Playing with cousin Luke.

Meet some of my friends.

These are some of my long time friends, Brooke and Mike. Brooke and I met way back in Jr High in gymnastics, been friends ever since. This is another long time friend. Melanie. She loves Serena, and Serena loves playing with her and her glasses.

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Mitchem

This is a new ride toy that Serena loved that mom and dad have at their house. Bath tub pictures are just cute!! We take big girl baths at grandmas....she has soooo much fun.
Serenas first tractor ride with Grandpa.....he is so proud! Little Miss enjoyed the ride and didn't want to get off, but there were no smiles....just a very serious look! Driving a tractor (lawn mower) is very serious business.
Playing with cousin Luke. He is hours of entertainment for Serena.
Serenas first time with mashed potatoes...she loved it, but made a HUGE MESS!!

Our last Swim Class

This is a video clip of Sean swimming with Serena. We used a plastic egg to help her learn how to kick and move her arms in the water. It worked very well. She LOVES the water!!

Learnimg how to Stand

Using furniture as a barrier for our mobile daughter worked for about 2 weeks. Now she can break through the barriers!!

Now that our darling little girl can crawl....and fast....she is pulling up on everything trying to get those darn legs to work better. Here she is with daddy standing up.

More outside pictures

We play outside almost everyday...so more pictures of Serena being cute!

More zoo pictures

Mothers Day

My beautiful baby girl! A wonderful breakfast Serena prepared with some help from dad.
We spent the day at the zoo. It was a lot of fun and all the animals were out, but Serena wasn't that interested in them.

The day ended with an amazing dinner of crabcakes, lobster tail, green beans, and texas toast. All prepared by dad.

Crawling everywhere!

The video is of Serena crawling to me because she wants picked up so there is a lot of whining to go along with the crawling.

Saying BYE to Foofy

Foofy flew half across the country to Portland OR on Saturday. We said our goodbyes for 6 weeks. I'm happy to report that she did make it to Oregon on the looooonnnnggg flight and is now living with Seans parents until we get there.

Getting things off the 2ed shelf

Sitting on the Pot

We gave Serena pots and pans to bang around on, it took her a minute to figure out what to do but she soon had the hang of it. She finds eating the pots just as much fun as pounding on them.

Family Photo

Figured it was time to post a picture of all of us!

Me and my kitty

Our Foofy will be flying out to Portland this Saturday and staying with Seans parents (thanks Carmey and Larry) until we get out there. Its a scary time for me, I hope nothing bad happens to Foofy on the long flight. She will be reciving some sedation prior to the flight but I'm sure it will be stressful for her. Who is Serena going to crawl after now???

Party Party Party

There was a mexican fiesta at work the other day to honor our friends Joe and Jennys marriage to eachother! It was sooooo much fun hanging out and playing with everyone. Serena did so well, no fussing at all. Here are some pictures from that wonderful day. Congrats Joe and Jenny.

Snack Time

Our precious little girl has had some hard stools lately so we have started giving her a couple ounces of water with her snack everyday. I decided to give her a sippy cup of water and see how it went....it was great, she did wonderfully. SO, I went out and got her another sippy cup (other than the one in the picture) that has handles and a silicone spout...its a transition cup. She loves it!!!

Out on a hot and humid day!

This picture is for grandpa Mitchem....just hangin out chewing on a piece of grass! And of course, in the swing some more.

Pulling up,

Now that she has figured the crawling thing out she thinks its time to start going for things on the higher shelves. She now likes to rip papers from my books under the coffee table and pull her books off the bookshelf! She is getting so big so fast!!!

Bath tub cutie

Serena loves her baths, she usually sits up in the deep end and plays for awhile, but lately she has taken to lounging in the tub!

The new house

Well, this morning Sean and I signed our lives away and officially closed on the house in Woodburn, Oregon!! Now we really need to get our house in Kansas City to sell.....anyone interested????? Ok Oregon here we come.....We will be there the 27th of June!
Last night we had Emily and Russ Pearson over for dinner and had a wonderful meal thanks to one of Rachel Rays Recipies!! It was great fun hanging out with them...we are really going to miss them when we are gone! I forgot to take pictures, but oh well.