Sarah's Wedding

This weekend Drew's cousin Sarah got married. She married a guy from Huntsville named Zach who is a great guy! Drew and I went to Section to spend the weekend with his grandparents. It was so nice getting to visit with everyone and Aunt Janet fed us delicious food all weekend. I'm pretty sure I gained 5 pounds! Here are some of the pictures...

Baby Food Adventures

McNeill started eating baby food several weeks ago. She has tried sweet potatoes, apples and bananas...bananas are definitely her favorite! Here is a video and some pictures of her experience with baby food. Happy Tuesday!

You can tell she's definitely more interested in her bib and the couch!

5 Months!

McNeill is 5 months old today! I had a hard time getting a good picture of her today because she is so much more active and I was trying to do it by myself. She ended up face planting onto the arm of the chair and was not too happy with me. Anyway, here are some pics of my sweet little angel.

Some of her favorite things are- rolling over (from one end of the living room to the other), her play gym, her hands, baby einstein, jacques the peacock (a lamaze toy, pronounced in our household j-a-c-k-i-e or ja-kwezz), strolls in her BOB, banana baby food, her baby doll, and Sophie.

Daddy Daycare Ends...Med School Begins

Drew started medical school today. We have been so blessed to have him at home with McNeill since the middle of June. This has been such a special time for the two of them.

Another one of our blessings are our friends who have recently had children or who are expecting. We have all been support systems for one another and hopefully we can continue to do so over the years to come. It's nice to have friends going through parenthood at the same time as you so you can ask questions to one another (i.e. should my hair be falling out as much as it is????). Anyway, our friends the Mastroianni's had Quinn two weeks after McNeill. Luke was able to keep Quinn for the month of June so he and Drew had a daycare session together. I love these pictures that Luke took of the babies! Their expressions are so funny. It's like you can tell what they are thinking.

These pictures are from June 28th....

Family Vacation

We are on our way home from the beach. It has been such a wonderful time and we are sad to come home. We stayed at the Inn by the Sea in Seaside. It was a quaint little place not far from the beach. We didn't move our car the whole time we were there! We ate lots of great food- Bud and Alley's, The Taco Bar, The Pizza Bar, Great Southern, and Shrimp Shack. McNeill was so good. We only took her to the beach for 2-3 hours each day and she loved it. She was so relaxed and always fell asleep. Her BOB stroller was so handy. For any of you debating whether or not to get a jogging stroller, I would definitely recommend it. It pushed on the sand easily and the basket underneath holds a ton.

Last night at dinner I thought I overheard a mother calling her child "McNeill." I went over to talk to them and sure enough, his name was McNeill- spelt the same way too. To make it even weirder, his name was John McNeill (my grandfather's name) and our McNeill is Sarah McNeill (my grandmother's name). Anyway, who knows if we are kin some where down the line but I couldn't believe that we met another McNeill!

Kuddos to children photographers. It is so hard to get McNeill to look at the camera and to catch a smile is even harder!!

Big Girl!

McNeill went to her 4 month check-up yesterday. She weighs 15 lb. 10 oz. and is 25 1/2 inches long! She is in the 90th percentile for weight, height and head circumference. Her doctor said that McNeill is ready to have one serving of baby food a day. Pics to come soon!!

We are on our way to the beach for a little vacation before Drew starts school. We will be in Seaside until Wednesday. Have a good weekend!!

4 Months!

This past Friday McNeill was 4 months old. I know I say this every month, but I really can't believe how big she is getting and how fast it is going by. Her 4 month check-up isn't until the 14th, but I cant wait to see how much she weighs! Some of McNeill's favorite things are- Sophie the Giraffe, putting everything in her mouth (especially her clothes), sitting up (not by herself just yet), and Baby Einstein. The only thing she really dislikes is her WubbaNub....she use to love her paci and now she won't have anything to do with it.

Can you tell I took these pictures right after she woke up???