Labor Day with Family

This weekend we had a family picnic over the Labor Day weekend. It is so hard to get everyone together nowadays that we are spread out and everyone is growing up and expanding their families. This family picnic was my mother's family - her brother and two sisters and their families. We are really growing!

Everyone huddled under the shelter during the rain!

Adeline had fun playing

Watermelon, YUM!

Adeline finally let Aunt Mary Ann hold her!

Hey everyone!

Adeline was wore out!

Adeline's Busy Social Calendar!

For a 8 month old she has a pretty full social calendar and I love it. We are part of a local Mommy's group that has 2-3 events planned most weeks. We don't make it to every event but when we do Adeline loves watching all the other babies so I try to get her out as much as possible. She also gets tired of being home with mommy. Well last week we were busy busy! Saturday was our busiest day!

In the morning we went with dad to Smith Park so he could fish, so Adeline and I walked around the park for a bit before our next event of the day.

Next we went to Hits Frozen Treats for a 1 yr old Birthday Party! Adeline had a great time and had a taste of ice cream. The birthday party was awesome, the decorations were exactly what I would have done for Adeline, owl theme! I'm thinking by November when it's Adeline's turn for a Birthday Party we'll be ready for a new theme - so it was great to see an Owl Birthday theme done great. Wish I had gotten some pictures, but you'll just have to believe me that it was great! Here is Adeline playing in the balls at the party!

For the evening we attended a 50th Wedding Anniversary Party for Willard & Sylvia, they are my husbands Great Aunt & Uncle. It was a wonderful party and I am so glad that Adeline was welcome to come. Here is Miss Adeline with Alan's Mom, Reba.

I actually got my husband to dress up in something other than khakis! Take a look folks, only happens once in a blue moon.

8 Months of Beautiful!

Adeline is 8 months old!

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful and beautiful baby girl. Right now she loves to stand up and can pull herself up with minimal assistance with my fingers. She can pull herself up to sitting while holding my fingers as well. She can get up on her knees but doesn't know what to do once she is up, so no crawling yet! She scoots backwards right now and maneuvers side to side while on her tummy. She loves to roll over and back and forth. She loves books and get so mad if you try to help her with them! 

BLW (Baby Led Weaning) is going great. We are not feeding solids at every meal, only if she's awake when we are eating and depending on her mood and last milk feeding. Her favorite foods are anything she can suck on to get the juices - watermelon, peaches, tomatoes, etc. We haven't ventured into meats yet, veggies and fruits for now. Oh and of course she loves bread (she wouldn't be my daughter if she didn't...). 

Here are some pictures from her 8 month photo shoot:

Here is the month progression 1 Month to 8 Months:

Happy 4th of July

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July celebration on Wednesday! We had a very subdued day. It was Adeline's 4th of July and I wanted to celebrate and take her to parades, fireworks, etc. but due to the power outages and heat we stayed home.

My parents and brother came over to spend the afternoon with us and have a cook out. We were able to take an awesome family picture!

Adeline loves to pose and smile for the camera so we also got these great pics of her in her Red, White, and Blue outfit for the 4th.

Paw Paw with Marie and Adeline

Adeline loves her new toy!