Playing Outside

Last week, on Thursday and Friday, the weather was amazing, so I took the kids outside to burn some energy and get some fresh air!! McCoy has always LOVED being outside and I think Violet is going to love it as much as her brother. McCoy was so excited to ride his new bike and cruise around in his jeep. Violet loved watching McCoy and giving him big smiles when he drove by;). The weather has been warm one day and freezing the next, but the warm days are making us look forward to spring and summer!!

Violet is 7 months!

Violet had her 7 month birthday on Dec 31, while we were in Hot Springs. Why does 7 months seem so much older than 6?? Ahhh!!
Not a whole lot has changed since my 6 month post but there are a few things. I would now say that she is sleeping through the night!! YAY!!!! She sleeps from about 7 or 7:30-6 or 6:30. She takes 4 bottles a day and has two naps. One is around 9 and the other is normally at 2:00. Sometimes she doesn't get one of those naps, depending on her brother's schedule;). She LOVES her baby food, rice and oatmeal cereal, and yogurt. I've been feeding her twice a day (breakfast and dinner) but a couple of days ago, I started feeding her some yogurt at lunch time and she seems to really like that, too!

At 6 months, she was close to sitting up but not quite there. She has now mastered it! She still loves to lay on her belly and roll around, though. On Jan 1, she actually got up to all fours for a few seconds! She's been doing it every day since then. I'm not sure if I'm ready for her to be a crawler just yet, but we'll see!

She has said ma-ma once, when I went into her room one night to soothe her. Even Kirk heard it over the monitor! However, she hasn't said it since even though I try to get her to practice all the time;). She says da-da nonstop!!! Of course, Kirk loves it!! If you say hi and wave to her, most of the time she will wave back.

She's still such a happy, sweet baby and she loves to be held. Her favorite thing to chew on is a necklace that I wear almost everyday. As soon as I pick her up, she starts looking for it:). She giggles a lot, but her big brother gets the most of her laughs!

Looking forward to the next month and more with our sweet baby girl! Love her soo much!!

All fours:)!!

Worn out!

Happy New Year!!

We spent New Years' weekend in Hot Springs with my parents. McCoy went home with Pop and Gigi the Monday after Christmas, so we headed down on Friday morning to spend the weekend and bring him home. I was so excited to get there and see my little man!!
We had such a fun and relaxing weekend. Mom and I got to go see a movie and Kirk and I went to an early dinner on New Year's Eve but we mainly just relaxed at the condo! My favorite kind of weekend:)!! And while we were there, Violet turned 7 months (more on that in a later post) and got her first big boo-boo:(. She was sitting up, fell forward, and hit the corner of her eye on one of her toys. She got a little cut, so it was bleeding. It really scared me but I was so thankful it didn't get her eye... It was so close.
We had a great time, like we always do! Thanks for having us Pop and Gigi!! Can't believe it's 2012 already!!!! Happy New Year y'all!

7 months old!

Love this sweet face:)

First boo-boo:(

My New Years' dates!!

Sweet babies!

Throwing rocks in the water!

Happy girl!!