Catch Up

I am so behind on this thing, and I have lots of things to document so here we go...

Father's Day

Elsie was so excited to celebrate her dad and her grandpa's she could hardly contain herself

Saturday night we had my parents down for dinner so we could celebrate Father's Day with them.

On the actual day, we started out by making Dave breakfast al a Barefoot Contessa (yes still obsessed) and giving him our gifts. Then we were off to church and after we went up to Dave's parents house for dinner.

Please note the spit-up coming out of my child's mouth in this picture. It was the best one I got and we take what we can get these days

We went to the park after dinner so the little girls could swing on the swings

Okay I know people will see this and think we are crazy but here is Elle and crazy Titan (Harold's new puppy) Dave has been wanting to do this forever and I finally give in for a quick second. She actually was not afraid of him and always is staring at him wanting to see what he is doing

Here are the cutest little girls

And here they are with their Grandpa

And here is our baby girl either trying to be a tom-boy or trying to get some street cred as Adrienne would say

We had such a great Father's Day and were so happy to be able to celebrate our favorite Dad!! Elsie really does already love her Daddy so much! She always cracks up when he is around and she loves playing with him. Dave is such an amazing father just like I always knew he would be!!

First Food

I was not going to start Elsie on rice cereal until she was at least five months old but she of course had different plans. She started eyeing food and was always leaning forward and opening her mouth whenever food was around her. So we started rice cereal a few weeks ago when she was about four and half mouths. Boy does this little girlie love love love her food! Here are some pictures of her first time trying rice cereal!

After a week or so of cereal we moved on to pureed avocados but she was not feeling that at all. We have since tried sweet potatoes and peas, both which she likes. Dave of course lets her lick some of his food (after I lectured him on a few things she can't eat, I swear sometimes I don't know how she would survive if he was her sole-caregiver, but we still love you). She seriously loves food and wants to eat like a big kid. I have to put her by the table while we eat and let her have a few things we have or she throws a fit. I started giving her some fruit in this little mesh bag thing and she of course loves it-if I take it away she gets so mad. Funny little girl!

If we don't get it in fast enough she resorts to the bid which is quickly turning into a favorite toy

Things we have been up to this Summer

Elle loves playing with her toys...more importantly she loves chewing on her toys. This little girl is happiest when she has something in her mouth

Little sleeping beauty

We attempted the pool with Avery and Adrienne again but the girls fell asleep right when we got there, so what did we do.... had our moms babysit them while we layed out. They woke up just as we were getting ready to leave. It was perfect!

We hit up the Arts Festival with my family and of course Elsie had a ball. She loves all the attention and she really loves being out at crowds. Here she is with my sister's boyfriend Chad. They are working on being friends

Elsie loves to help Mama with the laundry

We visited our Great Grandma Mimi who we love seeing!