Soooo close!!!

Peek a boo

Super Gammy and Uncle Rick

Super Gammy and Uncle Rick stopped by this afternoon. Somebody was vewwy vewwy tiwed.

Sweeeepy.

But it was great to see them!

Beach time!

We had a wonderful time at Holden Beach this past week with the fam. Mara got to "swim" in the kiddy pool almost every day, and LOVED it!

She would splash and splash!

She did go 3 days without pooping, though. When that finally happened... man alive.

(I sowwy, Mommy.)

You can't be mad at this cutie. Especially when you find her sleeping in the oddest positions:

The Pack n' Play comes in so handy! Thank you, Super Gammy.

We were able to take some family photos. I need to remember to buy a balloon or something to get Mara looking in the right direction.

At least she's looking at my face and not pondering her next meal.

Darden Fam! (We left the pups inside.)

We did make it to the beach a few times, but it was SO hot, and SO windy... that we usually just played in the kiddy pool.

But we had our obligatory jaunt in the ocean in one of the cute swimsuits I picked up. (Zack called this her Pebbles swimsuit).

When the water would come, she'd pick her feet up... but never cried!

In case you're wondering, the diaper was a BRICK!

But we figured it was necessary since the walk to/from the ocean takes a few minutes... Nobody wanted to risk it.

Me and my mo mo bear.

Aren't we cute?

Mara and her Daddy.

And finally, here's her biggest progression of the week:

Yum! Peaches!

7 Months Old!

So, this 7 month photo shoot did not go as I intended. We started off on the table, as usual.

But someone thinks it's funny to roll around and scare Mommy. One roll can get her off the table... so we moved the shoot.

 Wait, what? You moved the shoot cuz of me?

 That's right, we moved it to the much safer floor. And then, like the little 7 month old that she is... she couldn't keep her paws off anything. Or her mouth for that matter.

 Nom nom nom. This is so tasty!  Which of course, peaked the interest of another paper-lover in the household...

Hey, what's that you got there?

Mind if I have a taste? Yeah, just.. a little... taste...

Thanks! (Mara's thinking, HEY NOW!) So Mommy fixed the problem and Endo got all depressed. Sigh.

Nom nom nom. This is better than my binky.

She really went to town on the card... but I guess that's the difference between 6 month Mara and 7 month Mara. AND the fact that she has her Daddy's destructive genes... or "how does this work? let me take it apart..."

Ignore the drool... focus on the chompers. They're coming in!

Oh, and here's a special one for you guys. :-D Love ya!

Budding Musician

She gets her musical talents from uhhh her Aunties. She gets her translation of those talents from me.

Oh, also, it's Mara's 7 month birthday today! Seven months... WOW! As soon as she wakes up, I'll try to schedule her little monthly photoshoot. Until then, here's something to tie you over:

Hmm, I wonder what someone is thinking about?

Little Mara Mo Mo is thinking about her Daddy. She let Mommy sleep in a bit today and is enjoying herself in the exersaucer as I type. But this was some of our time this morning. :)

Don't think this is becoming a habit...

This posting a lot a week thing. BUT I wanted to share these:

 

Love ya.

This is a story.

This is a story. And it's delicious!

So is Mommy's hand.

Sorry so dark. I'll try to remember to turn on night mode or something. At least my phone is capable of doing this. :)

Somebody's got to be in charge...

Somebody's got to be in charge of this whole cereal thing. Yeah, that'd be me. Mom and Dad act like they've never done this before. Amateurs. Here's how it goes. You pick the spoon up, you rotate it like so...

Ooops, accidentally gag yourself...

Act like you meant to do that...

Ooop! Concentrated too hard and let one slip...

Give Mommy that know-it-all look. I got this.

Then Mommy tries her luck at taking a picture of my SECOND tooth that she noticed on Sunday. NO VILE WOMAN! You cannot take my picture!

This isn't fair, Mommy.

They probably can't even see the tooth coming in to the right of my big tooth (facing her).

Anyway, Happy Tuesday!