10 Months Old

The countdown is on to a year! Mary Lee is 10 months old! Boy, have I enjoyed being home with my sweet girl all summer! We have PLAYED, PLAYED, and PLAYED some more! We have thoroughly enjoyed all of the time we have gotten to spend with Amy and Livi! This summer, we have swam in the pool, strolled in the stroller and wagon, taken a couple of beach trips, gone to the lake, visited friends and family, and enjoyed time together as a family.

Mary Lee is such a blessing. She is such a good baby that often our family tells us that we are in for it with the next one! Mary Lee, here are some things to remember about you, our precious blessing at 10 months old:

• You are now a crawling machine! You are literally all over the place.
• Since you started crawling, you can now pull up, and you LOVE it!
• You don't eat much baby food anymore. You mostly eat big girl food. Some of your favorites are cheese sandwiches, blueberries, strawberries, Nutragrain bars, cheese grits, yogurt, and pudding.
• You still LOVE your bottle and take about 3 a day. I'm not quite sure how we will get you off of it by a year!
• You take 2 naps a day (about 2 hours in the morning and about 45 minutes in the afternoon).
• You wake up so happy from naps and in the morning!
• Your preferred method of mobility is walking, but this requires Mommy and Daddy to have sore backs because you still need our help!
• You LOVE your grandparents, and they LOVE you!
• You have started clapping a lot, but you stop and watch when someone else starts clapping.
• You LOVE to read books with Mommy and Daddy!

Beach Baby!

Having fun in the ocean with Daddy! (Mommy was a nervous wreck and kept waving Daddy in because I thought he was going out too far.)

Getting a bath in the BIG sink at the beach!

Pulling up in your crib and waiting for Mommy to get you after your nap!

Pulling up on your toys!

Making Mommy proud...READING!

It's official...

WE ARE MOBILE!!!!

As posted before, Mary Lee has been close to crawling for a couple of weeks now. Yesterday, she started doing some sort of inchworm/army crawling thing, so we figured she was close to actually crawling. Today, she just took off! So, at 9 1/2 months, we are officially crawling! She loves her new found freedom that comes with being mobile! Time to baby proof the house!

Inchworm/Army Crawling

Yea! I'm crawling! (I will get a better video soon!)

Giggly Girl

Tonight after dinner, Mary Lee and Daddy had some fun! Mary Lee was washing down her spaghetti with water from her sippy cup. She loves to bend the rubbery straw of her sippy cup because it splashes a little water in her face. Well, tonight she had fun splashing Daddy too! Every time she splashed him, he made her laugh. This went on for way longer than the video. She had us rolling!

Road to Mobility

If you think you are about to see a video of Mary Lee crawling, you have been mislead! Mary Lee has been up on all fours rocking for a few weeks now. She has just not taken off yet. She moves her legs all over the place but has not quite figured out that her hands and legs must work together to crawl. She is extremely strong and even does push ups when trying to crawl. I think she has a little to much "junk in her trunk" because as soon as she gets in push up position, her cute butt falls to one side along with the rest of her body :-)! When she gets in push up position, I think she is trying to stand up and walk because she walks all over the house with us holding her hands. The girl LOVES to walk! I thought I would post a few pictures/videos of our road to mobility!

Assuming the position

Look at that face of determination

I'm trying Mommy! At least I'm cute!

Video of crawling attempts

Keep scrolling to see another new post (Helping Mommy do Laundry)

Helping Mommy do Laundry

Here I am helping Mommy do laundry! Mary Lee LOVES to get in the laundry basket! I hope she is this excited about one day actually doing laundry since Mommy is a little OCD about organization and cleanliness! Let's just say that I hope she DOES NOT take after her Aunt Kels in that department! We do LOVE many other qualities about you though Aunt Kels!

Weekend Whirlwind!

What a weekend! Thankfully, daddy is on research this summer so he is able to be home with us LOTS more than he usually is! This weekend was GREAT but very busy!

On Friday, we went to the neighborhood pool to swim! We love our neighborhood pool, and it is so refreshing on a hot summer day!

On Saturday, we had the privilege of celebrating the first birthday of our Goddaughter Miss Olivia Love! I cannot believe she is already one! Griffin and I feel very blessed that we are able to watch Olivia grow into the Godly young woman that we pray and know she will be. Amy and JR are incredible parents that are raising an incredible little girl. Olivia is just so sweet and has the most precious smile...Gosh, I LOVE that little girl to death! Happy Birthday Olivia! We love you!

The birthday girl!

Pool Baby

God sisters chillin in the pool

On Sunday, we headed to the lake with the McNeals and Caddells! Well, we discovered that not only is Mary Lee a pool and beach baby, she is also most definitely a lake baby! Mary Lee had so much fun in her baby pool on the deck, BUT, she LOVED riding in the boat! She was worn out and fell asleep quickly, but when she woke up, she was so happy to be on a boat ride!

Splashing herself in the pool

Not sure about this whole boat thing yet (She was actually probably wondering why she was having to wear that large uncomfortable thing!)

It didn't take long for the bounce and noise of the boat to put this tired girl to sleep!

Mary Lee and Mommy on the boat

On Monday, we headed to Griffin's uncle's house to swim and hang out with the fam! It was fun to catch up with everybody, and we enjoyed playing in the pool!

We had a great weekend, and we are completely worn out!