy being upright - her constant smiles are my proof......

The stairs and Daddy's co-pilot...

Step one: pull self to standing (which is a brand new skill!)

Step two: get first knee up and pose for a quick photo for Mommy!



Step three:  take off!!


And just for cuteness sake - Baby Girl and Daddy having fun this afternoon.