The baby is now 9 1/2 months. Can't believe she is getting so big so quickly.

Wow, these past few weeks have been full of birthdays, a holiday, and a very fun vacations. First, we celebrated Rhett's birthday. Mom and Dad Maurer met us and all of Amy's family at Justin and Amy's house for dinner. And for dessert Debbie brought a delicious ice cream cake that was to die for.

The following weekend we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Maurer's house. I told Debbie how much I enjoy her ice cream cakes so she made me one for my birthday.

It was soo good. It had caramel, bananas, and pecans. yummmmm.
Then on Thursday, my birthday, Amy came over with the kids and pizza to wish me a happy birthday.

It was sweet and also nice to have Skye visit with her cousins. She always get so excited when any of her cousins come around.

So, since it was my birthday, I talked with Brandon about celebrating in Mexico. We tried to invite the whole family, but they either live to far away or they had to work on the days we would be gone. Still, Mark, Debbie, Marybeth, Dustin, and Mary's friend Maria were able to make it. We had a


blast. The view could not have been any better. We spent most of the time on the beach or on the porch staring out into the ocean. One day we even saw dolphins. There was at least 5 of them following a school of fish and another five behind them being followed by people on a jet ski. It was beautiful.

It was Skye's first time in Mexico, and on the beach. To be honest, I think she liked it just as much as any of us.

She swam in the deep blue,

got a new dress, and was spoiled by everyone that went with us.

Also, while in Mexico we were able to celebrate Father's Day. It was Brandon's first Father's Day and it was good to be in a place that he absolutely loves.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

This past week has been a pretty productive week. On Saturday we went to Lowes and bought fans for the house. For the past two years we have said we were going to get them and finally we have them. This is going to be a good summer. Then on Sunday we were out at Grandma and Grandpa Maurer's and Skye went swimming for the first time. She's already put her feet in the pool, but this time she had on her swimsuit, water shoes, and her floaty. It was adorable, but then everything she does is adorable to us.

Then this week Justin taught Brandon how to put up the fan in our bedroom. After he learned how to do the first one he's been putting fans up all over the house and changing the light fixtures all about. He's become quite the handyman.

But while we were changing the fan in Skye's room we noticed that she had picked herself up and was standing inside of her crib. SCARY! So, we lowered her crib as well. Now even if she does stand up she can't go flying out. To add to the little one's successes, she learned how to wave hello and goodbye. She was waving at a gal when we went to dinner. She has not perfected it, but she's learning. And on the twelth of this month her first tooth came in. I noticed when she tried to devour my finger. I couldn't see it, but boy could I feel it. Now, you can see just the tip of the tooth. Also, her hair has been growing like a weed. It is fun to play with and do up all cute like. She has soo much hair for such a little girl. Here is one of her many hairstyles.

Daddy's Little Girl

We were playing with the baby and she has the most adorable laugh. She gets soo excited about everything especially when she is with her daddy. They always seem to have a lot of fun together. She truly is daddy's little girl.

On the third of this month I came home from work and Skye was looking absolutely miserable. Brandon said all she would do is cuddle with him. This was strange considering that she never cuddles. I guess she had a slight fever. But SUPER DAD had it all under control. He gave her a luke warm bath to drop her temperature and by the time I got home Brandon said she was looking ten times better. That was a rough day, she looked so pitiful. On Sunday, I started feeling sick. My head was congested, and I had a runny nose. I thought it might be my allergies until later that night. We went to dinner at Brandon's parents house and my body became extremely achy. Debbie said I probably had the flu. By Monday Skye was all smiles and I became extremely ill. Then Tuesday Brandon was showing signs and later that week his mom said she was not feeling well. Now we feel better, but the bug is now with my little sister Mary. Poor girl.

Mother's Day

This week went a whole lot better. The baby and I prepared ourselves for Mother's Day.

We took out the materials that we needed and went right to work making cards for both Grandmas.

We planned to have the whole family over on Saturday, so Brandon and John went shopping for supplies. Saturday was quite a busy one day. I started by taking the moms to get massages while Brandon began in the kitchen. He started at about ten and people showed up throughout the morning, but we were not ready to eat till about five. In the end, things turned out great.It was nice to have both sides of the family around to share in the festivities. The children ran around and played together and the adults joked and visited with each other.

At the end of the night we ate pie and ice cream. Boy was it delicious. Then we gave the moms some more gifts.

They seemed to really like the cards that Skye had made them.

And of course, we can not forget what my most perfect husband got me.

An ice cream machine. To add, he vowed to always make me ice cream too. Sweet!!!

It was a wonderful night. And everybody seemed to have enjoyed themselves. I just can't wait until we can do it again.

Last week I was finally able to get all of Skye's hair into one pony tail. It was cute, but it made her look so different. Not only that, but it didn't last to long before her little fly aways flew away.

Doesn't she have the sweetest face. On another note, my other baby, Brandon, did some exciting things this last week too. Did you ever wonder what would happen if you got hit with a Twizzler? Well, Brandon and Dustin were very curious. And it was not a pretty picture. Guess what? This is what happens. The top is what it looked like right after Brandon hit Dustin. Below was the next morning.
So, if you are ever wondering what would happen, STOP. Don't try it. It will hurt.

Well, Skye just turned eight months on the 28th. I tried a million times to get a good picture, but she would only smile when her little music mirror played. I still could not get a good picture because she kept tilting her head to the side. She is soo silly.

But finally I got a picture of her face. No smile, but I will take what I can get.

She started scooting across the floor about two weeks ago. It is so fun to watch. She does an army crawl and grunts with every stride. I have to be very careful now, if I turn my head for even a second she can end up across the room wrapped up in cords or trying to put her little fingers in the fan. So my eyes are like glue, stuck to her every move, and if for some reason I have to leave the room, the little cutie comes with me. I just don't trust her.

Not only did Skye turn eight months, Koko got her hair cut that day. She was looking so scraggly. I took a picture and you can hardly see where her face is.

The groomer did a wonderful job. Koko looks like a scottie again. Besides it is getting to hot for her to be running around with all that fur.

Rewind

Skye was seven months on the 28 of March and she seems to be keeping our hands full

All in all she is always doing something that just makes us laugh and were so grateful to have her.

Here she is in the morning. She looks so much like her father. They both seem to get visits from "Ralph" the night hair dresser.

WOW! They grow sooo fast. She is learning to stand all by herself. Although she can't get up by herself, if you put her against something she does a pretty good job of staying there.

In the middle of the month we were finally able to go to the zoo with one grandparent. Here she is getting ready for some fun times. Her bangs were getting to long so I fixed up her hair and then "snip snip" I trimmed her bangs. Don't they look good?

At the zoo we saw lot's of animals. Grandma especially liked all the bright colores and baby Skye preferred to look at all the people. I guess she is still a little too young to notice that there are animals inside of those big cages. Meanwhile, Grandma did her best to entertain our little rugrat. Next time we'll try to get the other grandparents to join us.

So, the baby and I have started walking in the mornings. We put on our workout clothes and out the door we go. We take Koko with us too, which makes it quite an adventure. It was a lot of fun while it lasted. I'll have to gather up some energy and start doing it again. Three days of walking did absolutly nothing for my figure.

Well, the last thing that happened this month was that me and Skye went to the park with a few women from church. They all take their kids and have a play date. It was fun, but the baby is starting to move alot more and she wanted to stand. So when we got home her socks went from white to black. We had to do something about it.
I took her to Target and found a cute pair, but they did not have anything in her size. I looked at Wal-Mart and had the same problem and then a light bulb went on. Maybe I should go to Payless since they specialize in shoes. How smart right?

Check out the cute shoes. They had a sale so I had to buy two pairs.

These have got to be the cutest little sandals.

Skye also digs the shoes. You can see in the smile on her face.

Happy Birthday to Grandma Howard!

Tha baby was so excited to hear that it was your birthday. Can you tell. Haha. Happy birthday, we love you and hope you your day went great.