MI renaissance festival

Ah, and here it is. Our second year (and probably last) attending the Renaissance Festival! We found out after last year that there was a fairy house building competition and all entries got two tickets to the festival. Of course Adam, being who he is, dove into planning an extravagent fairy house, while I, being who I am, drooled at the thought of saving 40 bucks! So, what ensued was a great time together in planning and building the house and saving money! Of course it was also lots of fun looking for our house once we got to the festival. But, now that our family is growing, I'm beginning to realize that the festival may be a bit too risque for a family outing. Oh well. We shall see.

Apple Charlie's

Better late than never in posting this, right? We cannot forget the first time our little Colette went to Apple Charlie's! This year was a huge bumper crop of apples. Last year was one of the worst, this year was the second largest in like a hundred years or something. So, as always, we had to go apple picking. We picked a weekend when Micah and Suzanne were visiting and all headed out to the orchard. You got to see the animals, help us pick apples, we got our cider and donuts (but no cinnamon sugar b/c they were out due to the large crowds), fed the fishies and ducks, and danced to the oldies band. It was a good day.

Half a year old!

Oh my goodness my precious girl! Tomorrow you will be six months old! I just cannot believe it. You have grown so much over the past several months. Your physical growth has actually slowed a lot and you're turning into quite the petite little thing, but everything else is progressing beautifully. You are so ready to be a big sister. You sit up, roll over both ways, eat bananas, sweet potatoes, prunes and oatmeal, you laugh and talk and smile, you focus so deeply on the little details around you, you love to jump and bounce, you are just such a whole person unto yourself and it is incredible to see. As you grow older, it has been interesting to watch your personality grow and develop. While you are pretty happy most of the time, you have been becoming a little whiner as of late! Sometimes even when you're sleeping, your dad and I can hear you whining. You love people though-whether I take you to mass, to the mall, grocery shopping, or to a friend's house, you flirt with everyone in sight, dying for attention! Fr. James Mangan, a friend of ours, is very astute in picking out people's temperaments and he is pretty sure you are a melancholic. We are so excited to continue to see the revelation of all that you are! I wanted to post these pictures from when you turned three months too, to show you the change.