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Seven Month Update

Via is seven months today.  She can sit very well.  She is becoming quite the roly poly baby.  Some time in the last 4-6 weeks she has become a thumb sucker and it is super adorable.  She has also started sleeping on her tummy.  As soon as we lay her down in the crib on her back she flips right over before falling asleep.  During the day we hear a constant song as she sings out, "Da da da da.  Ay yi yi.  Theh theh theh."  The "thehs" are more of a whisper and sometimes she also whispers a sort of "s" sound.  She's definitely the cutest baby on the block and now that it's warm out and we are meeting the neighbors she is constantly being showered with compliments.  Right now her favorite food is peaches, and she kind of giggles the whole time she is eating them.  She is working on mastering the pincer grasp and loves to feed herself puffs.  They almost always make it to her mouth, but Mila has established a good spot under her highchair in the event that she misses.

Today also marks the three month anniversary of living in our house.  We are definitely enjoying home ownership, and keep an ever-expanding list of to-do projects.  This weekend we rolled up our sleeves and  got a lot of work done in the yard.  Jasmine even planted a garden.  Mile absolutely loves having a yard.  She is either chasing squirrels and birds or she is sunbathing.

Yesterday we tried our fourth church in the area as we still have not plugged in to a church community.  I really enjoyed Valley Creek Church.  It is an Assemblies of God church plant and they are currently meeting in a school.  The environment reminded me of a certain other Assemblies of God church plant where I fell in love with my darling husband seven years ago.  I believe we are going to go back next week to check it out again.


As new homeowners Menards has become a frequent stop.  Via helped us pick out a new shop vac.

Enjoying our yard.

Me and my baby girl taking a shameless selfie.

Little thumb sucker.

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