oh my goodness!!!

so i have to share a super funny story with you...now, this started a little while ago when my mom was here in july visiting father jerry. when my mom fed thalia her cereal, she would say "mmmm" after she put the cereal in thalia's mouth. so thalia started mimicing yiayia and saying "mmm" too.
now we are trying to give her cereal twice a day. usually that means chris feeds her once and i feed her once. lately to get thalia to open her mouth, he'll say "ahhhhh" until she does it back to him. then after he puts the cereal in her mouth he'll say "mmmmm". well today i was feeding thalia her dinner and before i even could have the spoon ready she would make an "ahhh" sound!! and the cereal would hardly be in her mouth before she was making an "mmm" sound! then she thought she was pretty smart because she starting going "ahhmmmmm" all at once :o) she does it for every bite! and every once in a while it will be a super emphatic "MMMM"...i am laughing thinking about it!!
and even more funny is that she does the "mmm" sound when she takes her first bite of cereal which always makes her grimace! just imagine a grossed out face saying "mmmm"...it is hilarious!
i am going to try to see if i can get chris to get the whole thing on tape so you can laugh too...i'll keep you posted!

much love and more laughter! c, c, and t

6 months already!!

can you believe my little baby is six months old already?! seriously, where does the time go? what a blast the past six months have been though. thalia has brought so much joy and happiness to this house and to our marriage. chris and i could not have asked for anything more. she is just so much fun!!

we are still working on the crawling thing...yesterday she started pushing herself backwards so she is getting the hang of pushing herself up and moving her legs...she just goes in the wrong direction. she'll get it soon enough.

we officially get to start feeding her more than just rice cereal...better buy stock in baby oxyclean! i'll be sure to send along lots of colorful pictures!

speaking of pictures, here are some cute recent ones.

daddy is super proud of his little drummer!

thalia loves sitting in her new high chair!

and she loves playing outside with her daddy :o)

much love and more sleep (thank goodness!!), c, c, and t

happy tuesday!

hello! i hope everyone is doing well! we have just been running all over the place lately! we have been getting to spend a lot of time with chris' family though, so that has been really great, for us and for thalia. on friday we went to the ypsilanti heritage festival with chris' family. kind of like the bluffton street fair but without the rides (obviously making it way less cool!). but there are elephant ears and these sweet "butterfly chips" which is basically a potato that is spiral cut super thin and they put sour cream and cheese and bacon bits on them. it is awesome! everyone sets up their little booths and tries to sell you stuff. we almost bought thalia this super cute tie-dyed sundress but it was $15. apparently great-grandma betty knew the lady whose tent it was so we were trying to get a discount, but to no avail! maybe next time. the baby did great walking around. i think just about everyone got a chance to hold her! she is so spoiled when it comes to snuggling.
i put together thalia's highchair on saturday. it looks awesome! chris and i have been feeding her her cereal in there and she looks so tiny!! i took a picture but i don't have it on my laptop so you will have to wait for that. but she does great in it. she is still working on her crawling. she can get her butt in the air but just buries her face in the ground. not too fun for her, pretty funny for us to watch. i think she is teething too because she is kind of fussy lately and she has never been really fussy. she hasn't been sleeping well at night lately either.
that's about it for now. i am working hard, chris is working hard, and thalia is getting cuter every day!
hope you have a wonderful day. more pics and updates to come.
much love and less sleep! c, c, and t

almost...

so thalia almost crawled today!!! chris has really been working with her lately on her mechanics and her form ;o) he'll lay on the floor and say "come here" and yesterday he held her belly up with his hand so she could get the idea. i didn't think it worked all that well, but then today after work we were playing on the ground and she was getting her knees up!! she couldn't figure out how to get her arms to move but she was pushing really hard with her legs. pretty soon i think she'll be moving all around.

so here are some pictures from when yiayia was in town...and just some cute ones of little thalia. mind you this is probably the only time thalia will ever be in a headband!!

have a great week!! much love and more sleep - c, c, and t

pics

all smiles
so proud of herself for sitting up!
splashing in the pool with yiayia, aunt lori, and cousin lisa
smiling with yiayia and great-grandma's house
thalia's new boy ethan

let me know if you get tired of seeing pics of my beautiful baby girl :o) i could fill every blog with them if i could. have a great day!!

happy anniversary!

today is chris' and my third wedding anniversary!! (it's also chris' aunt susie and uncle mike's wedding anniversary! and bishop's birthday! what a busy day!! OH, and lest i forget, it is aunt steffi and barrett's three year dating anniversary - their first date was our wedding!) chris and i had quite the adventure today. we dropped thalia off with yiayia and father jerry, who is recovering from surgery, and chris and i went to stony creek metro park. we were going to go mountain biking on this off-road trail. we had just gotten chris a brand new bike over the weekend. well, we get to the park and chris notices, rather uncomfortably, that his seat isn't tight and keeps tilting backwards. he thought maybe he could deal with that, so he started riding his bike around the parking lot to get the feel of it and he went to switch gears and all of a sudden heard a "tink". would you believe the gear broke in half off the back wheel!!! how crazy is that?! so needless to say we didn't go mountain biking. but we did find a cool nature trail and hiked that. and we had a nice picnic lunch and stuck our feet in the lake. all in all, it was nice just being outside with each other and getting to chat and just spend some time together. then we got erma's on the way home - best frozen custard in town!
...my daughter is so funny! i put her to sleep just before sitting down to type this. and just now she started to fuss. so i went into the nursery and she is on her back grabbing her feet (her new favorite pasttime!) so i gave her her pacifier and she rolls onto her side and passes right out!! how funny is that!!
speaking of thalia, she is on quite a milestone roll! she is getting much better at sitting up on her own. usually she can stay upright by herself for quite some time, unless she is upset or reaches for something. she isn't crawling yet, but she is working on it. she can push her chest way up in the air now. and sometimes she gets her knees bent up. but she can't put that together yet. however, in the meantime she can spin herself in circles! if you put her on her back, she will roll onto her stomach and turn herself in a circle. it is so funny to watch!
thalia has been very lucky to get to spend a lot of time with her extended family this week. yiayia is in town for a week to help care for father jerry so we have some cute pics of her and thalia coming soon. on sunday we went to her great-godparents aunt lori and uncle bob's house for dinner. and thalia got to kick her feet in the pool! she loved splashing yiayia. pics of that adventure on their way too!! and today uncle mike and aunt susie are here playing wii for our anniversaries!! it is really nice having them back in town and right down the road! oh, and on saturday i got to meet up with two of my favorite girl - christy, who married her sweetheart jon earlier this year; and kristin, who had her own little bundle of joy, ethan, a couple months ago. yep, another boyfriend for thalia!
whew, i think it is an understatement to say we have been busy lately. but we are doing well and are in great spirits! pictures to come tomorrow or friday, i promise.
love you all!!!
c, c, and t