Here we go again

So, it was 9pm on Wednesday night and we were planting pansies in the flower bed while it was raining. Then, 10pm on Thursday night we were changing the door knobs and cleaning out the fire place! This can only mean one thing and no it’s not spring cleaning….we are putting our house up for sale! Crazy, I know! Everything is happening really fast and in about one weeks time, we went from casually thinking about moving to pressure washing our house and cleaning out closets! Whew, I am tired just thinking about it. Our realtor came over last week to give us a few suggestions and she said that we are ready to put it on the market. What??? We thought we would have time to think about things and leisurely get everything ready. Oh well, we are trying to put it on the market before the first time home owners credit expires at the end of April.

For those that know me (which is hopefully everyone reading this blog), you know that I am a habitual mover. I move a lot and Dan has made me promise that I will not keep this up the rest of our life. For memories sake, I’m including my moves since 1997 when I first stepped foot on Georgia Tech’s campus. Twenty moves in thirteen years. Thanks to everyone who has ever carried some of my stuff from one place to another and to my family for arranging furniture and hanging pictures and artwork more times than they can imagine. Do you have a few more in you? We will slow down one day, I promise.

Harrison Dorm
Hopkins Dorm
Moultrie for the summer
8th St Apartments
Phi Mu house for the summer
8th St Apartments
Phi Mu house for the summer
Mexico
Tiff’s Apartment (I can’t remember the name of it)
CCF House for the summer
Collier Ridge Apartments
Washington DC to intern for the summer
CCF House
The loft in the Hale’s house for the summer
Capitol Hill in DC
Silver Spring
Pentagon City - The Potomac
Pentagon City - The Ashley
Atlanta AMLI Apartments
5816 Spalding - Current House

Eight (and a half) months!

I'm way behind on this post since Mary Beth hit eight months two weeks ago. Oh well, I'll try to get you caught up on some of the happenings around here. I can't exactly remember what happened during the eighth month but I will try to remember since this is my on-line baby book.

- Mary Beth LOVES to eat. She is trying all kinds of things and some of the highlights are avocados, boiled okra, squash, peaches, mashed potatoes, prunes and apricots. She also tried some spanish rice at one of our favorite mexican restaurants. We gave her cottage cheese and yogurt and she broke out in a rash around her face so we are not giving her any dairy items for a while. The pediatrician said that she may not be ready for dairy yet and we hope that she isn't allergic. We are going to try to give her yogurt again before her nine month appointment to see if she breaks out again.

- She is on the verge of crawling. She spins in circles during tummy time and can get to most everything withing a foot or two of her space. It's like she hasn't figured out that she can go anywhere besides a certain radius. We are in no way rushing this as we enjoy that she stays in one area for now. We will have plenty of time to chase her later.

- She has started getting separation anxiety. If I go into another room, she falls apart, especially if no one else is in the room with her. We think she may be getting spoiled since Cheryl gives her one-on-one constant attention while she keeps her in the morning. She has a really hard time on Sunday morning in the church nursery. It's during her nap time and there is too much going on for her to sleep so we have been naughty paged once during the service. She just moved up from the Turtles class to the Bunnies.

- We think she weighs between 15 and 16 pounds but we will know for sure in a few weeks when we go back to the pediatrician again.

- MB thinks that Dan is sooooo funny. She laughs the most when he is around and they have started wrestling some too which has been fun to watch. She has a good choke hold and likes to pull hair so she is a tough competitor.

- This has happened in the past several months but she is so easy to dress now. She's got the routine figured out and helps us get her dressed and she no longer cries while we dress her.

- She loves to play games, especially peek-a-boo and she is getting into books.

- She only has one tooth but I'm guessing that another tooth is on its way.

- She is obsessed with the remote and our cell phones. I'm not sure what that says about us as parents but she can't keep her hands off of them.

- She is a super laid back and easy going baby. The things that she is most passionate about is nap time and food. When I start making her food, she gets really loud and in her mind, I can't make it fast enough. She opens her mouth all the way and voices her opinion.

- When she gets really excited she flaps her arms up and down and shows off her gummy grin.

- She seems to be a risk taker, she loves to be thrown into the air and the more dangerous the better. We think she will love roller coasters and probably will follow in my footsteps and sky dive before she turns 20!

We love this little girl more than words and are having so much fun with her!

Eight months with the lamb

She was laughing at her daddy...

he's hilarious!


We walked to a swing in a nearby park and she loved it!



She liked going really high which made Dan nervous

More swinging

Looking good in her shades, thanks Joannah!

Here's looking at you

Working the camera

Loving her bath time

Some videos for you

The grandparents have been requesting updates so here are a few videos. Check back in soon as I hope to post an eight month update any day now!

This video was taken earlier this month and shows how dramatic she can be about eating. She typically comes around and she loves mangos now.

Getting a ride from cousin Owen, they were having so much fun!

She has been working on blowing kisses and you can tell that she is very serious about perfecting it! We are amazed at how loud her smacks can be.

Bath time has become more fun and out of nowhere she started splashing like crazy. We have to stop her at some point because she would splash all of the water out of the tub if we would let her. She has to come up for air occasionally but she loves it!