Delaney Lou - 8 Months Old

Our sweet Delaney Lou turned eight months old last Wednesday and it's been an exciting month. She's moving more and more and growing so fast!

June 17, 2015 - 8 Months Old 

Delaney decided this month that she would rather try to eat her sticker than wear it, so it had to be put on the rocker behind her...

She really wanted to get on the floor and wouldn't get her mind off of that sticker...

  

All About You Delaney Lou...

I still don't know for sure what you weigh, but I sat you on the scale when we went for a follow up appointment for Ashton on 6/22/15 and I think it said 16 pounds 12 ounces (that was sitting up with clothes on)???

Size 3 diapers still fit and I think you'll be in them for a while longer.

You are still in the same size clothes too...some 3 month, some 6 month and even a few 9 month outfits.

Laying down is one of your least favorite things to do, but you're starting to learn how to crawl so that helps. You can push yourself up on all fours and you try really hard to move, but haven't quite figured it out. It's coming though and I think it will be really soon.

You LOVE to stand up only holding onto fingers and I call you Twinkle Toes.

I started sleep training you (mommy desperately needed sleep) on June 3rd and it only took 2-3 days and you were sleeping through the night. I still don't feel like I've caught up on all of my sleep, but it is definitely nice.

You babble all of the time and you said your first word. Of course it was Dada and he was so proud!

You have the best laugh ever.

You love to sit up in the grocery cart.

You still only have two teeth, but boy do you enjoy eating your food. You love watermelon and really dislike peas. You do really well with your pincer grasp and you're favorite may be eating your baby puffs.

You ate mashed potatoes for the first time on your 8 month birthday.

You do the cutest thing where you twirl your own hair or rub the top of your head when you nurse.

You kick your little legs when you get excited and I love it!

You've started staying in the nursery at church.

I think you're starting to wave to people and it's super cute.

You love swimming in the pool.

You HATE having your face wiped off. And I mean you really HATE having your face wiped!!!

You love playing with your toys on the floor and will even dump your basket out to get what you want.

You get tickled watching your sisters play and get so happy when they play with you.

Pictures from Delaney's Eighth Month

Delaney and MeeMee

May 26, 2015 - Your 1st time sitting up in the grocery cart. It didn't last long though because I forgot the cover and you were trying to eat it...gross.

Sweet Cheeks

  

You can tell you're a stinker by that grin on your face.

Daddy finally got a picture of your two little teeth.

Playing with your toys...

 

And trying to crawl...

Milk Coma

Those eyes! They're not brown, they're not green and this picture doesn't really show the true color, but I love them all the same. I think they are going to be hazel though.

You're favorite thing to do is stand and bounce.

  

Precious girl!

 

Instead of crawling she is going to plank.

Delaney and Nana

  

Wild Adventures fun...

Oh how I LOVE these sweet girls!

   

Sweet Sisters

 

Delaney and MeeMee

  

The gang having ice cream before we left to head home.

This little stiker had a late nap on the way home from Wild Adventures and stayed up playing until 11:15. On a side note, children must wear shoes to get on the carousel at Wild Adventures...even 7 month old babies that don't walk...

June 17, 2015

We met some friends at the bounce house in Thomasville for the girls to have some fun and Delaney enjoyed it too!

Delaney Lou you are a mover & a shaker and before long you're going to be moving even more. You light up the lives of everyone that comes in contact with you and I absolutely adore how precious you are! The way you laugh when you're happy and cry when you're mad are the things that make you YOU and I love ALL of your little ways. You continue to be a blessing in our lives and we all love you so much. Since the day I found out that I was pregnant with you, I have thanked God for letting me be your mommy and I continue to do so each day. I am so glad that He picked you for us and us for you! Mommy loves you my little Delaney Lou!

3rd Annual Memorial Day Camping Trip

A few weekends back, our family along with 5 other families went on our annual Memorial Day camping trip. It was a smaller group than previous years (there were 28 of us), but still just as much fun... and actually one of my favorite trips! We went to Pine Mountain, GA and stayed at the Pine Mountain RV Resort.

This year, Kaylyn was able to come and we couldn't have been any more excited! We bought a bigger tent to fit everyone and she even helped Trey set it up.

Delaney, Ashton and I watched...

Delaney loved playing with her toys on the blanket.

 

Our new and much bigger tent. It fit all of us with two air mattresses and a pack-n-play for Delaney with plenty of room to still walk around.

Rob cooking Friday night's dinner.

We had a great first night and the weather was perfect. It was actaully a little chilly, but I'd rather be cold than hot any day of the week.

The next morning we woke up, took showers and had a great breakfast.

The little kids eating breakfast.

(Grant, Wren, Harper, Ashton, Savannah and Chloe)

Ryan and his friend Andrew

Grant was so happy to play with the big boys and it was the cutest thing to watch.

Wyatt and Grant

 

Getting ready to go swimming.

 

  

Enjoying lunch by the pool...

Delaney enjoyed her applesauce.

  

Delaney and I with Lucy

Sweet girls!

I love this beautiful girl!

Lucy and Kaylyn

Grant and Savannah riding their tricycles.

These three sassy things were dancing.

Rob, John and Trey

Brooke and Suzanne

Jimmy and Jonathan

And then it was time for Kaylyn and Ginger to teach Mrs. Brooke and Mrs. Amy how to "Whip." If you don't know what it is, just Google it. It's the newest "dance" that young kids are doing.

Andrew and Ryan were getting into it too...

And I love how the little girls were watching what was going on.

On a side note, if you were ever curious as to what guys think girls that wear high waisted shorts look like...this is it. And they don't think it's cute!

Jimmy was hilarious.

On Sunday, we all headed to the Pine Mountain Wild Animal Safari. You were able to drive your own car through, ride a bus or you rent vans. We opted for two of the vans and put three families in each one. 

Van 1 - The McKee's, Vernon's and Watson's

Van 2 - Our family, the Hallases and the Jessee's

(we also had Ginger with us so that she and Kaylyn could ride together)

These girls were so excited!

I cannot even begin to name all of the animals that we saw on the safari, but I do know that these are zebras and they were very hungry. They met our vans as soon as we pulled through the gates.

They thought they could eat the bars on the windows.

I love the expression on Ashton's face in the next two pictures. She was so excited and thought it was hilarious!

 

Trey was the BEST tour guide. He even found the music from The Lion King and played it for us.

So funny!

Katie and Savannah

   

Van 1's encounter with the giraffe.

 

Evan feeding the animals.

Giraffe feeding.

 

They were so BIG!

Kaylyn and Ginger

 

Brooke got a little dirty...

And Kaylyn got slobbered on by a zebra...

 

Ashton wanted no part in getting too close to the animals.

 

If you're ever near Pine Mountain I highly recommend the safari. The kids and the adults all had a blast!

Our Group

After the safari, all 28 of us headed to The Bulloch House in Warm Springs for lunch. John and Katie told us about it and I was so excited to go try it out. It was the best southern food and I ate way too much.

Wyatt and Delaney

On the way back to the campground, we went site seeing and it was beautiful.

The McKee Family (plus Andrew)

Our Family

The Watson Family

Some of the kids...

The Vernon Family

We enjoyed our last night camping by roasting marshmallows for s'mores and hanging out by the fire. It was the perfect ending for a perfect weekend full of family, fun and friends!

  

Our sites...

I have to admit that I didn't know how this weekend was going to go with having a baby, but it couldn't have been any better. The weather was perfect, the RV resort was really nice, the bugs weren't bad (if you remember, we all cut our trip short last year because it was so hot and the bugs were so bad) and we all had the BEST time ever!!! I truly look forward to these trips each year and now I'm even more excited to go again.