Beach trip

We went to Rosemary Beach in Florida a couple weeks ago with my family and had such a great time!! It was so relaxing and so much fun to all be together with no real agenda. It was also Mae's first time at the beach and she loved it! She especially liked all the attention she received from her doting grandparents and aunt and uncle. Hope we can return soon!

Dinner at Bud & Alley's on our last night. It was SO good!

Dinner at the Red Bar.

6 months already!

We had a great six month check-up last week. Mae is now 17 lbs 5 oz and 26 inches long-- I knew she was getting bigger as I can hardly carry that carseat anymore!:)

She also had her first sickness the week before that. We've all pretty much recovered now, but that was not a very fun time around our house since we all ended up getting it. Since then Mae has been waking up at 5-5:15 every morning. yikes! Luckily, Jason has been up too so I've been able to get another hour of sleep. Hope that doesn't last too much longer....

Mae is showing more and more independence these days as a six-month old. She loves playing with any toy/ remote/ cell phone as well as with her pacifier and trying to put it in her mouth all by herself....she can almost do it. It's just upside down in this picture... although she doesn't seem to mind!

Mae's first two teeth are definitely here and visible now. Here's the happy girl showing them off.

This is actually the second time we fed her real food (or, rice cereal if you call that real food). She loved it and downed that whole bowl! She also liked "helping" me feed her.

Bath time is also getting more fun for her since she can sit up by herself and play with toys. You can see the two bottom teeth pretty well in this picture too.

Many firsts!

We have been very busy around here lately...and Mae has been experiencing lots of "firsts" over the past couple weeks. I tried to capture pictures of most of them. We've been having so much fun with her lately. She really seems to change every day!

She also has two teeth already!! I haven't been able to get a good picture of them yet but will soon.

As you can see below, she's now able to sit up on her own...or at least mostly on her own. You still have to be right there since she's not too stable yet, but she's doing pretty well!


Fourth of July! First parade...although her nap went long, so we kind of missed it. maybe next year.
Again sitting up and the first time staring/playing with a friend (adorable Saylor Smith)

First plane ride and trip to Memphis! She did great and slept most of the time.

First time at the pool..and wearing her shades. :)

First swim/ float in Memphis

Just thought this was a sweet picture with her granddaddy.

So happy!

First time holding her bottle all by herself!

Grabbing her feet...this has now become a very regular occurance.

Rolling over all the time!

Starting to really like the jumper

New Slideshow

Kady Dunlap took some more pictures of Mae last week. Jason and I were also able to be in them so we could get a good one of all three of us. I think they turned out really cute. Click the link below to watch the slideshow.

Thanks again, Kady!

http://www.kadydunlap.com/MaeDallas/index.html

4 months already!

Mae had her 4 month check-up yesterday and is "perfect" according to the doctor...I just love him! :) She now weighs 15 lbs 2 oz and is 24 1/4 inches long. So, we can all see she's definitely eating well and growing fast!

Here's a picture of her on Memorial Day in her most patriotic outfit on the way to the Rangers game.

still loving those fingers...when she can actually manage to keep them in her mouth.

Mae and Tex are becoming fast friends these days...she just smiles and stares at him as he walks around the house and laughs if he actually comes up to her to check her out. She loves him!

And, actually, Tex reciprocates these feelings. Last night when Mae wasn't feeling too great after getting her shots at the doctor's, Tex went into her room two different times and just laid down next to her crib like he was worried about her. Then once he even stood in there whining next to the crib....it was like he knew she didn't feel great even though she wasn't crying or anything. He wanted me to come in there and check on his baby!! I thought that was kind of amazing.

Update

Here are some pictures of what we've been up to with Mae lately. Really, it's just more of the same but she has been so much fun these days. She's just smiling and laughing all the time-- really, she even chuckles at us sometimes. It's so great!

I also started back to work a couple weeks ago-- just 3 days a week. The first day was hard but we've gotten into a routine now and it seems to be a really good balance. Mae is staying with this really sweet lady in her home, so that made all the difference in leaving her. I feel like she's in a good place and having fun during the day when I'm not with her. Hope we keep feeling that way!

Okay-- here are some new pics. That's all anyone cares about anyway....

so strong!

one of her new favorite hobbies...trying to eat her shirt.

At our first family meal at Houston's. It was a special occassion, although Mae was definitely more interested in the candle at the end of the table than anything else.

Can you see all that hair she's getting these days?

Mae's still in the stage where she'll fall asleep when I'm out running errands and strolling around. I don't want that to end!

Nice nap on the couch after church...nothing better!

The Perfect Weekend...Easter and the Masters

We've been having some computer issues lately so I haven't been able to update the blog. But, I didn't want to miss posting a few pictures of Mae's first Easter...and very first Masters weekend. This year, Jason was able to go to the practice rounds and first round in Augusta. He even brought back some lovely Masters apparel for us.

Mae looked beautiful in her Easter dress and we really enjoyed a wonderful morning at church followed by a good lunch with friends and Jason's mom who was in town. What a special weekend!

Two Months!

Mae turned two months the week before last and it's just taken me that long to update the blog. We've had a busy couple weeks! We had her two month appointment and found out that she weighs 11 lbs 1 oz and is 22 1/2 inches long. She also got her first round of shots and actually handled it pretty well after only a minute or two screaming. Since she's getting a little bigger, she's also been sleeping a little better. We get about 6 good hours a night now which is definitely nice.

My sister also came for her entire spring break and stayed with us for a week! It was SO much fun to have her here. We miss you already, Susan!! My brother, Sam, also came for a few days and my parents joined us for the weekend. It was the first time we were all together with Mae. We really appreciate all of them coming out!

Mae's also smiling all the time-- well, not all the time but very often especially after we make ridiculous faces and noises to coax them out of her. It's so worth it!

She started using her Bebe Pod seat last week. She can actually do it pretty well and really seems to like it. I'm impressed!

Tex also likes the seat since it's at the perfect height for him to give her some kisses...and mom is distracted with the camera.

This picture is from a couple weeks ago. It's of the three little girls in our supper club-- Saylor Smith, Mae and Caroline Krauss (James Dunlap was missing in action).