Catching up...the rest of August

August

Elaine and I were sick almost all of August with a summer cold, which was kind of miserable. At least Mike was spared.  He has been working very long hours on site of the project he's currently assigning to.

At nine months, several there were a lot of exciting things happening:

• She began getting into cabinets
• Got her first boo boo on the head (two actually - one from falling and one from a hit in the head from another kid at daycare)
• Had beans and rice for the first time
• Went to her first Phillies game and tailgate
• 8/19 She stood by herself at the window sill looking at the bubbles bottle and shimmied over to her stool
• She also started "gliding" along furniture
• Reacted to saying "splash splash!" "bang" or "shake"
• Began army crawling
• Started pointing!
• Has been waving for a while

It's just so hard to put that little
smiling face to bed sometimes

She does a lot of sleeping...

 

Asleep at the homebrew store

She is now getting into things
on the coffee table

Smiles for Daddy

I found a great toy at the thrift store
that she loves

Enjoying Daddy time on the weekend

Helping Daddy pack

Her first Phillies game

Happy baby

We had a blast at our pool party hosted
by our apartment complex

Another favorite toy from the thrift store

We got to visit with the Colliers.  Elaine enjoyed
playing with (and racing against) Mark.

We had a fantastic "Call to Holiness" retreat with our church.  Mike and I were both asked to speak.  It was such an inspiring and educational experience.  Some of the topics were:

Evangelical Catholicism - what is election and vocation?
Rediscover Catholicism - applying the Works of Mercy to everyday life.  (See my handout here!)
Responding to the call to holiness - religious vocations

She had a hard time at the retreat - she would not take a nap.