Another busy week!

Boy, normally after vacation I like to ease into the week, but this week was just busy! In addition to my overtime, Steve's job now wants him to work overtime! UGH! There are not enough hours in the week!
Monday I realized that I needed to be a good parent and have Presley's 6 month pictures taken. My mom had heard good things about The Picture People so I made her appt for Wednesday night. Of course we had to go shopping to get her some new cute outfits! So Tuesday night we went to the mall, it is hard to find a cute summer dress at the beginning of August! Every store had all their fall stuff out! That's what we get for not being prepared.
Wednesday we had her pictures taken, she was actually pretty good. Normally she get this 'deer in the head lights' look when she sees a camera, so we had to work at getting her to smile but it was worth it. She was much happier at this photo shoot than at her 4 month pictures with Janelle. Sorry, Janelle! I promise next time she'll be better and easier! HA
Here is her 'head shot', Steve thinks she looks like a boy, but either way she is cute!

She just wanted to eat the flower, which is why her tongue is sticking out!

Naked baby! Gotta love that smile!

Our little Hawkeye! She looks sweet and innocent doesn't she??

Of course there were other pictures, but do I really need to post them all? :)

So Friday we were going to Indianola to watch the hot air balloons go up, it was too windy though. We still had fun hanging out with some of Steve's friends and enjoying the great weather.

Saturday we headed down to Creston for the Goodrich extended family reunion. It was good to see everyone! A lot of people I don't know, but lots of food and that always makes me happy! (Bad Jessica, need to be good and start working out and start eating right)

Today, I tried to get a jump start on my overtime for the week and went to work for a couple hours. We did a little shopping and hanging out at home. Then we met my family at Texas Roadhouse for Samantha's birthday dinner! Happy 25th Birthday Samantha! (well really it was a week ago, but whatever)

Presley decided that she didn't really want to nap today, so she went to bed early and now we have 2 whole hours to ourselves...what will we do with that time? We just put Baby Orajel our part of our lips to see if it really works.....it really does. Now part of our lips are numb! Lovely! Wow, what other fun and excited things will we do?

50%

Well Miss Presley is average.....16 pounds and 26 inches long, both are the 50th percentile. She grew 2 inches in 2 months! The doctor was very pleased with how Presley is growing and the milestones that she is hitting. Of course she got 2 shots and was screaming and crying. She does have the best pouty lip and the big crocodile tears, that she can some how manage to get to sit right under her eyes without quite falling down her face. We were hoping at her 9 month appt that she wouldn't need any shots, but then they mentioned the flu shot! So looks like she'll be getting another one in 3 months. :(

1/2 birthdays

I'm a big believer in celebrating half-birthdays. In fact, mine is tomorrow if you would like to send me anything! :) And Presley will be 6 months old on Monday! Where has the time gone? She has her 6 month appt on Monday morning so I'll post her stats then, though in the ER last week she was 16.5 pounds.
Our 6 month old:

• sits up, though sometimes when she is reaching for things she goes tumbling forward.
• has found her feet, but doesn't seem interested in them most of the time. Unless, it is during her bath then she would like to submerge her head in the water to suck on them.
• rolls over like a pro
• prefers to sleep on her stomach....as long as she is breathing, she can sleep however she wants! Now we have to work on the sleeping thru the night thing...we haven't quite got that figured out yet!
• used her arms and feet and pulls herself around, not very far for very long, but she does.
• has begun to suck her thumb, it's so cute!
• has begun to have stranger anxiety! Isn't she too little for this?
• has eaten carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, green beans and apple sauce. She slept thru the night when she was eating carrots, so we'll say those are her favorite! Apple sauce was probably her least favorite....weird child.
• still loves being outside and her nightly baths

Presley's first vacation!

We took about 250 pictures on vacation, so I need to post some Presley pics separate from the Goodrich family pics! Here is Presley (6 months) with her cousin Ava (3 months)

Here is Daddy and Presley. I'm quite the photographer huh? :)

But Steve thinks he is a better photographer!

Miss Presley sitting up in bed. She slept in bed quite a lot on vacation, shame on us! But I love waking up to this smiling face! Best part of my day!

We took Presley to Arnold's Park one day, here we are eating some ice cream.

Daddy and Presley with Captain Steve, not quite as cool as Captain Morgan but close! :)

Family picture! ahhhh

Presley in her crab, the water was a little cold but she got used to it! Overall, a great first vacation!

ER and vacation! Great combo!

Well vacation started off great! Windy, cool weather right by a lake! Good thing we brought jeans and sweatshirts! We did have some nice days so we could be near and in the water, but I don't think it got over 80 degrees all week, and we got a couple good thunderstorms at night too! Owell, it was a lot of fun and great to hang out with the Goodrich family! I didn't stay up real late because Presley was NOT sleeping good, plus she kept grabbing her ears and had a runny nose!
Finally on Tuesday we decided to take her to the doctor...and of course there are no walk-in clinics in Spirit Lake, so we had our first trip to the emergency room. Presley's left ear was red and swollen and the right had fluid in it, so we got some meds and hoped for the best. She was good during the days but still had crappy nights! I'm sure she didn't like sleeping in an unfamiliar place, or maybe she is teething....or maybe she is just plain crabby!
Here is a pic of some of the Goodrich family fishing.
and part of the "Goodrich Survivor Game"...stacking cans in a pyramid on a windy day! It was fun to play and watch, some were even creative enough to add sand or water to their cans so they wouldn't blow over!

and below is the frog catching contest, I was eliminated this round because I won't touch the frogs! They caught so many frogs and fish that Friday night we had a fish and frog fry! The fish was good, but again, I stayed away from the frogs!

and the ever-popular Musical Chairs, it was entertaining to watch the adults dive into the chairs!

The sunset from the beach! Pretty huh?

Some of the kids got 'tattoos'! Drawn by Steve in ink.

and of course some boating, swimming and tubing!

and in addition to all the fish and frogs, they also caught a lot of tadpoles and a turtle!

Here are a couple of the fish from the last night! and Grandpa Jerry has a good fish story about 'the big one that got away!' :(

Here is a good pic of all the grandkids. From 18 years old to 3 months old!

Two more cute Presley pics

Daddy and Presley getting ready for bed with a bedtime story! I love watching them! Aren't they cute!
I thought this was too funny! I went to get her out of bed and was greeted by little baby butt crack! :)

the smell of new carpet.....

Well, here is a picture of our old bedroom carpet...see that light colored piece in the middle? Yeah that was the color of the carpet under the closet door hinge....the color the carpet was supposed to be!!! How gross is that? Barf.
Here is the family room getting ready for a fresh coat of paint.

And the bedroom where it meets the family room, see the nice large stain on the carpet in front of the night stand? Yeah, that's been there since we moved in....and even after we cleaned the carpets!

Now look! Ahhhh....how nice!

Ahhh, nice, clean room! We don't want to move anything back in! I love the crisp, clean look. But let's not kid ourselves...dust will cover this room in the next week and I'll go back to bitching about how I hate the dark furniture b/c you can see all the dust! Owell, life goes on.