Let us catch up!! We have all been out of town this past week and I'm just now getting around to getting my pictures uploaded and therefore it's time to update the blog! Note, this is about 3 blogs in one so I apologize beforehand!
Last week, William and my dad went on a bird hunting trip to Kansas. They left on Saturday and didn't return until Sunday morning. Since William was gone we decided it would be a nice time to visit with some family. On Saturday, we headed to Mimi's house and stayed a night there. They had to feed the college students at church so we helped with that and then headed to GA to visit with Mollie, Chad, Grayson, and Caroline. We stayed there until Wednesday. We had lots of fun with the cousins and the mama's were able to get some shopping and sewing done thanks to Mimi who kept all 3 a few different times!
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| The three cousins having fun |
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| AR's first "pick-up food" - puffs. We were laughing at her b/c it looked a tooth. |
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| While showing Mimi something on the computer I heard AR fussing a bit. When we finally got in there we found this - Grayson trying to love on her b/c she was upset, though she probably wasn't feeling the love. |
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| Uncle Chad was giving Grayson a horsey ride and he [Grayson] wanted "AbbRuf" to join! |
Wednesday evening we headed to Lovey's with Aunt Katie for the rest of the weekend. Katie had to leave the next day though because she got a job! While we missed her greatly, we are so thankful that she has a new job and know that she will do great at it! We had some more fun with Lovey and I was able to get even more sewing done!
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| She was loving this mirror so much that I moved it to the living room later. I see Katie's wedding dress back there! |
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| Up close and personal with the mirror |
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| Two of the shirts I've made for Abby Ruth. The green one was one that Mollie and I both made for the girls' birthday this April! |
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| I found these pants at a consignment sale and knew that I wanted to make a top to match them for Christmas. Mollie and I made matching tops for the girls. |
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| Close up of the top |
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| I finally got around to making pants to match the giraffe shirt (for the 2nd time that is). I have really learned a lot about sewing these past few weeks as I've attempted pants and ruffles. I was really pleased with these and plan to make more. Let's just hope that they fit at the same time as the shirt does :) |
On Sunday we were so happy to see William!! Glad they returned home safely!
On Sunday, AR was 7 months old, but of course I haven't gotten around to taken her picture until today. So here is her monthly update just a few days late.
Stats at 7 Months:
No doc. appt.
What she's up to these days:
-Sitting up on her own, only falling over once or twice during the day
-Nurses 4 times a day and eats solids 3 times
-Loving her toys
-Sleeps from about 8am-8pm, give or take
-Reaches out to be picked up now (and who can resist!)
-Rarely wears socks because they are meant to be pulled off, didn't you know?!
-Still just has two bottom teeth but they show more and more each day
Some other pics to help you catch a glimpse into our lives:
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| There are those two teeth! She doesn't always show them and I was only able to catch a pic while she was upset. I promise that I didn't upset her to take it though! |
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| We recently returned this swing and I wanted to see what AR looked like in it as she hasn't used it in a couple months. Her feet were hanging over, it had to be put on the highest speed (which use to send her flying), and she was trying to grab things outside of the swing the entire time. We thoroughly enjoyed it when she did fit in it though! |
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| Whenever we put this toy infront of her now, she just pulls it over and chews the handle! Won't be long until she's using it as a walker though! |
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| Somehow I totally missed this, but while sitting on the couch I looked at her and she was in her bumbo and chewing the wheels of this toy, then I looked back at her a few minutes later and this is how she was!! |
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| Love my baby girl! |
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| She loves pulling her toys out of a basket. This picture is funny b/c that blue cup is actually in midair. |
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| Incase you were wondering how the hair was coming... or not coming! I've always found bald babies cute though! |
Another thing we've been working on was an old window for the mantel. The window actually came from the house my daddy grew up in. William sanded it down and stained it for me. He also had mirrors put in and I L.O.V.E it!! I'm going to do some other things for my mantle too, but that will have to happen after Christmas!
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| Before we had this picture that William had bought soon after buying this house. Some of you may recognize it if you go to the same obgyn as me... which made it all the more reason to get it replaced, haha! |
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| And afterwards! I also made this wreath thanks to Pinterest. William inserted a hook on top of the window so that I can change out wreathes throughout the year! Didn't he do a wonderful job?! |
