Summertime and the livin is easy

Let's see, how do I feel about turning 8 mos old...my face says it all.

Sweet summer swimmers...I'm in the middle with the hat on...."now friends, let's avoid those UVA and UVB rays. Thanks for calling everyone to attention, G!"


And here's Mommy, on the left, working hard with her friends to help ladies at FXCC know the sweetness of the Lord. (registration for fall ladies' retreat) No, I'm not in this picture, I took the picture.

Thanks for visiting our blog, friends!

My friend, Nelson!

This is my friend, Nelson. We've been pals since the day we were born. Nelson was born 4 days after me. Even though I am older, Nelson has been a fast learner and is already crawling!

Nelson tells the funniest stories!

So Nelson, do you think you can teach me how to crawl?Fine, if all you're going to do is show off, I'm not going to watch!
Ok....how can I resist! Here's a little kiss but don't tell my daddy that I'm giving you kisses!

I am so glad that your my friend, Nelson! I'm looking forward to many more fun memories with you!!

Faith's 1st doll!

On Friday, we spent the afternoon with some of Faith's friends. Her friend, Bailey, has a special doll named "Baby Faith". She was kind enough to let Faith play with her. I've never seen Faith take to a toy so much. She held on to "Baby Faith" the rest of the time we were at Bailey's house. Bailey's Mommy, Mrs. Emille, said Faith could take her home with us for a couple of days. Bailey reluctantly but graciously agreed. We found a sweet little shirt that we thought appropriate for "Baby Faith" to wear (see pic). Faith continued to hold onto "Baby Faith" the whole way home. I thought it was the sweetest thing ever. Murray agreed and we decided to make a run to Toys 'R 'Us so Faith could pick out a doll of her own. I just love watching her hold her doll. She "lights up" when she sees her. It's the cutest thing ever!!!
This is how Faith holds her baby dolls...both hands on the doll's head. She's happy as can be!

Faith, Daddy and "Baby Faith" outside Toys'R'Us.Here's Faith admiring her own baby. We decided to name her "Libby".
Faith and "Libby", Friends Forever!!

No more tears!

Well, our sweet little one is now an "independent sleeper". Thanks to Dr. Ferber, Faithy now goes to sleep on her own. We were told this would take 4 nights but being the "advanced learner" that she is, Faith mastered this skill after night #1! Our first night was ROUGH....I nearly caved in but Murray encouraged me to let her figure this out. It took her 1 hour to stop crying and fall asleep. On the second night, Faith nearly lept out of my arms during our nighttime routine so I said a quick prayer for her and put her in her bed and left. After about 5 minutes of playing she went to sleep....with no tears at all!!! I tried our new sleeping plan this afternoon during naptime...thinking there's no way it would work b/c she never sleeps longer than 30 minutes unless I'm holding her and I am sitting very still....but I went through our "routine" and again she tried to get out of my arms so I put her in her bed and left. Not a peep out of her for nearly 2 hours!! Wow!! Tonight makes night #3 and we had another tear free night! Why did we wait so long to let her learn to fall asleep on her own?? (the books say you can start around 4 months but sometimes kids aren't developmentally ready until 6 months). Well, we are believers in Dr. Ferber's method. I hope that typing this post doesnt' undo all our progress!!!

P.S. We haven't been able to post any pics for the last several weeks. One reason why I haven't been blogging much. Anyone else having trouble or have any suggestions on what to do???

Special Visitors Part 2!!

Grrrr....after NUMEROUS attempts, I couldn't get blogger to post the rest of the pictures from my sister's visit IN JUNE!!! Sorry Faulds family for the lenthy delay. Here's the rest of our recap (without pics). We REALLY enjoyed your visit!

Monday, June 26th: We called Grandman and sang Happy Birthday! We went to the indoor pool at our neighborhood rec center because the rain wouldn't go away!

Tuesday, June 27th: We went bowling! I watched Aunt Kimmie and the boys throw lots of strikes and spares!

Wednesday, June 28th: The rain finally stopped!! But the damage was done....we had planned to go see some dinosaurs at the Smithsonian but it was flooded and there was no power inside so they had to close the muesum. Plan B: We went to Splashdown Waterpark instead. It was so much fun. My cousin Anthony rode down some really big slides by himself and made it all the way across the lilly pads by himself. He's so amazing!!

Thursday, June 29th: We went to Hershey Park and Chocolate World in Hershey, PA. Daddy got to join us. It was a lot of fun. I rode the choo choo train and watched the boys ride rides. My favorite part was the simulated tour of the Hershey Factory. We got a yummy treat at the end!

Friday, June 30th: It was time to say goodbye. We had so much fun, I hated to see them go. Aunt Kimmie had a hard time getting home (her tire blew out about half way home). She was a trooper though and made it safe and sound. We were so glad!! Thanks, guys for the great time!! I love you so much!! Baby Faith

**Stayed tuned for my next post and learn about my 1st trip to Toys'R'Us to purchase my new favorite toy!!