Tough Guy

That's my Jacob. Yesterday was his 6 month check-up. He still weighs about 22 1/2 lbs, but is now 29 1/2 inches long!!!! He has some 12 month outfits that can't even button. He got shots and didn't cry (thus the title of this post). He also cut his first tooth on Sunday (7/20). It's his lower left tooth.

Jacob has been eating solid foods for a few weeks now. And boy does he love it! He eats really good- like he's been doing it for months. He shakes and almost squeals when he sees the spoon coming his way.

House Guests

This summer we have been lucky enough to have quite a few house guests. Starting with Papa (my mom's dad), who drove all the way out from California to bring us his Envoy, then lots of visits from Michael's parents, my mom v., and then my mom and sister (who is here until Tuesday). Jo Ann & Dennis (Michael's parents) will be here again on Saturday and stay for the weekend. To be quite honest, I was a bit nervous about living within a couple hours of family. I've been away from family for so long, I'm not used to weekend trips. But, I actually love it, Michael loves it, and Isabella REALLY loves it (I'm sure Jacob does too)! The Erwin's moved to Georgia a few weeks ago, making the trip around 6 hours, and I'm sad that we won't see them as much. We'll just have to make every trip fabulous!

Keep your eye on the ball.....

Isabella recently got a tee-ball set (thanks Mom!), and boy does she love it. She really enjoys instructing us on how to hit- "Put your elbow up and keep your eye on the ball." I just can't seem to get enough of her!

Happy 4th of July!

I've always loved the 4th of July. Of course I love fireworks, but I also love all of the fun stuff to do during the day. This year we went to an awesome mall called Bridge Street @ 10am. There were a bunch of bounce-houses set up, face painting, balloon animals & the fun water spray area that is always on. After lunch & Isabella's nap, Michael hooked up the Slip-n-Slide and Isabella and her daddy had a great time. She was so funny- she would run up to it, plop down on her belly, and low-crawl to the end. Michael would push her and she would go flying! She tried to do the same to him, and it was adorable. At around 7pm we made our way down to watch the fireworks. Wow! They were great. Jacob just stared with big, curious eyes, and Isabella had a big smile plastered on.

It's so purpley!

That's what Isabella said when she saw her newly painted room. It doesn't show up very good on film, but we painted her room a really pretty light purple (which I bought a year and a half ago to paint her room in Virginia). When my mom v. was here, she bought Isabella some cute wall stickers for her room, so I made her a little flower reading corner in her room. And she loves it!