Things We've Been Doing

We went on a picnic for Memorial Day/ 3 Year Anniversary. Bethany enjoyed telling us how much fun she was having.

We all like to take naps. Daddy and Daughter had so much fun they wore each other out.
Bethany had her first spaghetti dinner. She loved it!

I also got a job at Kindercare. Will be working about 30 hours a week. Just finished training so am excited to see how the real job goes. Will let you know!

Bethany and Daddy 

Wedding Memories

Three years ago today Brad and I got married. So many things have happened since then. Brad got his job at Whole Foods the summer we got married. Last year we bought our house and expanded our family by adding Waffles. And then almost exactly one year later Bethany came into our lives.
I am so happy that Brad took the time to become my best friend before we got married. We have had so much fun together these last 6 years. He always considers my thoughts and feelings before his own and has made many sacrifices to be the amazing husband and father that he is today. I love you Brad and can't wait to see what other adventures are ahead of us!

Bethany loves teething cookies!

Catch Up Time!

So many things have been happening and as usual I have done a horrible job keeping up with them. Bethany is growing so fast and right now she has started to do several new things. I have been trying to take more pictures so I can share them with you.

It is finally warming up so our daily walks are a little more enjoyable. Bethany has graduated to her stroller. She loves it.
My little 8 month old is starting to scoot around. She is very good at rolling but the wood floors have been giving her trouble when she tries to move on her tummy. She has improvised and now propels herself backwards across the floor with her arms. It's pretty funny to watch because she can get herself into some unusual situations. One time she backed herself under the end table and couldn't get out. It didn't seem to bother her too much.

Dad and Mom came for a visit this weekend and so we took her outside to check out all the green grass.

Bethany can sit up good. Every once in a while she will still topple backwards. She loved pulling the grass and trying to eat it.

Granddad got the idea to see if she would try to walk. Bethany loved standing but couldn't quite figure out how to put one foot in front of the other.

Here are a few more of Bethany's accomplishments since the last time I wrote:

We had to move Bethany's mattress down because she can push up so well I don't want her to figure out how to pull up one night and fall out.

I have been working on signing to her. I think she is starting to recognise "finished" (when we change her diaper) and "more" (when we are eating). I have picked 9 total that I will eventually try to teach her.

Bethany can say a few sounds that she associates with different things. "DA?" is dog, KKK for cat, Dada for Dad, and if she is very sad mamamama for mom.

Easter Fun!

Bethany's first Easter Celebration was a success! We started it off by going to the Saturday night Easter service. She loved the music! The pastor had a very good lesson. I came out feeling so excited to celebrate! I'm so happy Jesus gave us hope by rising from the dead!

Today we dressed Bethany up in her Easter outfit again and took lots of pictures. She did a great job of posing for the camera. We also had an egg hunt in the back yard. I think she had more fun playing with the grass, tree, fence, or whatever the eggs were on more than the eggs. I got a video so will have to post that when I get it downloaded. I will leave you with a few pictures we took. Bethany is a little over 7 months in these.

Holly's Surprise

Here is the video of Holly and Tammy when Aaron decided to surprise them by bringing all of us up to help celebrate Maddy's 2nd Birthday. I know a lot of you wanted to see Holly's reaction. We had a blast. Good job Aaron on putting all of this together!