Maggie Is 6 Months Old

Maggie is 6 months old today.  Time flies!  She's so much a part of our lives that it's hard to imagine our family without her.  She started trying some solid foods this past month and we're taking it very slowly.  Her big brother adores her, and he can make her smile just by walking in the room.  He can really make her giggle and she has the funniest squeal when he really gets her going.  She also LOVES her daddy! When he gets home from work she greets him with a big grin every day.  It's really cute.

She still has quite a bit of the dark hair she was born with, but it's slowly falling out and blonde hair is growing underneath.  I keep telling people that she probably wont get the beautiful curls that her big brother had.  Figures, right?  We'll see. We've also got a "thumb sucker" on our hands.  Carson was a BIG pacifier kid, but Maggie wanted nothing to do with them...believe me, we tried and we tried hard!  She's figured out a much better alternative and seems quite happy with it.  She's changing so much so fast that I don't even have pictures to show her latest maneuver...attempting to sit up on her own...it's a work in progress.  We'll work on getting that on film or maybe even video.

Maggie's First Swim

On Mother's Day we spent some time at the Millers, and Michael took Maggie for her "maiden voyage."  It was warm outside and the pool wasn't THAT cold, but I think she would disagree.  She stayed calm for a bit, but once Michael took her for a dip she was DONE!!  Now that the weather is HOT and most swimming pools are very warm, we'll try again.  Carson on the other hand jumped right in, played and swam and had a ball!

Flat Stanley Strikes Again!

Doing some catching up here...we've had 3 visits from Flat Stanley over the past few years - two in the last six months.  Here are the photos from his last visit.  We dragged him all over for a few days and actually got the chance to take good photos this time around.  Carson made his own version of Flat Stanley and keeps asking if we can mail him off...which I'm sure we'll do very soon.  So look out CA, he's coming your way soon. :)

Photo Book

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Called Up to AA....Someday Maybe

 Our friend Tim Morgan (Mr. Tim) coaches his sons team in AA Little League (its wheel pitch) and he has had some problems fielding a team toward the end of the year.  I told him that Carson would play and at least he would have someone in the field and not have to take an out for a person not batting.  So we showed up and.....In the dugout with the other "Brewers", getting a little instruction from Mr. "Coach" Tim (he asked me why he had to call him coach Tim and not Mr. Tim), he had 1 hit and 2 rbi's,  much to everyones surprise he did not strikeout in 3 at bats, the other 2 were ground outs to first.  He got hit with a ball from the wheel machine and because he was swinging it was still a strike, so after running to first he had to go back and get in the box, but then he got his hit!!!  Passed ball, so the coaches had him steal second, he ended up on third and almost scored....Here he is with Liam (Tim and Julie's son), Liam is making a goofy face.....thank you Tim for giving him a chance!!!!!

To the Zoo

Took a trip to finally see the new Africa Exhibit at the zoo.  Ms. Julie and Fiona came with us and we had a very fun day.  Fiona and Carson were cut from the same cloth as you can see by several of these photos :).  I think the chimp photo makes me laugh the most - not only because Carson is making a dorky face, but because minutes later this chimp charged the glass and scared the crap out of Carson! If only we had video so we could share the moment.  That's right, I find humor in my son's terror...send me my mother of the year award right now please :).  We absolutely love the zoo!!!

NERF WAR

The "boys" had a Nerf War this afternoon.  Carson was in heaven, and the big boys had a pretty good time too! Mr. Matt from the rotunda spot, Uncle Tony by the front door on a sneak attack, Carson finds Uncle Tony in the pantry and lets him have it with the Machine Gun, Carson and Uncle Tony showing their killer face (notice the sweat, its a tough battle).