Go, Baby, go!

Maria started crawling on Wednesday, just one week after turning 8 months old. Here we go!!

So proud of our baby girl!

Eight Months

Again, I am a few days late posting Maria's 8-month update, but it's never too late to post pictures of this adorable face! I just love this picture of her! Now that she is 8 months old, I realize that we only have 4 months until her first birthday and it seems so surreal. Each month has gotten easier for Tim and I and each month we enjoy her more and more. She is developing such an amazing personality. Right now she is extremely close to crawling, but she gets around well by scooting and crawling backwards. She entertains herself plenty by playing with toys on the floor and trying to reach things she shouldn't have! Just 3 days ago she started saying "Mamamama" and it was the sweetest sound I've ever heard! "Dada" definitely came first, so I'm relishing every "Mama" I hear! We have been trying some new foods lately too, like banana puffs (which are hard for her to grasp still) and tonight she tried some grated mozzarella cheese and seemed to like it. She is a great eater. I'm looking forward to giving her yogurt because I love it so much. Pretty soon we will be past this whole baby food thing and it seems like we just started. Tim and I couldn't be more proud of our little girl. She is seriously a joy to be around!

Happy Easter

This Easter was wonderful and especially so now that we have our beautiful little bunny to celebrate with. I should clarify that I'm talking about Maria, but Oliver makes a pretty cute bunny as well! My mom was in town visiting, so she joined us for church and took plenty of pictures of Maria in her Easter dress. Tim suggested we buy her a dress and then also picked it out himself, which made it all the more special. We ended up having a delicious dinner that night of ham, asparagus, homemade rolls (Mom, Kathy's recipe!), deviled eggs, scalloped potatoes, and apple crisp. Our friend (and neighbor), Sara joined us for dinner as well as my cousin, Tyler who is a freshman at WSU. What a celebration it was. We are so thankful to know and love our Savior, Jesus Christ! We're also thankful that He is risen and He is coming again!