Who needs parents?

Who needs parents after you learn to feed yourself? I am just wondering.

Love,

Sallie Rose

I definitely got my Daddy's morning do

Sidewalk Arts Festival

Saturday, after me finally not having a fever and Kevin having the taxes done, we got to go out and have some fun as a family. We took that baby girl in her hot pink shorts and "1 Happy flower shirt" and went to SCAD's Sidewalk Arts Festival. It was packed.

The sidewalks of Forsyth Park were lined with chalk covered art students creating interesting, some more than others, drawings. We looked at most of the artwork, but mostly sat at the playground and did our photo shoot and let Sallie Roro watch the big kids play.

Momma and Baby

Finally, a picture of me and my baby. I am always taking the pictures so I don't have many of me and Sallie Rose. Thank you Rebecca!

More Pictures

Morning of her 6 month birthday with Daddy

Supporting Grump's business

Baptism/Easter and 6 months old

My Baby Girl is now officially a member of the Christian faith. She was held by her little toes and dunked head first into the baptismal font. She didn't even cry. Ok, as Methodist we don't dunk by the toes. She was held by the preacher and he placed his hand with the Holy water on her full head of hair and baptized her. I was really nervous that she would cry, but she just looked around curiously and acted like the sweet little girl that she is. There wasn't an empty seat in the whole church and the Easter flowers filled the sanctuary with color and fragrance. It couldn't have been a more beautiful setting to have Sallie Rose baptized.

We really enjoyed our weekend. Sallie's Mayme, Grumps, Aunt Tara, Faux Aunt Shayla, and the Long Family came into town. I threw a bowling party for Kevin on Friday night, we toured around River Street on Saturday, had Easter service and lunch at the Westin on Sunday and cried on Monday when my family left. There was a lot going on and Sallie Roro seemed to handle it all very well. I was tired, but got a little extra sleep because Aunt Tara slept in Sallie's room and was in charge of getting up in the middle of the night to stick the pacifier back in Sallie's mouth. I enjoyed that. I think Tara might have enjoyed it too, especially since she stayed up until 2 am every night!!!

Sallie Rose is now officially six months old. She can now wear sunscreen, sleep with stuffed animals all over crib (we won't do that even though we can), eat more solid foods, get more shots, and drive (her tot rider) to the backyard. A lot changes when you turn 6 months old. She is growing up so fast. Before I know it, she will be chomping on meat with her two front teeth. She really is a happy girl. She smiles a lot, squeals like a girl, and laughs at her Daddy. It makes you feel so good when you walk in the room and she smiles like she hasn't seen you in years. She sure has the ability to change my mood and Kevin's too. The economy might be bad, the stock market might crash, we might be living in a tent under the bridge, or wearing torn clothes, but no matter what happens, when we both see that baby smile at us, we forget it all. The Lord knows what he is doing when he gives someone the gift of a child.

The crazy thing is that we have so much more the look forward to and we will love her more and more each day. How is that possible? My cup runeth over already. I guess I need to get a much larger cup.

It has finally happened

Well, it is finally official. After all these months of Sallie Rose drooling all over herself and everyone who holds her, a tiny, white, baby tooth has arrived. She has not been sleeping real well for the last week and the night before last she was up the first half of the night non-stop. We thought it was her tummy, we thought it was the fact that her eye was covered in gunk, we thought she was just playing an April Fool's joke on us and now we know, SHE HAS HER FIRST TOOTH!

I suppose we should be very grateful that she wasn't up all night screaming. She does not seem to have too much pain from it, but she is obviously effected by it somewhat. Of course it is just barely breaking the skin so we might have some screaming nights coming. I will cross my fingers and hope for her sake it is not that painful.

I guess compared to the mean, old man doctor scraping out her ear wax with a metal Q-tip, a tooth ain't all that bad for her.

My apologies

I just realized that I have not made an update in almost a month. I am so sorry to you very, very few people that read this. I know I really look forward to seeing updates on other people's blogs and I am sorry that you have not been able to click on our blog and see new pictures of Sallie RoRo (her new nickname).

We have been pretty crazy lately. I went to Dallas for my sister's Surprise Birthday and Kevin and Sallie had a "Dad-daughter" weekend. They had a wonderful time and Kevin even took her to church in the right outfit. I doubt that he brushed her hair, but everyone knows she has the crazy hair thing going. She has the mohawk mullet. It is really nice! So, it took me a long time to recover from the airline chaos, dancing with my sisters, and drinking weekend.

I finally feel somewhat normal again and now we are having a problem with thieves in our neighborhood. My car got "rummaged" through last weekend and this weekend Kevin's tailgate got stolen. Who does that? I don't know.....JERKS! That's who. So, needless to say, Kevin and I are both on edge at night and not sleeping very well. Every time we hear a noise, we both jump up and run to the window. I supposed we should at least take turns jumping out of bed. It doesn't take two of us. We will eventually quit trying to catch the thieves and then they will probably come back that night and get our planters or wind chime. Take it all, just don't come in my house and harm my family!

Other than that, Sallie Rose is adorable, sweet and fun! She is growing so much and really has become a fun little person to be around. Very pleasant baby-unless of course she is hungry or tired. She will be baptized this weekend in front of a church full of Easter goers and then will help her Daddy celebrate his 50th birthday and she will turn 6 months old. That girl is busy.

I will be sure and post some baptism photos as well as her weekend with her Aunt Tara, Mayme, and Grumps. She can't wait to see them. She tells me everyday how much she is looking forward to their visit.