Megan is 6 months Old Today!

Megan is getting so big. We can't believe that it has already been 6 months. All of those stupid cliches are true. They grow up too fast, you just want them to stay small, you love them more than you ever thought you could, etc, etc. It's all true. She had her 6 month doctor visit last Thursday and had to get 3 shots. She did pretty good, cried a little but was pretty tough about it. We talked about giving her solids. I've been making her food, so far she's got yams, pears, mangoes and bananas. And so far she has no interest. I've tried several times with different things and she just doesn't want it in her mouth. She's going to need to learn to like it though because I don't think milk is getting her through the night anymore. She has been really good about sleeping 10 hours a night and then last week she decided she didn't want to do that anymore and has been waking up between 3-4 a.m. I tried to just rock her back to sleep last night but she wanted to be fed. We'll see how it goes. She also has a brand new highchair to use!

She's learning a lot of new things. She's is getting really good about using her hands and fingers. She has found her feet too and loves to pull them to her mouth and eat them. Amazing how flexible she is. She is almost sitting up all by herself, she still wobbles over sometimes. She rolled over in bed last night which she's never done. She can turn from back to stomach but once she's on her stomach, she hasn't been able to go back to her back. She seems to be doing something new every day.

Anyway, that is Megan's update. Josh is still working hard at his job and he's also been going to his parents once a week to help them with their house. He's also helped my parents with their new landscaping job. He's pretty busy. I'm still trying to get my Pampered Chef business up and going. What I've done so far has been good but I STILL NEED TO BOOK SHOWS! I went to work last night and found that without any warning, I've been scheduled as a full time employee rather than a 3 day a week employee like we agreed when I went back from maternity leave. I'm really disapointed and it breaks my heart thinking about leaving Megan that many times in a week. Not to mention Josh and I barely get to see each other anymore. So, if you or anyone you know are even thinking about Pampered Chef, let me know and I can do a show for you. I'm personally offering great perks in addition to the host benefits from The Pampered Chef. I hope to hear from you!!

Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival

Mom, Tami, Megan and I went to the Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Friday. They are my favorite flower but I had never been down there! It was so beautiful!! Of course we had a major photo session with Megan and she was very good about it. Here are just SOME of the pictures we took!!

Megan's First Easter

We went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Easter dinner on Saturday since I had to work on Sunday. Megan was all dressed up in her Easter dress and looked really cute. As if I need to keep saying how cute she is. She's having some separation anxiety issues right now so sometimes she won't go to anyone but Josh or me. A little frustrating to us and all of her family that want to play with her and hold her.

Megan playing with Daddy.


"Look at me!"


Grandma and Megan (and froggie).


Megan thought her shoes were pretty interesting. She tried to eat them just like everything else these days.


Mommy and Megan.


Playing with the Easter eggs.


Megan's first Easter basket.


She got a stuffed bunny, her first John Deere tractor with a little girl driver and cow, and those big beads that we all grew up with. They still have them! I mean, the Easter Bunny still gives them out.

More Recent Pictures

We all went for a walk last week, we had to bundle her up pretty well. She had fun looking at all of the new things.


This is sometimes the only way we can get anything done around the house. Here we are making brownies.


Megan loves her naked time. We try to do it before bathtime.


Her little butt in the air above and finding her thumb below. Too cute.


Aunt Tami found this really silly headband but Megan TOTALLY pulls it off!

"Look how cute I am!"

Easter Time

Megan is almost 6 months old! She has grown and changed so much since her birth. I think she is going to start crawling anyday now. She is pushing herself up real high when she is on her tummy and trying to get her knees underneath her. Josh and I tried to feed her some bananas last weekend, for our entertainment mostly. But, I wanted to see if she was ready to start eating 'big baby' food. It didn't seem like it, not yet anyway. She was not very sure of it and gagged once. We got it on video of course. It was pretty funny. She's talking non stop and laughs so cute! Especially when Daddy is playing with her. He can really get her going.

Today we met Grandma and Tami at the mall and we saw the Easter Bunny. I just don't know how she could be any cuter! Here is her picture with the bunny and some more from the last few weeks.