Just some pics from everyday life

Rub a dub dub, chunky's in the tub.

Miriam LOVES Taten! No one can entertain her like him.

Wearing Papaw's hat.

We went to the park on the LAST warm day.

Aren't those some cuties!

No, she's not oxygen deprived. Somebody (rhymes with "Baddy")
gave her some blue popsicle. I guess we're not too worried
about artificial coloring and high fructose corn syrup. Hahaha.

This is her intense concentration face.

I already got my two front teeth,

all I want for Christmas is a spoon!

We spent a day making giant cookies. Fun stuff!

Jason's Tank

Our Nebraska trip and Jenny's wedding.

These are some of the pics from our trip to NE and my little sister's wedding. I didn't take any during the actual ceremony cuz Miriam was fussing, ans I wanted to enjoy what I could. So here's a few. And some pics from our trip, we had a good time.

Us, my little brother's wife, Bria and her daughter, Olivia. They

are the only grandkids on that side of the fam so far.

My dad and the happy couple.

Me and my brother and 3 sisters.

The complete Bade clan.

Us and my little brother's family.

Miriam, Aunt Grace and Olivia.

Yes, we're all still alive.

To all the grammas and grampas, we hope you'll accept our deepest apologies. We know it's been way too long since we've updated the blog. This summer has just been crazy busy, and the last 6 weeks were the cherry on the sundae. Well a lot has happened in our lives. Miriam is now sitting up on her own. She's loved having a tiny bit more independence. She now has two teeth. She drinks from a sippy cup all by herself. She started giving real kisses, she'll grab your face and pull it in as hard as she can an give you a big open-mouth kiss. It's so sweet. She also started playing peek-a-boo by herself. She'll hold the burp rag over her face (or just over her mouth, or one eye) then pull it down really fast and give a huge smile.
We just got back from an 11 day trip to Nebraska for two weddings, one was my (Mandy's) little sister's wedding... Jenny. I'll post some pictures from that soon. We had a pretty good trip, but we got sick while we were there. I am one of five siblings, and we all live in five different states, so we very rarely get to all be together at the same time. So this trip was wonderful in that respect because I got to visit with siblings I hadn't seen in years! It was great! I'll post pics.
Well, that's all for now. We're all healthy, happy, and looking forward to a slower life! We love you! See ya!

~ Mandy

Yes, we're all still alive.

No need for a bottle, mom... I'm big.

Chilling out with daddy, looking at the fish.

Rolling around on the floor with mommy.

She rolls off the blankie then cries.

Helping mommy open her birthday presents. She's too slow.

Look how big I am!

Beautiful young lady.

Miriam's very first half-birthday!

Miriam is 6-months old! I can hardly believe it. She is a very big girl... she weighs almost 20 pounds. Wow! We are still behind on our video editing, but catching up, so here's another one that's more recent, it's only a week old. She had just started making this funny face that day and I thought it was just SO cute. I also love on this video that you can see (at the end of the video) how she lights up when her daddy enters a room... so sweet!

Miriam Laughing at the Dog

This video is over a month old but we're behind on our video editing. Sorry. This is June 14th.

I LOVE GRAMMA AND GRAMPA!!!!! And aunt Grace!

Miriam and I (Mandy) flew to Detroit to visit my parents this last week. The flights were... frustrating, but the overall trip was SO fun! She absolutely LOVED gramma and grampa and aunt Grace! Grace had a gift for making Miriam laugh uncontrollably. Teething has taken it's toll on our sanity, but but we're getting through it. Jason is leaving tomorrow for one more week of camp, then he's back home for good. This summer has been hard with him gone SO much, but it's almost over, thank goodness! She's got her 6-month doctor's appointment next week, I'm excited to see how long she is and how much she weighs. She's a big girl!

Gramma Bade, Grace and Miriam

The two baldies

Silly girls being silly

This is her whiny face; not upset enough to cry,

but not happy either

She loves her blankie bear. She fell asleep
telling him a story. I thought it was so sweet.

This is another new face she's been making since she's been teething

She was looking up at Jason as he was talking

and she dozed off. It looked so uncomfortable!