8 Months Old

Shelby is 8 months old today! She is getting to be so tall and she is definitely growing up. Here are some things about my Shelby:

-Shelby loves to wave and is getting really good at it. She waves at pictures of her Daddy all the time and loves to wave at Grandpa.

-She is so cute while she is drinking her bottle because she kicks her little leg up and down while she drinks.

-She has a serious case of the fake coughs. We had to leave Sacrament Meeting on Sunday because she was making such a racket. Again, a fun little habit that is reinforced by Grandpa. I think it is funny, but sometimes inappropriate.

-Her favorite thing to do is to lay on her back and gargle her spit. She has always loved to make different sounds. Once she figured out that she could make this sound, she hasn't stopped.

-She has showed great interest in anything that I am eating, so we are starting to introduce real food to her. I say hurry up and eat real food already.

-She is teething right now and will be getting her first tooth soon. Even though she is a little fussy, she is still so fun and almost always happy.

-Shelby is a fantastic sleeper! She goes to bed at 8:30 and sometimes doesn't get up until 8:30. Mom appreciates this more than Shelby knows.

Shelby is so much fun and I am so glad that I get to be home to watch her grow up. I see a lot of myself in her personality - this is both good and bad. She has a very strong will and is right on track to be like her "bossy cow" mom. Heaven help me.

Future Wildcats

This last week we had a fun get together with some of my teammates from college. The crazy part is that we have all had baby girls in the last year. This is not all of the babies, just those who were able to make it. We are all very much looking forward to them being teammates and us being able to sit on the sidelines and eat snacks while they are running around with no water to get in chape. It will be a chame, chame, chame if it doesn't happen.

This is Peyton and Kayla. They were born 2 weeks apart. I bet you can't guess who is older? The answer is Kayla. This was not a trick question, Kayla is bigger and she is older. It makes sense. I feel sorry for the strikers who meet up with Kayla and think they are going to get a shot off. Let me just say, if she is anything like her mom it will never happen. Poor Peyton, I just hope she is blessed with really strong ankles because kicking the ground can really hurt.

I had so much fun catching up with everyone and meeting all the cute babies. I look forward to them being friends in the future, whether they want to be or not Ü

Hide And Seek Anyone?

This is Shelby's favorite new thing to do. She loves to roll to the edge of whatever blanket she is on and grab the corner. Then she proceeds to roll herself up in the blanket. She will just lay that way until I unroll her, then she is laying there with a big grin on her face. She is such a goofball.
Here she is working on her Cobra or Seal pose. She is quite intrigued by her cousin Elli's "Baby Shelby" because she talks and makes all sorts of noises. The first time Shelby heard this she was talking back to the doll, now she just pushes herself up really high and looks at the doll.

This is Shelby's new shirt. Oh wait, it is not a shirt at all. This is a dress that she was wearing just a few weeks ago and now can only be worn as a shirt. This is her recycled outfit because I had to unhem the pants too. They were rolled twice and stitched that way, but once I undid the stitching they unrolled to a more acceptable length. This girl is just growing like crazy!

Blueberry Syrup

Since I have so much spare time between Shelby's bedtime and whenever she wakes up in the morning, I decided that it would be a great idea to make some homemade Blueberry Syrup! This is a picture of the sweet juicer that I just inherited from my Grandma. She was moving and I got tons of great stuff from her. This reminds me of when I was a kid and I would "help" my mom make jelly.

Anyone who knows Kelly probably knows that he LOVES blueberries. I must admit that until I met Kelly I had never really eaten a great deal of fresh blueberries. That has changed a lot. Kelly will eat blueberries in practically anything! I thought it might be fun to have some blueberry syrup and the blueberries at Costco were on for a great price, so I bought some and got to work.

I actually finished this project about a week and a half ago and the great news is that the syrup tastes delicious. Kelly gave it 2 thumbs up and it went very well with our blueberry pancakes. The bad news is that I feel the syrup is still a work in progress. I wasn't happy with the consistency of the syrup and plan on making some additional flavors of syrup to see if I can't get it the way I want it. For now, I am quite pleased with my new juicer and the good fortune of having all my jars seal properly Ü

The Best Weekend

We had such a great weekend! We didn't really do anything too exciting, but we just got to spend the weekend together as a family. I love my cute little family so much and I enjoyed every minute we had. It was so fun for me to see Kelly and Shelby having so much fun with each other. My heart aches when I think of them being apart. Unfortunately, we're back to the grindstone tomorrow morning. As a side note, if you happen to think that eating 7 oatmeal chocolate chip cookies in one sitting will make you feel good, trust me - it won't. I am glad that today is pretty much over because I am spent.