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Our little missy moo (what I find myself calling her these days) celebrated her 1/2 birthday on April 25th...6 months went by in the blink of an eye (and that's still about as much sleep as we're getting around here.)

Our life is much richer with this little sweet pea in it.

Here are some things that she's been up to these last 3 months:

- Drooling and biting like crazy (ouchies for mommy and Wesley too)
- She is quick to laugh, it's one of our favorite things about her and she's happy when she's getting attention...from anyone!
- Her moods do seem to swing from extremely happy to very upset...not a super content baby, she has a flare for drama.
 - She took her first plane ride this month- Washington DC and New York City, quite the jet setter since we are off to Hawaii next month too!
- She started eating food at 5.5 months and wants to feed herself...she can't watch us eat without throwing a fit until she gets a little bite of what we're eating which means she's tried a lot of interesting food already.
- On May 4th (our first day of vacation) she said, "Dada" and then paused for a couple of weeks and now she's been talking up a little storm.
- She is doing circles on her tummy.
- At her 6 month doctors appointment she was 27" 15lb 3oz with a head in the 98th %- she is 1.5" taller and 7.5oz skinnier than her brother when he was this age.
- She is a serious bouncer.

I'll add more if I think of it later.

Here are her 1-2-3

10 on 10 :: May :: 2013

10 on 10 :: April :: 2013

Portraits

I can't get enough of these two together...oh how I longed for Wes to have a little sidekick! So you'll have to indulge me :)

wes + elle

Siblings back at it again! It's been a bit since THIS post...but things remain very similar...Wes is still very smitten with his little sister and despite my fear for her safety she is completely trusting of her big brother.  He has developed something he likes to call "the spider hold" where he takes her legs and wraps it around his waist and then scoops in under her arms and picks her up (he's been instructed to do that under strict supervision after being caught carrying her around when I turned my back for a second).  She is all smiles for her Wessy boy.  Ah sibling love ;)

Capturing Our Blessings

Back in November, just a week after our sweet Elliot was born, I joined my 3 sisters-in-law in a photo project called "Capturing Our Blessings" which was hosted HERE.

I loved finding the small blessings in each day and it wasn't hard with a new baby, a 4 year olds birthday, a visit from my best friend, and thanksgiving all in one glorious month.  I never knew I liked November so much!

And though I am a bit late (4 months) in posting this I wanted to record here the majority of my captures...done with my iphone...will I ever use my real camera again?

1- 4 full towel hooks...we have waited a long time for that!
2- sweet feet
3- crossfit with daddy
4- our little bean
5- my first outing to pick up Wes from school (I locked my keys in my car that day and Kristen came to my rescue)
6- my mug collection...makes me happy!
7- Wes' preschool and the truth
8- Wes is thankful for...
9- happy son (sun)
10- Elliot's rag rug (still not completed!)
11- cute even when she's mad
12- pudding snacks for preschool birthday celebration
13- birthday morning (his birthday  is on the 15th, these dates aren't lining up)
14- nursery decorations
15- crocodile cupcakes for his peter pan movie party
16- Evolution Fresh- yum!
17- morning light
18- Thanksgiving performance
19- Jane comes to visit! (come back)
20- Grandmas!
21- Elle + Hank
22- two kiddos on Santa's lap
23- Wes gets a tree for his room
24- gorgious Fall colors
25- Katrina and our cherished group nap time (miss you)

10 on 10 :: March :: 2013

1st Day of Preschool :: Wesley

 Wes' first day of preschool (September 8th) was a sunny glorious day for our big boy to begin his schooling adventure.  He was super excited...and was seriously hamming it up! I had a hard time choosing from all of his hilarious photos...every time the shutter clicked he was hitting a new pose!

 I was still very pregnant which explains the delinquency in my posting this but I certainly wanted to document how very proud of Wesley we are and what a blessing Little Feats (his school) has been to him and me.  I have relished that time in the morning twice a week to enjoy a bit of quiet (Elliot typically naps for a bit) and get things done around the house, and since Jeff most often takes him to school I have even more time and Jeff gets to spend a little one on one time with Wes.

 I have loved hearing Wes come home singing songs I didn't teach him, knowing his little head is being filled with knowledge and fun.  He has made friends all on his own (not just friends with my friends kids) which has also been a new experience and thankfully his "best" school friend, Jack, has a really great Mom...so thanks Wes for making me a new friend too. 

At first he only told me what they had for snack and I wasn't so sure I liked him spending 6 hours a week somewhere with me in the dark about exactly what was going on there.  But we've both enjoyed that freedom and he has slowly opened up about his classmates (a girl kissed him- are you kidding me?) and his teachers.  He even got to take Elliot in for show and tell the week it was the letter E- he was the sweetest big brother.

Thank you Little Feats for helping our BIG boy transition to a whole new phase in our life- school!

(random comment- can you believe how blonde Wes was? it makes me excited for summer and for it to get bleached out again...)