A Shopping Cart and a Rubber Giraffe

These pictures are from back in July. I'm afraid I've fallen a bit behind in blogging, something that tends to happen to me in the summer.

One afternoon while Emily and Elizabeth were still napping, Addie and I were hanging out when I noticed she had put a whole bunch of toys in her grocery cart and she just kept adding to the bunch of loot. I decided to take stock of all her items, and then I had to take a picture of her (so proud of herself).

In Addie's shopping cart:
purse (X2)
baby doll (X2)
stuffed giraffe
blanket
rattle
McDonalds toy
brush
baby passi
hat
stuffed bunny
bracelet

That evening at dinner, Elizabeth sat with us at the table. She had been laying on her blanket in the other room during dinner, but began making such a fuss, knowing that she was missing out on important family time. Since then, she's been with us for dinner every night.

Emily and Addison didn't get their Sophie giraffes until they were 6 months old, but Elizabeth got hers quite a bit earlier, and boy has she enjoyed this wonderful  chew toy. I wouldn't be surprised if she gets teeth a bit earlier than her sisters, as she's been exhibiting intense teething symptoms since she was about four months old.

 

Chew Toys Are Back

With all the biting that's been going on in our house lately, Chris had the ingenious idea to break the ol' chew toys back out of the "baby toy" box in the basement. Now when one of the girls (usually Addison) comes at you with that wide-mouthed, crazy-eyed look, you aren't completely defenseless, because you have a Sophie to offer as an alternative. The sister-biting-sister and daughter-biting-parent injuries have vastly decreased since the chew toys came back! Yay!

6 Months Old

Almost exactly a month ago, the girls turned six months old. Can you believe it? For their half birthday, they received a very special present in the mail from CeeCee and PopPop in Michigan. Emily and Addison each got their very own Sophie the giraffe. They have enjoyed a month of chewing and squeaking ever since the arrival of this great teething toy.

The girls Skype with CeeCee to say thank you for their presents

Hi CeeCee!

We headed out on a walk to the park on this beautiful birthday, and stopped to take some pictures in the long summer grass.

Emily and Addison are taking this photo shoot very seriously

Addison Marie

Emily Christina

Sisters

As we continued our walk, we came to some unusual farm animal statues. Are they for climbing or just for decoration? Chris decided they were meant for playing on.

Later that day, the girls got to Skype with their uncle Mike. What a great half birthday!