You Capture ~ Chair

So I have been reading this blog for a couple of weeks, thanks to a PCOS friend (Alisha who's son is so cute!)

You Capture was designed to encourage those interested to pick up their cameras and try something new or just pick them up at all and snap a shot here or there. And not only that, but to see what others were doing with their camera and gaining inspiration from them. Go check out some of the amazing pictures there!

So this week the theme was a choice between chair, hands or green.

Our focal chair of late has been Holly's high chair. Faith and Megan just love to entertain Holly while she is in it. I love it because it was given to us right after Faith was born (hey, anything baby related that you DON'T have to buy is a bonus) and I LOVE how rustic it looks, and that it has held up through my older two, plus who knows how many kids before that and is still going strong for Holly. So here is my chair picture for this week :)

More stuff coming later...

First food

I've recently realized that my digital camera has the ability to take short (3 min max) videos, and I really should start utilizing this feature more. Much more portable then the big video camera and upload-able to the computer and then to face.book or here. So here is my first (and second) attempt at taking video and it's Holly's first attempt at 'table' food. :)

Steve decided that it might be a good time to give Holly some food other then mommy milk. So this is her first attempt at it... bananas! The jury seems to still be out... I love the 'looks' she gave, but she seemed to enjoy the experience.

Holly is 6 Months!

...well she was yesterday!

... and I am wondering how that happened so quickly!

birth... not sure why it's sideways..

one month

two months

three months

four months

five months

six months

and what, Holly, are you up to?

*you can roll from back to front.... but you get upset that you're on your belly, you do not like that (so you are not rolling front to back yet)
*you love to eat your feet
*you are almost sitting all on your own
*you love standing (with the help of a big person)
*you giggle in the cutest way and your big sisters love to make you laugh!
*you sleep most of the night, with one or two interruptions to eat (hey breastmilk is digested quickly, right?)
*you still sleep in the bassinet next to mommy and daddy's bed, but you sleep so much better IN their bed
*you love to play 'peek-a-boo'
*you love putting everything you get your hands on in your mouth (big sisters better keep things off the floor!)
*you know that you are Holly and you know who Mommy and Daddy are (we're still working on those big sisters :) )
*(Mommy's fav) you give us kisses (on your terms of course) by opening your mouth and planting it on said victim's family member's cheek
*you give a new perspective to the term 'load of poo' ....mommy's been doing lots of laundry for that reason :)

basically you are doing everything you are supposed to be doing for a child of your age

and how is the rest of Holly's family?
*Faith is almost done with Kindergarten (Wednesday is the last day!)
*Megan is almost done with this year of preschool (she has a bit longer then Faith, her last day is the 21st)... one more year of preschool before Kindergarten for her.
*Daddy still works nights, BUT is looking to go to school online :)
*Mommy ... oh yeah, she got a job (but that's a different post), but has the summer mostly off... more on that later!

Do we have summer plans?
Oh yeah!
~Holly's family is (well her big sisters are) signed up for two free games of bowling every day this summer, we wont go that often but the opportunity is there.
~We dream (aka: we haven't done any sort of planning for it yet) of going to Connecticut and visiting with Aunt Marge and Uncle Bart (maybe Rachel and Jon too :) ).
~There is also a dream (again hasn't hit planning yet) that Grams may come to visit! (that would be super exciting).
~We want to go camping, but we are (read: mommy is) not really sure how that would work with a 6-8 month old though...

Happy six months baby girl!! we love you :)

Bitter-sweet trip

This has been in my drafts for a little while now... thought I'd get it up before too much longer haha

We decided to make a trip to Ohio on April 10

The reason... my Aunt passed away. She had been fighting breast cancer for over three years. She fought a good and brave fight.

I did not realize until we were at her celebration of life service just how phenomenal this woman was. I knew that she always said that she didn't have time to be sick, but from what people have said about her, ....Wow!

When I was growing up, visits were few and far between, but I remember her very fondly! I spent summers with my Dad and his family and spent some time in OH with her and my Uncle and cousins. I remember feeling very much at home when I was there. It was refreshing.






So our trip was to remember her. Keep her husband and kids in your thoughts and prayers as they adjust to a 'new normal' without this wonderful woman. I will miss her.

BUT, we did get to see some family that we don't get to see very often. That was really nice!

My Grandma

Aunt Nancy

Uncle Richard

Holly did remarkably well on the four hour trip... all things considered... we did stop once each way to feed her and so Faith and Meg could get out and run around. We are contemplating a trip to CT this summer to see family up there (it was an 8 hr drive last year while pg)... so after this last weekend I think it may be do-able with a few stops.

Holly's four month appointment was Monday the 19, I was quite anxious to hear how much she weighs. LOL I have quite the big girl already :) ...and her stats are: 14lbs 12oz, 25.25" long and a head circumference of 41.5 cm. She's bigger then her sisters were at this point, I am thinking that she may have to move into the next sized clothing (from 3-6 month to 6-9 month) sooner then her mommy wants. :) (as a side note... Megan wore 6-9 month clothing till she was 15 months
...haha)

A Raggity Ann from Butterfly Grandma, she loves it!

Four Month Pictures

Totally Faith's idea! cute :)

And a couple of funny pictures...

the morning hair doo :)

...and the fallen bow

Easter

Easter was good here (save for the sad news of my Aunt's passing)... See next post

We took a new family picture though :)

and some more pictures...

A family pic oops... it's what happens when you put the camera with the timer across the front lawn... I didn't quite get there in time ...haha

2 out of 4 of my favorite people

An egg hunt oops... somebody leaned over with their basket on their shoulder 'purse style' and this happened :)