Wordless Wednesday

Mr. & Mrs. Hook

We were in KC this past weekend celebrating my cousin Amanda's wedding! It was a great trip! Mellany is becoming quite the world traveller and does so, wonderfully! The majority of the way she sleeps and the only time she becomes upset is when she is hungry. That makes the 6 hour drive much more enjoyable! Bo didn't make the trip this time since it was such a short trip; and it actually made it much easier to tend to Mellany in the back when needed. 

As to the wedding, Amanda was a beautiful bride and Nathan (her new husband) was all smiles. They had the most amazing unity ceremony I have seen and the church was just perfect! We had a really great time with family and friends that we don't get to see very often (and those that we do). The wedding was so much fun and we hated to see it end. Congrats to Amanda & Nathan (& their baby girl Chloe)!! 

Enjoying time with Uncle Brad....

...and Aunt Amiee

She so enjoyed the faces he was making at her.....she was "talking" like crazy!

Mr. & Mrs. Hook

My Great Aunt Ramonia so enjoyed her time with Mellany and wasn't giving her up!

Father/Daughter Dance....talk about tearful!! 

Dancing with the groom....

...and the bride!

With the Bride! Isn't she beautiful?!

Kristen and I (Amanda's Maid of Honor)

4 Generations....Mellany, Me, My Mom (Elaine), and my Great Aunt Ramonia (My mom's, mom's, sister)

Barrett Family Pic

Soaking up some daddy time

Hinshaw Side Cousins (Just missing 2)...we've really grown over the past few years (from 9 to 15!)

Jones Family Pic

....adding Bernie

The next time we head to KC will be on the 23rd for Christmas! We're really excited about spending a week there and soaking up some serious family time. Johnny and I plan to go out on a date night again and we are so looking forward to that. Until then, we are relaxing as much as we can and watching Mellany's daily developments. It really doesn't get much better than this! We are truly, truly blessed! 

2 Month Well Baby Exam

Mellany's 2 month well baby exam was this past Wednesday and it went great! Minus the fact that it was a 2 hour appointment and we received no explanation as to why the doctor was an hour behind (we were her first appt!), it really couldn't have gone much better. Mellany has grown to 9lbs 13 oz and 22.5 in long which is petite but measuring great! She received her first round of immunizations which of course wasn't the most pleasant thing, but she was a champ, only crying for a few minutes. (The nurse said that mom and dad did really great too lol) Mellany did bleed through her band-aids on one leg but other than that she was just a little sore......nothing that some medicine couldn't help with. She was a little fussier than normal a few days after the injections but I figured that was just because of the leg soreness where her shots were given. She also got a rash (red spots) on her bottom afterwards which could mean one of 2 things.....she coincidentally got diaper rash right after her shots (we've been going back and forth between cloth and disposable with traveling and such) or she had a reaction to one of the injections. We plan to watch for this the next time and see if it develops again.

It is very bittersweet to see our baby grow but we are really loving every minute of her development! We go back to the doctor in February for another round of immunizations. Here's to hoping that the doctor is on time and the injections go just as smooth!

Just a couple of shots I took before the dr came in....poor little lady had no idea what was coming! 

Wordless Wednesday

Some recent pics of our little lady and her daddy! 

Grandma Elaine's Visit (October)

Grandma Elaine came to visit in October and I realized I never posted the pictures from her visit....so, here they are.....better late than never right?!

Deep thought...

First Shopping Trip

Bo making sure everything is alright....