Cailin got to visit with her Great Grandma this past weekend while Mama & Daddy celebrated their anniversary. Her Nana, Poopah, and great aunts Linda and Carol also came over for a visit.

Cailin has been practicing standing a lot lately. She has gotten to where she can hold herself up if we put her hands on the coffee table. She just doesn't realize that she'll fall if she lets go and just knows that Mama will be there to catch her.

Cailin, Maggie, and Hudson had their playdate again last week and got to have lunch with all the girls from Lexicon. Cailin kept trying to smooch Magnolia though. I think she gets tired of slobbering on her own face all the time and thought she would try someone else's.

But they had fun rolling on the floor together

She likes to help me cook sometimes so I gave her a spatula to chew on

She got tired of playing in her playpen while I cooked so I brought her in the kitchen with me. She was so happy to sit there and watch me or the TV and chew on spoons or whatever else I gave her.

We went to visit our friends Morgan and Chris this weekend so Cailin had a chance to see them again, it had been a while. Hopefully they'll give Cailin someone to play with soon, wink wink. :)

Cailin will have a new playmate when she gets older since we've added another member to our family. Toby is an Australian Kelpie we rescued from a shelter. He's already become best friends with Bailey and Cailin enjoys trying to grab them when they walk by and they enjoy licking the spitup off her shirt or directly out of her mouth, mmmmm.







Cailin got to have her first playdate with her boyfriend Hudson last week. Her, Maggie and Hudson went to Mindy's neighborhood pool and played. They all had a lot of fun and wore themselves out. Hudson wanted so bad to play in the jumperoo and couldn't understand why he wasn't allowed to.

Cailin's Nana and Poopah came to visit on Sunday to celebrate Jeff's first Father's Day. Cailin was all giggles and had a lot to tell Nana apparently.

Later in the day, after Daddy finished golfing, we all went and played at our neighborhood pool, then enjoyed playing with Nana's new puppy and cooking on the grill. Cailin got to spend some good quality time with her Daddy and got lots of smooches.

Those cheeks are irresistable!

Monday, Cailin had her 6 month checkup at the doctor, even though she's almost 8 months now (Mama a procrastinator : ) ) She is 15 lbs and 25 inches long! The doctor said that she is definitely teething and her first little chompers should be popping through any time now. I guess her cute, toothless grin will soon be gone forever. She's setting up better and better each week and scoots around on her belly so crawling won't be too far behind now.

Today was very exciting, Cailin rolled over from her back to her belly while she was supposed to be taking a nap. I guess her plan worked because as soon as I saw her I ran in there with excitement and she got to get up early. Oh well, it's worth it for such a big milestone! She was all smiles and giggles but probably had no idea what she had just done. My little puddin' pop is getting so big.

We have had a really fun weekend. On Saturday we went to a different pool in The Woodlands and it was amazing. There were a ton of kids and really elaborate water slides. We had fun splashing in the shallow end and splashing Daddy in the face : ) She was looking super cute in her matching swim suit and hat. That night Nana and Poopah came over to hang out with Cailin while Mama and Daddy had dinner and a movie. On Sunday we went to dog park and played with all the puppies then spent the rest of the day relaxing around the house.





Cailin loves her acrobatics! It's a little hard to see in the video but she loves being flipped upside down. I think she's getting ready for her career as a gymnast...that or she'll just be really good at keg stands : )

We were hoping to get a really good video of her making a disgusted face the first time we fed her green beans and have something funny we could send into America's Funniest Videos...

...I guess not. She has pretty much eaten every food we've put in her mouth so far. I guess we'll just have to rely on her hitting Daddy in the balls one day so we can make it on TV : )

Memorial Day weekend was really fun. We went to our neighborhood pool for the first time and played in the water. Cailin really enjoyed it and had a smile on her face most of the time. But the girl likes her naps so we had to leave after about 30 minutes, but we came back later in the day for another 30 minutes or so. She got to see all the kids splashing and playing in the deep pool. Won't be long before that will be her. We took several walks in her big girl stroller so she could set up and see everything instead of being stuck in the car seat. She was very content and just quietly watched the scenery go by. She also got to meet several of our neighbors that she hadn't met yet and we all got to catch up on the neighborhood gossip. : )

Grandma bought Cailin her first big high chair now that she's eating more solids on a regular basis. She seems to love all the foods we've put in her mouth, even green beans! She's not too sure about water though but she loves taking a sip of Mama's sweet tea.

We were sad to see Grandma go home. Her two weeks here with us was a lot of fun! We took many, many trips to the mall and walked around the market square and we had a lot of giggles. We will be looking forward to our family vacation in July. Maybe Grandpa will get to spend a little more time with her so Cailin can get to know him too. She was a little unsure of who he was at first but she'll come around.

We decided to spend some time in our luxurious mini pool in our backyard. Daddy tried to sit in with her but as you can see he takes up most of the pool all by himself.

So Mama figured she could fit in it a little easier and we played with the baby toys and squirted Daddy and the dogs with water. It was a really good weekend except for Friday when we discovered two water moccasins in our yard. Hopefully they don't decided to come back and take a dip in our pool.

Cailin had an exciting weekend. She got to go to her first pool party for her cousin Cody's 6th birthday. It was her first time to ever get into a pool. She wanted to work on her tan so she could get ready for this summer at the beach but the weather didn't cooperate.




Her future's so bright, she's gotta wear shades! (That's right, I did it)

She loved her aweseome sunglasses and never once tried to take them off. Mama took them off once and she was almost blinded so we decided to leave them on for her. Our movie star : )

But she had fun playing with Daddy in the pool. She'll have a fun summer filled with lots of pool time, even if it's just an inflatable one in the backyard.

Her cousin Cody got to hold her for the first time. He's definitely a proud cousin and made sure all his friends knew that she was his little cousin. Her other cousin Cooper is still a little unsure of her but he's starting to come around. He's only two and is used to being the baby but they'll all play together one day.