Summer's has come to an end

Marcus at 6 months
Marcus within a week old

Marcus enjoying his snack time

Marcus giving "pretty eyes"

1st time falling asleep at the dinner table

Marcus is able to climb onto the end table with no help. Unfortunately we are not sure if this is really the first time.

With their cousin Carissa at her cheerleading camp here at UT.

Tia Amelia, Tia Licha, and Grandma set up a tea party for the girls.

Andy and his Tia Amelia enjoying a game

So the summer has been officially over and it was a hard transition for me. All I'm going to have to think about is the friends we hung out with, the family we saw, the BIG trip we made, the birthdays we celebrated ( I just had to share the pic of Marcus as a newborn and at six months), and everything in between. Many laughs, many hugs, many kisses, some boo-boo's, many unscheduled days, play dates, pool time, and most of all the overall feeling of just being with my family. It is really hard to sum up everything we experienced, so all I'm going to say is that it is a summer I will never forget!

Got milk?

After getting the go ahead to begin drinking whole milk since Marcus turned one, I decided to ween off the bottle this weekend. Yesterday he tried milk for the first time and nearly drank it all! It was nothing like when I first introduced his juice. That he tasted, played with the sippy cup for awhile, then would come back to it now and then. I figured it was something sweet and he would really enjoy, but it wasn't that big of a deal for him. As for milk, he really took well to it. So hopefully the transition from the bottle to the sippy cup may be sooner that I thought. Oh no! - I hope I didn't just jinx myself.