Melody @ 6 Months

Wow! I can't believe Melody is six months already. Time flies way to fast. She is such a cutie pie.

She loves to be held all the time still. When she gets fussy, I take her on a walk outside and that usually makes her happy again. She really enjoys seeing new things and definitely thinks staying in the house all day is boring.

Melody has started to try and be able to sit be herself. If you prop her up with pillows she will sit for a few moments. As soon as she tries to reach to far she falls over. She also tries to sit up when she is laying in her bouncy seat. She has started trying to get up on her hands and knees. Just a few days ago she pushed herself backwards a little ways.

The other kids adore her. Benjamin says she is the cutest of the family. Carter likes to sing her little songs like row, row, row your boat. Anytime Melody is laying on the floor, Amita likes to lay by her and hold her hand.

She got to experience her first 4th of July. She wasn't crazy about the fireworks and all the loud noises. When we took her to the fireworks in town, she cried and cried till I took her to the truck. She was happy to watch them once she didn't have to listen to them.

We have gone to the lake a lot and Melody loves the water. She splashes and kicks like crazy. She also likes to eat the sand if you let her get a fist full. I think she has the Andra love for water.

Melody @ 5 Months

Melody is such a sweetie pie. She loves attention and being talked to. If she knows she has your undivided attention she will talk and coo to you. If she feels like she has been ignored to long, she will scream and scream.

She also likes to be walked around. If you try to sit in one spot to long she gets fussy because she wants something new to look at. One of her favorite things to watch is our baby chicks.

Melody took her first over night and out of state trip. We went to Louisville, KY. She has know been to Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. I was really worried she was going to be very fussy during the long drive, but she actually did quit well. She loved all the new places and things to see.

During the trip, I got her to start taking a plug. I had tried to give it to when she was a newborn, but she would just gag on it. I decided to take one along for the trip just in case. She decided she really likes it to go to sleep.

Melody has start rolling over from her tummy to her back now. She doesn't do it very often, but I have started having to be more careful where I lay her.

Swimming is her new favorite activity. She is defiently a water baby.

Louisville Trip

We decided to take a family trip to Louisville, KY because Isaiah has a few shops he contracts work through there that he wanted to visit. We spent a few nights in St. Louis having fun. Jeannie and her kids also came with us.

In St. Louis we went to the zoo. There they had an exhibit were you could pet stingrays. Benjamin's favorite animal is the stingray, so we had to go. He absolutely loved it. Here are some pictures of our zoo trip,

Amita and Carter were a little more timid about petting the rays.
The boys got to pet a bearded dragon. They thought it was so cool to touch a real dragon.

This is how Melody got to cruise around the zoo.

Just some cutie pies.

Amita is a little scared of the elephants.

After St. Louis, we drove to Louisville. The first place we went was ChurchHill Downs where the Kentucky Derby is held. It wasn't open, but we talked to security guard into letting us walk around.

Here is Melody and me at the entrance.

Downtown there was some fountains and a canal to play in. The canal wasn't very deep, so the little kids really enjoyed it. It was so hot and humid there that was really enjoyed getting wet.

Jeannie helping Amita get wet. She needed a lot of encouragement to touch the water.

Isaiah trying to talk Carter into getting in the canal. Once he got in, he loved it.

Michael and Benjamin having fun in the canal.

We also went to the Louisville Zoo. The zoo even had a little water park to play in, which we enjoyed. The highlights of this zoo trip was Benjamin getting to see his second favorite animal the Kamoto Dragon and seeing a silver back gorilla.

The kids riding the dragon.

Melody by the Gorilla. It was so amazing to watch him.

After Louisville, we drove down to Ft. Campbell to visit Monte. We got to take him out for breakfast and spend a few hours visiting before we had to head for home. It was nice to see him and where is is staying.

We had a really fun trip and the kids were very good, but we were all ready to come back home.

Happy Anniversary

Today Isaiah and I are celebrating 8 wonderful years of marriage. I can't hardly believe it has been that long. In a lot of ways I still feel like we are newlyweds.

For my present, Isaiah got me a beautiful new bedset. As you can see from the picture he has very good taste, and I love it. He surprised me by making up the bed before we went to sleep for the night last night, then told me I had to go to bed at 9:30.

Happy Birthday Isaiah

Isaiah turned 30 on Sunday. For his birthday, we had a small party with cake and presents then went to his mom's for a nice dinner. Carter got his dad some gum, and Benjamin made him a nice book. He also got a GPS.

Here are some fun facts about Isaiah:

1)He was born in Utah

2)He moved to Missouri when he was eight

3)He is the fourth child out of twenty

4)He hates the movie Wizard of OZ

5)His favorite food is sushi

Busy Bees

I have been wanting to get a beehive for sometime now and finally did it. We went and pickup the hive Thursday and brought it home. Then Friday, I opened it up to check it out. It was really fun and exciting. I got to see the queen and eggs and larva. I didn't get stung either. I can't wait to do it again.

Melody @ 4 months

Melody is such a sweetheart. She loves to be talked to. When she is getting attention she will laugh, coo, and blow at you. She especially loves to have someone cluck like a chicken at her. When she isn't getting attention, she loves to look at patterns and things that move. She likes to watch our baby chick and ducks. But let me tell you, she can scream when she thinks she is being neglected.

Melody has gotten good at holding her head up. She isn't crazy about being on her tummy for long periods, but if I put a fun blanket under her she will be happy to look at it for a few moments.
She has also started to use her hands more. She tries to grab anything in reach then put it in her month. She doesn't have the best aim yet, so it takes her a few times to find her mouth. She loves to be carried looking over my shoulder, and she will grab my hair and pull on it. I have started putting her on a mat gym. She likes to try to grab the toys hanging down, but when they don't do what she wants, she gets very mad.

She got to take her first trip to the zoo this month. The whole family had lots of fun. Melody loved being carried around and seeing all of the new sites.

She weighs 13 lbs.