Happy girl

So happy to be pulling on her Mama's legs

Happy Birthday DaDa

Adventures in baby-fooding

Here is our first adventure into baby-fooding for JMC, butternut squash. A special thanks goes to my sweet friend from work, Nicole, for giving us the squash from her family garden. 

She doesn't really understand what's going on. She just knows her parents insist upon taking pictures of her with vegetables.

Semi-curious

Now she is really interested.

Very excited to get have this stuff cooked up and ready to be blended.

Judith Marie refused to have her photo taken with the secret ingredient, as a form of protest. Note: babies do not understand delayed gratification. Obtaining this (and in her presence, nonetheless) was seen as an act of betrayal. 

"You must know... surely, you must know it was all for you..." 

And voila! The finished product. We are excited to let JMC try one out in about a week. It's crazy to think that little Miss is going to be six months old!!

We'll keep you posted on how she likes it. 

Baby's first swing

Loved it.

Mommy-Baby selfies

Well, our sweet baby girl is FOUR months old, so in honor and celebration of all 15 pounds and 11 ounces of our little babe, here are some silly mommy-baby selfies from the other day--

What are men compared to rocks and mountains?

What are men compared to rocks and mountains?

(Judith Marie admiring God's splendor out her grandma and grandpa's window)

Happy harvester

Little Miss has been accompanying her father and me to the my dad's community garden plot more frequently since he's been gone for field camp. Sometimes she has trouble tolerating the heat, even though we go with all sorts of sun-blocking tricks. There's only so much sweating that can be tolerated! I hear that. However, she's done a pretty good job of enduring her inherited over-active sweat glands, so we're happy to be teaching her how to grow all kinds of vegetables. People probably think we're crazy to bring such a young baby out there, and even more crazy to take the time to tell her what each plant is called, what color it is, how it grows, etc. but I think she understands more than we know and ought to be "growing" even now in knowledge and appreciation of the foods she will one day eat. 

With the good batches of rain lately, most of the plants are doing very well. In particular, we've had some crazy zucchini growth. 

Here she is with a pretty normal sized one

And here she is (looking slightly overwhelmed) with a monster zucchini

Imagining she is tasting some of the delicious harvest

Sweaty mom and baby

Unfortunately we didn't snap any pictures of sweet Dad. Until she can pull weeds and sit up unassisted (haha) and all that, he's gotta do most of the work.