9 months

So, she's officially been in the real world as long as she was alive in me! She's so big now, long and still so adorable. We're not sure where she gets her height from, but we'll take it.


She can stand up really well when we prop her against toys and furniture. She is learning to pull up by herself.
She gets on all fours and rocks, but doesn't to any crawling. She just rolls onto her back and "asks" to get up.
We still love that smile! She gets "teased" or embarrassed when you make sounds that she is making. Lately, she's been clicking her tongue a lot and screeching when she's happy.

Dad's Birthday

Going to Birmingham again at the end of February when we had just been a month before was so good for our family. Barak and I got to stay at Uncle Jim and Aunt Witt's, which involved old family movies, AND we got to see Gramma with the rest of the crew. Best of both, if you ask me.


Cassie had a great idea a while back to make Dad a memory book with pictures and things people have said about or to him. It came out better than expected. People came out of the woodwork to share something they loved about him. It really made me appreciate what an impact he has made on so many people, and how valuable investing in people is.

Louisville

I love the memories I have of playing with our cousins. I remember thinking Meredith HAD to be the smartest girl in the world, and Christopher was the coolest guy I knew. Every one of the Parker kids made it fun to do anything, including picking weeds out of the garden. So that's what my expectations are for Samuel, Corrie. No pressure :) He totally lived up to expectations this time. Laney laughed out loud at him every time she saw him, especially when he would start talking. She couldn't get enough of him.

She's still the star of the show, cuddling up to anyone who wants to take her. She fell asleep in Leslie's lap AGAIN (she can work magic, I tell ya). And was a real crowd pleaser.

It was an abnormally beautiful day in the middle of February, so we walked around some familiar streets with shops and restaurants. We stopped in a bookstore and wheeled the kiddos around with Samuel saying "DOG! DOG!" the whole time. Barak did some hard core hanging out and reading; which, evidently are the same thing to some guys?

Barak and I were able to visit Bethany and JC with their new addition! Henry has an amazing story. We visited the day before his due date, but he was already 7 weeks old!


Thank you, Kiels, Davidsons, Mojicas, and Hodges(es?) for allowing this visit to be, by far, the best one we've had.

8 months!

Eight seems so much older than 7. Eight is closer to a one-year-old than I think I'm ready for. Laney still isn't crawling, but stands a lot when propped on something her height. It's like she never tires of it. But, when we put her on all fours, she just reaches out with one hand, then rolls to her tummy while giving you a smile. It's like she KNOWs I want her to start moving and she's just playing with me.


I posted this picture of her 8-month mark because she has those crazy stacking cups in her hands. Since she was little, she doesn't stack them, she doesn't scoop them, she clangs them like cymbals! I think her grandmother taught her that :) It's extremely cute, and she does it EVERY single time we give her two cups. Then she looks at you, like, "ok, I'm doing it, why is this so cool for you guys?"

Here are some other pictures of her just playing... With a frog her same size.