More changes!

Meili is in her own bed tonight, in her own room. sniff sniff. It's bittersweet to have her growing up and so far away. She doesn't do well sleeping in her crib, so we'll see how much sleep I get tonight!

Meili is officially at the toe grabbing stage. It's so cute! One of my favorite stages ever!

Mei rolled over today from back to front. It took her about 45 minutes of practice today but she finally got it! The funniest thing is to see her try and flip from front to back. It turns into more of a somersault. So dang cute!

The 4th!

The family picnic with cousins, games, food, and fun. And a little bit of rain.

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I Tried...

...to make a wholesome dinner. And I succeeded. However, after too long of silence I went to check on Sofie. She was in a tutu, fuzzy pink boots and covered in mud, flinging it at my car.

Meili's faves

Try as I may to destroy the habit...

It is extremely difficult to get Meili to laugh out loud. I've only heard it 3 times and Shayla was one of the lucky ones to get it out of her!!

Summer Scenes

Our garden, a little wilted from the heat but otherwise thriving!

My beautiful sister who is so good at giving me a break from the baby

Picnic at Great-Grandma A's

We were thrilled to find a way for Grandma to be able to hold darling Mei by setting her safely on the walker while being secured in Grandma's arms.

Sofie discovering the joys of baseball in Grandma's backyard. Thanks daddy for showing her the correct stance!

Lots and lots of swimming.

A rose is a rose

This picture does it no justice, but this rose is growing in my front yard and I've NEVER seen anything so vibrant. It looks totally fake! I love it.

4 Months Cute

Meili is officially 4 months old tomorrow! Still bald as a peach, but cute and sweet as a peach as well.

Her personality is beginning to shine through and I adore it (aside from the temper tantrums she's already having!)

Favorites:

to be talked at

making noise

chomping on hands as though she is STARVING

taking a bunch of tiny naps all day long (not mom's fav)

sleeping about 7 hours, then 4 or 5 more at night

smiling smiling smiling

trying to pull toys into her mouth

Sofie

Mom singing

Working on:

laughing (My dad got her to laugh for the first time yesterday! I have yet to be successful)

rolling over -she gets about half way

better hand eye coordination

growing hair -my cousin's 4 year old asked when she was going to turn into a girl!

She's a darling.

This is one of those pictures I just want to smooch.

NOW it's summer!

Kiddie Pools

Sun bathing

Otter Pops

Impromptu Playdates

Shady Trees

Thanks Jess for a fun summer day!!

Enjoying a Little Sunshine!

Isn't it great when your sister's in-laws have access to a condo-clubhouse-swimming pool?!

I sure enjoyed it! And so did "Salt and Pepper" here.

Sofie was so much braver than I expected her to be. She got to the point where she was leaping before I was ready...kind of scary for Mom, but Sofie sure had a great time! (oh, and me in a swimsuit, don't worry it's a work in progress. I'm slllloooowwwwlllyy working back to my pre-prego weight.)

Singin' Meimei

This is for the out-of-towners.