Trip to Chattanooga

She got a bath in my grandmother's perfect sink. I wish I had one at home!

Melanie posing with my dad's parents.

We went to Chattanooga this past weekend to visit my grandparents. Here are a couple of cute pictures.

Silly Day

Wahoo- what fun!

She loved it!

Caroline tentatively checking it out...

Princess partners posing...

On Tuesday I watched my neighbor's little girl. Caroline turned two in May and so I was able to practice what it would be like to have two kiddos. It actually was way easier than I expected and Caroline was absolutely perfect. Melanie was fascinated with just watching Caroline. At work I let my kids play in shaving cream so I thought it would be a fun idea for Caroline. So, I set up shaving cream on the kitchen floor. Caroline thought I was insane- she had no desire to get shaving cream all over her but Melanie thought it was fabulous. Here are pictures of the two princesses together.

Fun Family Day

Melanie with her new piano
She loves money...uh oh!
Is this a face or what?
Showing off her two teeth
Our little chunk
Her pouty model face
And one last happy pic for the camera...

We had a fun family day. My parents came and we went to lunch, the park (Melanie loved the swings) and to the pool. Melanie would stay in the pool all day. Anyway, here are some cute pictures my mom took.

6 month pictures

There is a picture similar to the above one that we bought and for whatever reason it did not come through on the email.

We got the above pic. in black and white (way cuter than green!)

She was a modeling super star! We couldn't have been any happier and boy did they suck us into buying soooo many pictures! So, take a look and see why.

6 month doctor's appointment

Melanie went to the doctor today and was a champ. She showed off all of her rolling and sitting skills and was quite vocal. She acted like a perfect child until he checked her ear and then she was sooooo pitiful during her shots. She weighed 17 lbs 1 oz (69th percentile) and was 26 1/2 inches long (73rd percentile). The doctor said she is eating great and growing perfectly-wahoo for Melanie.

New Pictures

She loves sitting up and putting toys in her mouth.

Isn't Shelby a good sport. Melanie is constantly crawling all over her, pulling her hair and sticking her hand in Shelby's mouth.

Are they cute together or what....

Our six month cutie!

I just returned from a three day girls weekend for Brooke Burger's bachelorette party. Clint brainwashed Melanie while I was gone and I came back to her babbling "dada." I better stay home so she will continue to say mama. She is now six months old and has her next doctor's appointment on Thursday and her next set of professional pictures this coming weekend. I will post after both of those events. Here are some cute new pictures from this morning.

Our Trip to Mississippi

Melanie with her great grandmother.
Melanie with her nanna and her great grandparents: Papaw and Memaw
Hello friends!
Okay- I know this is not the greatest picture of her but it shows her sitting up pretty well.

Melanie was an angel on our trip to Mississippi to see her great grandparents. She slept the entire way there and the entire way back only waking up to eat. She was so good at her great grandparents house and enjoyed the constant attention she was getting. She began babbling "ma ma" when we were there. I don't think that she has any type of meaning attached to saying it. I think now that she has figured out how to "talk" that she doesn't want to stop. The other day we were out to eat and she just wanted to scream VERY loud. Not because she was mad or because she wanted anything- she just thought it was funny to hear herself scream so loud that it would echo. Needless to say we had to leave the restaurant. I don't think I need to even write that I enjoy "ma ma" much more than screaming. She is continuing to enjoy her baby food- there does not seem to be much that she does not like. She also loves playing with blocks. She will put them in a container pour them out and knock them over when I stack them up. She also loves to pull on Shelby's fur and I think Shelby secretly enjoys it as well because I can't separate the two of them.