Trash day/Anniversary

Me:  "Kay, do you know why today is special?"
Kay: "Why Mommy?"
Me: "8 years ago, I wore a pretty white dress and daddy and I got married"
Kay: "Mommy, do you know why else today is special?"
Me: "Why?"
Kay: "Because today is trash day"

Marissa is 8 months old!

Marissa is 8 months old today.  In the past two weeks she has gone from mastering sitting up on her own to crawling from room to room. She is still slow, but she can definitely get where she wants now.  Today I even caught her using a basket to pull up on her knees.  She is eating lots of foods now.  She still prefers purees and spits out anything with any chunks.  We are working on getting her to chew.  She is down to nursing just a few times a day and finally doing great with the sippy cup.  She is off her reflux medicine and seems to be doing ok without it.  She is very curious and giggles all the time.  Yesterday we went to the pool and she happily splashed in the pool for an hour.  She loved it!  Marissa sleeps from about 7 pm (sometimes a little earlier) to anywhere between 4 and 6 am.  She does not need to eat at night any more but wakes up starving and can't quite make it all the way.  I often catch her and Kay giggling away in the other room.  She really likes riding in the Ergo when we run errands.  She likes to look around and see what is happening.  I can't believe she is getting so big so fast!

Early July...

Pictures from the past month...

Kay and Craig making their rocket, the girls in their 4th of July outfits, Marissa enjoying her food, Marissa thrilled that her sister made her wear a hat, and Craig practicing his hair styling skills...

7-11

"Mommy, where are all the 7-11s here?"  Kay asked me this at the dinner table this week. In Hong Kong you can do everything at one (pay bills, refill public transportation card, buy snacks, wine, lunch, etc)  You could find one on every block. I love hearing the random things she remembers from Hong Kong!

First swing

Kay is 4!

How did that happen?  It seems like yesterday when we were sitting in the hospital with our tiny 4 lb 11 oz baby girl.  Kay is 34 lbs (43%) and 42 inches (91%).  Kay is really into pretend play these days.  She has been working really hard on jumping on one leg.  She picks out her clothes and dresses herself everyday.  Time is going by too fast!

Happy Father's Day!

We had a special weekend together as a family.  Craig decided he wanted to go to the makers fair with his girls.  He had a great time teaching Kay about all the technology that was there.  As always, this led to a project in our living room.  A fun noodle rocket launcher is in the works...

Speaking of projects, project convert deep freezer into keg-orator is complete.   Now, our garage is filled with project fermentor.  

Kay made Craig a "beer holder" at her school.  She is very proud every time Craig uses it.