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her first swim

it's been a beautiful saturday. warm out, sunshine, slight breeze. the breeze has held us back from dunking the roo in the pool, but today was the day!

aunt dedee got her a swimsuit before she even arrived, & it was perfect. slather on some aveeno sunscreen & we're ready!

 

she looks way pale in this photo...she actually has some nice color from our morning walks & softball tournys :o)

 

the sun was tough on her, lol...we did the hat thing, but it wouldn't stay on very well & her head wanted some rays to keep warm :o) (that's what baby hair looks like with sunscreen in it, lol)

she loved the water. she love, loved watching ben swim around. she'd follow him with her eyes under water & talk to him when he'd surface. she loves her big brother. loves him!

 

she can sit on that first step...i see her playing on the steps by herself toward the end of the summer. if i have my way, she'll be swimming like a wee little fish :o) my kidlets get submerged in the bath from the get-go...they only know water in their face, so the pool is nothing new! no floaties allowed & no nose holding...i'm mean like that!

 

alright we've tooled around enough...time for a dunk! she went under & back up like a champ :o) made her hair look better too ;o)

 

shortly after this particular picture was taken, pailyn was d-o-n-e. bennett was holding her & she pinched him (the roo mustalways be holding something, if not something...she'll grab hold of your skin, lol) ...she got him good & he squealed like a little girl...sorry, ben, but you know you did! he seriously scared the life out of her! she got very upset (like worse than when i "boo"ed her mom, at your house) & didn't want to calm down so we went in, got dried off & she's working on a 2 hour nap. 

long naps are non-existant around here...but, true story...i had to wake miss p up at 12:30 this afternoon after sleeping through the night...she went down at about 11:45. i hate to wake her up-ever, but half past noon! she took a little while to get awake...makes me wonder how long she would have actually snoozed?

well, there you have it...the roo's first of many swims! it was fun, fun!

a trip to her nana's

perhaps from not being held? is that not the most adorable little pout ever?!

back to happy...and there's the tongue

*grin*

your daddy is no fan of head accessories so i'm super sweet and am using them sparingly until he gets use to the idea :o) nana, however is not too concerned with what daddy thinks.

you like to look adorable

and they also work well to pin those ears down, lol!! shamefull, i know...but you know we love you-all of you. it's all in good fun!

 
 
 
 
  

her momma & daddy celebrate 10!

10 years of marriage, that is :o) ...something to be excited about!

God has blessed me with an amazing husband & i can honestly say this marriage thing keeps getting better! we are committed to each other & this family...the addition of our roo just makes the whole thing sweeter!

 

happy anniversary, daddy...i love you!

 

a scrapbook layout...yeah, i use to do that ;o)

her first roll

 

that little roo rolled over :o) and over, and over...she's got it down pat!

and i got the first of many on film...

 

 

 

ducky pj's & all :o)

her response to my cheers...

 

she does tricks!

 

you heard me right...that roo got an applause from her crazy momma today when she rolled over all by herself :o) it was quite the achievement at 4 months + 8 days! i have a sequence of pictures, but designing landsource ads has kept me super busy (which is a good thing!) and i haven't even pulled it out of my camera.

at least the roll over is blog-umented...i'll have to edit to add some funny pictures of the event :o)

also, while i'm "blog-umenting" ...pailyn has been sleeping through the night for a good solid week or so. now, before you get too impressed, the stinker will not give it up until 11:30-12:30 at night...she fights it hard all day long! i'll sure take it though...she slept until after 10am friday. i had to wake her up to go to nana's for burgers on the grill!! then sunday, she snoozed in her bassinet while i got all ready for church & i had to wake her sleepy self up at 9:35 for a quick diaper change & get dressed session before we rushed out the door for sunday school! this morning, she slept until after 9...i can get some stuff done before 9am if the roo is in lala land :o)

now, speaking of church...she does so well in church! she's content in her sling on sunday mornings & i let everyone who speaks to her think that she loves them best because she smiles big at them, but truth be told, all you have to do is say hi & smile at my baby girl & she's going to beam right back at you with a big gummy wide open mouth smile! she likes people & attention. if she gets restless in church, i can just put her on my shoulder & she makes quick friends with the people behind us, whoever (whomever?) they may be and spends the rest of the service exchanging grins :o) brother mike might not appreciate her distracting from his sermon ;o)

tomorrow is the roo's 4 month check up...i'm always curious to see what she'll weigh...anyone want to take some guesses for fun? if i would have been thinking, i would have made a contest out of it with some sort of prize, darnit! next time, maybe...that would require forthought and follow through...two things i'm not stellar at this particular time ;o)

time is going too fast. i knew that it would. i know that it will, and it just plain stinks! i can't believe she's 4 months + one week + one day = almost half way to a year. pout.

i love her. i love you, my love! xoxo

her...outside

we spent some time hanging out by the pool this afternoon. it will soon be too hot to be anywhere but in the pool, so we're enjoying this nice breezy weather while we can!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

photo overload. nah...no such thing!

her big brother

 

 

some mid march pics of the dude helping the little sister out :o)

i just have to say...over the past month i have just really watched the roo fall in love with bennett! she beams more quickly at the sight of him than anyone else (except for the momma, of course!) a big gummy smile complete with the dimple lights up across her face when he connects with her.

he makes me proud, in that...if the roo whimpers...ben is quickly by her side to cheer her up most of the time! and he's usually able to do just that!

 

this was a sunday morning last month. i seriously need to do a baby ben/baby pailyn comparism post...because she looks just like he did as a baby. ...at least we know she'll be pretty...poor bennett still gets called a girl!

ben was gone almost a week to disney with nana & p was happy to see him when he got home...a big grin greeted him! and bennett asked to talk to her on the phone once when he called too :o)

p...he tells you jokes & you let him know if it's a good one by smiling at the punch line or a bad one by giving him a blank stare. lol...it's darn funny!

the one question left to find out is: will pailyn grow up to aggravate you as much as you've aggravated heather? time will tell!

her big sister

 

these are from back in mid march...my camera peaked into the nursery to find this :o)

 

 

awww...they're relationship will be a unique one.

heather is 15. she & the roo share the same age gap as heather & i do. i just remember how dang fun i was to her when she was 3, 4, 5, and 6 when i was 18, 19, and early twenties with loads of play still in me! we had the best time, that heather & me! if heather & pailyn share anything remotely similar...what a blessing for the both of them!

 

sharing a bug eyed moment

 

and i think we all finally see where she gets that tongue from ;o)

she melts me on a daily basis

that little roo of mine!

 

that middle out-of-focus jewel is so getting put into some sort of storyboard & getting printed 16x20 for her shelf! love that dimple!

her nursery

 

that still bare shelf & laundry to be folded in/on her crib, but this is it! i just love it...even the chandelier that hung over the dining room table has grown on me-i've about decided to keep it.

trying to decide which portraits i want on that shelf. and do you spot the roo hanging out? lol...that little bouncy seat is the one thing that we found put away of bennett's when he was a baby.

 

that book shelf thingy, i've eyed since ben was a baby! he has too much closet & shelf space for me to have justified buying it. (the dude has a library in one of his closets!) but pailyn's room situation is a bit different...no closet so she got pretty furniture to accommodate her needs!

and to heck with diaper genie...the champ is where it's at! bennett had a blue trimmed one. easy peasy!

 

how 'bout the wonky colors going on in this series, lol...all taken at different times. i need to get a shot of the amoire wall & the tour will be complete!