8 months old!

I should have done this post a couple of weeks ago but since Chanley has been so sick I am just now getting to it. Our precious baby was 8 months old on May 5th. It seems like she is growing up way faster than Colby did and I can't keep up. We took her to the doctor several times in the past two weeks so that is the only reason I know how much she weighs. The last visit she was right at 18lbs with her clothes on. She is begining to crawl and loves to stand up when she can. She says only "B" words at this point.....bye-bye, bubba, and blah blah! She is doing so much better with her food. She can eat a whole jar of stage 2 veggie/dinner and then about 1/2 of a fruit. She usually gets up in between 5:30-6:30 in the morning, takes a 6-8oz bottle and then goes back to bed until about 9. This is wonderful!! I'm sure it won't last much longer though, Then she usually eats some cereal with fruit and might take 1-2oz or formula. I try to play with her and keep her up until Colby takes a nap around 1 then I feed her baby food for lunch and we all try to take a nap together. When she wakes up around 4 she takes a 6oz bottle and is usually good until 7 or 8 when I give her a bath, bottle, and bed! We have been in that routine almost since the day she came home and it has continued to work for us! She is such a good baby!! When we go out to eat or shopping she just sits in her seat and takes in all the action. The only time she really cries is when she's hungry or tired. We will be going to the doctor soon for her 9 month check up and hopefully we get a good report. I will try and post some new pictures of her soon.

Crawling!

Okay it is official.....my baby is growing up way to fast! Chanley is crawling now! She still hasn't mastered going for long distances but she has gotten the basics down. I can't believe it! She just amazes me! Colby is so proud of her too! He says she is getting bigger and can almost fight with him! HA! Hopefully I have a little while longer before all that starts. He loves for her to sit in his room and lay on his couch and play toys with him. They are adorable together! Hopefully I will have some crawling pictures to post soon!

Sad News

I got some sad news on Wednesday. Two families that we just adore are moving away from us! The first is The Purnell's.....a family I have known for only a short time but are very near and dear to my heart. They are moving back to Texas to be closer to their family and a new job. I am happy for them because I know it must be difficult to be so far away from all your loved ones. However, I am very sad that they won't be close to me anymore! The other family is our neighbors across the street, The Berry's. They have a little girl, Kate, who is only six weeks older than Chanley. We were looking so forward to the girls being able to grow up together and be at the same school. They are also moving to be closer to their family in Conway. We will miss you all dearly and hope that you will keep in touch with us! Love you! Here are some pictures of Chanley and Kate.

Doodle Works

Last Saturday we took the kids to Doodle Works after Colby's t-ball game. I took Colby there last year to make Mother's Day gifts and got such a great response I thought I would take both kids to do it again. They have some of the neatest ideas for gifts and can make the kids hands/feet prints into the cutest things. We chose to do both kids hands.....not so easy with Chanley! Here are some pictures from our day....I will post the finished product soon!