A Ladybug in the Pumpkins!

7 Months

Halloween sneak peek!

Leaning AAALLLLL the way over to reach the right toy! She was so proud of herself.

Busy Month 7!

Maddie is 7 months old today! I would have taken a picture of her in her green chair, but I was busy and she was not in the mood for picture taking. There is always tomorrow, right? This has been a busy month. Aggie football is underway and we have been to ever home game so far (3). Also, I turned 30! Maddie and I are now getting the hang of solid foods. She usually will eat some oatmeal and a fruit in the morning. Her favorite fruits are pears, applesauce and prunes! She likes bananas OK, but does not like peaches. She gets upset when I try to sneak them in. We'll keep trying. For lunch she has a veggie and a fruit and then then another veggie and fruit for dinner. She likes all of her veggies, sweet potatoes, squash, peas, carrots and green beans (sort of). She likes the peas and green beans when they are mixed with carrots.
I have started to experiment with making my own baby food. Tonight I baked a butternut squash, that was a first for me. It was A LOT easier than I thought. Tomorrow I am going to bake some sweet potatoes. I also made (well smashed up) some avocado, she was not sure what to think, but she liked it. I also made carrots and bananas.
She is a good eater, but sometimes she gets a little attitude or is too distracted to eat. She LOVES Sully, every time he walks by her she giggles or tries to grab at him. She has been rolling all over the place and she will roll over to Sully. She works and works to get over to him and he gets up just as she starts to pet him.

Gretchen Turns 30!

I had a great time for my birthday! I got to celebrate 3 times! First, Adam, Maddie and I went out to eat at Buca di Beppa in Southlake with my parents. Then, we celebrated in College Station with yummy apple pie and pecan pie! My brother in law's birthday is the day before mine so we get to celebrate together. Although Rob is slightly older we both turned 21 this year, lol. Then, my mom, Maddie and I spent the day together shopping at the Galleria and we met up with my friend Valerie at La Madeleine for lunch! So many fun memories of turning 30. My official dessert on my birthday was a Strawberry Cream Pie from Out of this World Pies, it really was out of this world! As you can tell my celebrations revolve around eating!! Love it!

Sweet Cousins!

Maddie and her cousins have a good time together. Z man, Baby S and M girl and Maddie.

Gig'em Aggies

Ready for the game!

Our Aggie Family

Maddie and Mom

J-pa, Maddie and Mimi


Me and Maddie, Kalli and Alyssa

Taking a power nap at the game

Bathing Beauty

So we don't get turned into CPS Adam wanted me to cover up the picture :-)

6 month photo

We had a photo session setup at the Dallas Arboretum with my high school friend Summer, but it got really rained out. It rained all weekend while we were in DFW. I took this one of her instead. She is sitting up well at 6 months.