I'll give you one guess what ties all these things together...OH!! You're right...little Mattie!! July was a marker month for Mattie in many ways! Two little pearly white teeth broke through her gums during this past month. She handled the teeth coming in fairly well and to our surprise she has taken a liking to pacifiers & orajel! Crawling was next on her to-do list and she mastered the skill very quickly, because within 6 days she started pulling up! My favorite memory of Mattie learning to crawl is her crawling out of her room to look for me & DB! She was sitting in the hallway trying to decide which way to go...and now she follows us everywhere!! Now, for a food update!! Little Miss Mattie loves sweet potatoes!! Squash and green beans are OK. Fruit has been a different story, until today!!! We had a major breakthrough this morning with a blueberry/apple mix (Gerber) that she really liked!!! AKA...she didn't push the spoon away and make funny faces!! It's so fun to get excited about the little things!! Here are a few (or 14) pictures of life happening! Enjoy
Mattie getting ready for the 4th of July parade!
Dad & DB in their patriotic gear
Checking out a friends tricycle!
the parade in action!
What happens when you ask the cousins to pose for a picture on the 4th of July??? HAHA - we actually got a decent picture of the group, but this was the only one on my camera...and I thought it would make a funny post and give a good chuckle in the future!!
Visiting the Naval Air Museum
Standing UP!
The full parade line-up
Friends!!
Some cute kiddos...and their dads.
Dad teaching me to walk!
Crawling and my tongue sticking out!
Our good friend Amy told us about this awesome event called Touch a Truck! It was a huge hit with DB! Our favorite was the fire truck!!
One sad part about July was saying good-bye to Uncle '--OTT'! We miss you!!!
