Naptime

Marlee is slowly making the transition from her little hammock bed to her baby bed. This week I've been putting her in her big bed to take her nap. After I put her down yesterday I let her cry it out for a little bit and went to check on her when she got quiet. I found this...

I didn't want her to wake up and be scared that she was stuck so I moved her up to the middle of her bed. She fussed that I moved her for a while and when I went to check on her I found her with her feet hanging out of her bed again. Lesson learned, I let her stay that way the rest of her nap.

I can't wait to see if she tries to hang her legs out again today.

Almost

I can't believe it's almost been a month since my last post! We went to OK for a week for Clint to announce a tournament and then my parents kept the kids the following week, and what do you know, I haven't posted a thing! I need to go back and post date some posts about our time in OK and Marlee's eighth month milestones.

As for current events: Marlee is almost crawling!!! She can get to whatever she wants by rolling, scooting, and reaching. But I can tell she really wants to crawl, she's just not sure about it. We have lots of fun getting her to try!

Matchie Matchy

Grammy made surprise matching square dance outfits for Lane and Marlee! Growing up I LOVED my little dresses with frilly slips under them. I especially loved getting to go to dances matching my Mom. Hopefully Marlee will love her froofy dresses as much as I did.

Lane and Marlee checking each other out. Lane thought he was so cool matching Grampy. He also matched Popeye, and extra bonus!

Marlee loves to flash a pretty smile for the camera.
Lane had the best time at the dance. While Grammy & Grampy and Nina & Popeye danced Lane ran in circles in the middle of the floor. He said he was dancing too. He was soooo cute!

During a break Lane went up front to help Grampy make announcements. He was a great little assistant.
They were so cute! I wasn't able to get a picture with Nina and Popeye, but just imagine. The six of them were a hit!

EE's Birthday

Today is EE's birthday! To celebrate we went to McDonald's for a delicious happy meal lunch.
We made cupcakes

Delivered cupcakes to our neighbors.

And had a party!

Lane and EE were most excited about the cupcakes.

Lane loves to sing happy birthday. He usually wants to sing it three or four times a day.

Finally, time to eat our treats. Look at how happy EE is.

Delicious!

Marlee was happy just to be invited.
Lane got to help EE open his present.
What a fun day!

Two happy dudes!

Lane's Raker

Lane had to get his "raker" out to help Daddy rake leaves. They had a huge pile! Lane and Clint had so much fun playing together.

Daddy Duty

Clint took Lane and Marlee to the park so I could get some work done. I sent him with the camera and he did a great job capturing the fun they had.

Lane is starting to run like a big boy. We love watching him go.

Marlee is happy if she is around Lane. I think Clint parked her infront of the swing so she could watch big brother. Happy Girl! The proud owner of two new top teeth! I love this picture. Lane and Murph checking out the dog.

Working

I've picked up a little part time "job" sewing for a children's store. It's been a lot of fun. Clint has really been helping me with the kiddos so I can get work done. Last night I looked up to see Marlee up on Clint's shoulders while Clint was on his computer. She was as happy as she could be with an eagle eye view.
This is just part of the latest batch of sewing I've done.