It's About Time

After many months of belly scooting...

8 month update

Now that Davis is almost 9 months old, I wanted to be sure to get his 8 month update on here. We've been a bit behind around here!

At 8 months, Davis continues to be Mr. Happy. He is scooting everywhere and beginning to pull up. He's eating little puffs now. He celebrated 8 months with a day on the beach where he liked to try to grab handfuls of sand to eat. He has four teeth and likes to use them. His sisters (and his parents) love him so much!

A few from the beach

We've been home 2 weeks now & I've been slack about getting these up here. I have a lot more, but here are some pics from our first 2 days at the beach.

First Day of Preschool

The kids were back to preschool yesterday and were very excited to start the new school year. Jordan is with the same teacher as last year (Mrs. Judy) but will get to be a helper with the 3s a lot because she is already doing a lot of what they will be working on in the 4s. Stella was very excited to be in Mrs. Case's class and be a "big girl." She was equally excited that Day-Day (what she calls Davis) gets to be in Ms. Amy's class. She couldn't stop talking about that! Ms. Amy was her first teacher there and she loooves her! Davis took to it immediately. He'll get totally rotten there because there are only two of them in the baby class so far!

Here are the kids before we left for school.

Davis getting used to the new routine. He did just great!


(Yes, the pictures from the beach trip are coming. I just have to comb through to find the best of the 300+ I took... ;) ).

TMI

Guess what somebody did for the first time the other night!!

The happiest baby ever

Water Play

The girls had some fun with water on Sunday. They had a little tea party & got all soaked before the mosquitos got to them.

Big Girl Hair

So, I couldn't help but get a little teary when we took Stella for her first hair cut. She's always telling me, "I'm not a baby anymore, Mom, I'm a big girl!" but somehow cutting off that baby hair really hit me. She's growing up so fast & I just love the kid she is. But, I miss her as my baby.

Waiting to get started

Of course, of all the chairs available, she wanted the red motorcycle!

She was great at sitting still

The finished look!

Carrie

When I was a little girl, Carrie was one of my very best friends. I loved her so much! She moved away in the middle of high school and we pretty well lost touch for about 20 years. Last year we reconnected on Facebook and last week, she came to visit us in Charlotte. We had a great time together and the kids all loved her. For the two of us, it was as though time hadn't passed by at all. It was great to see my friend. :)

Compare and Contrast

Here's all the monkeys at approximately the same age. Who looks most alike? Who is most different? They're all super cute... :)

7 months old

Our little fish was 7 months old on Sunday. (Why have we nicknamed him "Fish"? Take a good look at the above picture and tell me it doesn't look like a trout or a bass...) Here he is showing off one of his new tricks--sitting! He's getting pretty good at that now, but has been scooting all over for the last couple weeks. We're at the point we have to go looking for him sometimes now. He likes to crawl under the piano for some reason. :) This last month, Davis has been eating a lot and getting chunky as a result. New foods are: yogurt, bananas, sweet potatoes, peas, squash, apples, pears, green beans, avocados, mangoes, apricots, carrots, prunes. He has liked everything except for the peas and the avocados. He continues to be a really happy guy and so friendly. He really loves people. He definitely recognizes familiar people and gets so excited when he sees his Daddy. He really likes to stand while you hold his hands and do this hip-shake thing. He looks a little like a hula-dancer doll when he does it. This cracks Jordan up, which makes Davis dance even more. He also rocks on his hands and knees when you put him in that position. Davis has an affection for sucking on shoes which is nasty, but has gotten us to keep our shoes put away more! We are having a lot of fun with him and are so glad that he's part of our family.

Colorado Visitors

This past weekend, YeYe, NaiNai, Janegrance and LiLi came to town. We had a lot of fun!

Another shameless plug

I posted a while back about my friend Amie's company, Wild Olive Tees. They are doing another giveaway for their new kids' shirts (and I really, really want to win). BUT, I also know that many of you readers are people of faith and I want to share again about what they are doing. They make sassy, inspirational t-shirts AND share their profits with those in need. Currently, their charity is Love Without Boundaries. Having just spent a long weekend of fun with my two sisters who were adopted from China (pictures soon!), this reminds me of how special the work they are doing is. So, if you are curious, take a peek at Wild Olive Tees. They've just introduced a kids' line, and have some new gorgeous womens' shirts since I last posted.

What happened when I asked Jordan to feed Davis for me...

Dinner

Mind you, we can't get her to eat peas or carrots or corn or real tomatoes...