Yesterday I tortured MaryAnne a bit. Seth’s mom loaned MaryAnne some dresses that she and Seth’s aunt wore as babies. I had MaryAnne do a little fashion show so that we have some pictures of her in the sweet clothes. She was tired and while she is normally all smiles she just looked at me blankly and sucked her thumb for most of it. Here are some outtakes from her little photo session…

Sweet girl turns 7 months old tomorrow! Oh my! This is going by way too fast. She now sits up on her own. Loves sweet potatoes, zucchini, avocado, pears and oatmeal! She is now reaching for the boy’s toys and doing lots of shrieking and arm waving to get attention…as if she is lacking!! Her hair is coming in darker than Jackson’s and lighter than Owen’s! I am curious to see her little personality unfold…

Our dear babysitter Rebekah is expecting a baby boy in August!!  It was such a treat to put together a shower for her. I hosted the shower with my friend Emily Felts. She is a party planner and does the most beautiful spreads. You can check out her work at A Silver Nutmeg. If you are local and looking for someone to do a dessert table for a wedding or birthday give her a call!  She did the dessert table for the shower.

We decided on a Peter Rabbit theme. Light blues, greens and yellows with garden accents. Here are a few pictures of the special day!  (Pardon the blurry pictures. I forgot to check my camera settings! Yikes! )

Congratulations, Rebekah! We can’t wait to meet your little guy!

Sister is nearing 6 months and wowing us with her growing up way too quickly. We recently started rice cereal and while her preference is to spit it out she is beginning to chow down when she sees it and reaches for our food at the table. Because of her severe reflux we are supposed to wait from the GI on giving her real food other than cereal but bananas and sweet potatoes might not be avoidable pretty soon!

Her other first was her first trip to the pool on our weekend getaway. She loves her bath so we hoped she would love it and she did! Thanks, Lisa for the swimsuit!

watch out world, these blue eyes will get ya!

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Saturday was opening day for Little League and Soccer in our area. Jackson had a packed day of sports. As did Seth. Seth is coaching soccer again this year and just got roped in to assist with tball so he is one happy dad! Here are a few shots from the weekend!  Owen, MaryAnne and I need to get into our cheerleader groove but I am sure it will come! Owen requires constant snacking and MaryAnne will miss many a’nap!  Next year Owen will be getting to do sports so from here on out it will be picking one per kid!

The below faces are meant to be “tough guy” faces, though the result looks pretty grumpy! The awkward one that looks like a fall during a photo session is in fact a picture of what sliding looks like according to Jackson!