Melanie's first steps!

The trouble has begun...Melanie is walking!

Trey and Kelly got married!

Trey and Kelly got married!  The proof is in the album to the left.  The wedding was beautiful, and we had a great time.  The only bad part, is that we wish we got to go on the honeymoon with Trey and Kelly.  They're spending two weeks in Hawaii! 

Melanie spent the weekend with Aunt Shannon & family, Mimi, and Mawmaw, and had a great time too.  Pony rides were involved...I think they're trying to make it so that she doesn't want to come home after visiting there!  More pictures to follow on that later...

First Football Weekend-2008

Auburn played ULM on Saturday, so Melanie got to go to her 2nd tailgate.  Her first was the Auburn/Alabama game last year, when she was just a few weeks old.  This time, she was actually able to fit into her cheerleader outfit. 

Next week, we play Souther MIss, and we think she's ready to go back already...

Around the house

Here are just a few pictures I took around the house the other weekend.  Melanie is pulling up on everything, and is crawling too, so things have become much more dangerous at our house.  The third picture shows Mel giving love to Lucy.  She thinks the dogs are hysterical.  If you ask her what the doggies say, and answer "woof, woof, woof", she cracks up.  She also chases them all over the house and tries to play with their toys (gross).  Of course, she thinks their toys are much more fun than hers are.

And here are some bath pictures...

   

4th of July 2008

Last weekend, we went to Shannon and John's house for a 4th of July pool party.  Once again, Melanie proved that she loves the water.  There were kids spashing everywhere, but none of it bothered Melanie.  Mark would hold her in the water so she could swim, face first, and she responded by kicking her arms and legs like a little frog. 

Next year, we're thinking about signing her up for an Infant Swimming Resource class.  That's the class where they teach babies to turn over and float on their back in case they fall into the water.  A little safety never hurt anyone...and it should help get her used to the water.  Although it seems like she's doing fine on her own as of now.

The full album from the 4th is over on the left, through the Flickr badge.  Just click on the badge, and it will take you to that set.  We're going to start uploading pictures there again, so all the future albums will be viewable there.    

Beach Trip

We took Melanie on her first beach trip last week.  It was also her first opportunity to meet a new friend, miss Ava Jane.  Ava Jane is about 3 months older than Melanie and lives in Birmingham with our good friends, Gabe and Rob.  We've been trying to get them together for a while.  It worked out great, because they were going to be down at the beach for the week on their family vacation.  They were staying down at Grayton Beach, while we were over at Elaine and Steve's house in Destin.  We rode over there to hang out with their family under the big Auburn tent.  The beach trip was actually much easier than we thought it was going to be.  Gabe and Rob had this tiny pack and play that they took out to the beach.  So, when the girls weren't playing in the sand, eating, or swimming in the ocean with us, they could take a nap on the beach and take advantage of the ocean noises and beach breeze.  There was also a lagoon with no waves that we could set them up in to play.  Everything was great until Melanie fell forward a bit and got a facefull of saltwater.  Then, we knew it was time to head on.  We rode an hour to Dewey Destin's for dinner.  We went as is, which was pretty grungy.  We knew it was kind of a dive, so we thought that would be ok.  After a long wait in line and a fight for a table, we finally got our dinner, and it was great.  A nice family from Cincinnatti let us sit at their table.  They got a kick out of Melanie...their son even offered to feed Melanie while I ate!  Other days that we were there, we did some shopping, and we went down to Destin beach for a day.  It was a great trip, as usual, but we weren't there nearly long enough.  Next time, we'll definitely have to make it longer.  The full album is posted over on the left.   

Father's Day 2008

This is a couple of weeks late, but I wanted to post this picture of Melanie giving her daddy a Father's day card she made at daycare. 

She's was all set to hand it over, but then, she changed her mind and decided to eat it instead.