Halloween....Part 2!

Halloween pj's on Friday night

I just had to get a picture of the back....

Our little ladybug

With my sweet little ladybug

Such a Daddy's girl already! (and yes, we are in the car, but no we would not let McCall ride in the front seat with out a seatbelt... just putting that out there :)  )

look at that face... how could you not love it???

Went to visit Sissy- McCall loves loving on her Great Grandma!

Looks like someone else wanted to be a ladybug......

Cousin Walker showed up in his ADORABLE outfit!

Cousin Tanner's first Halloween, also!

Cousins!!! McCall was very interested in watching Walker.

The Greggs (minus Wrigley)

Education Celebration!

The window outside of McCall's classroom

Our little pumpkin!

McCall's Ghost foot- so sweet!!!

The past week has been full of educational events/news in McCall's life. There are two events in particular we wanted to share.
One being the book fair to benefit McCall's school at Barnes and Noble last Friday. We were thrilled that the school made this opportunity available for the students and parents. A portion of the proceeds were to be credited to the school so they could purchase books for each of the classrooms. Davy and I love reading to McCall and realize how important reading is SO we were over joyed to participate. However, Davy was scheduled to work out of town last Friday, so I decided to venture to Barnes and Noble by myself (could you imagine me going with a 6 and a half month old?!?!?!?) and picked McCall up afterwards. Each of the teachers made wish lists for their particular classrooms, so we decided to make some purchases from that wish list and donate them to the class. We were so excited to be able to give back to the school that gives McCall so much! Also, I made some Christmas purchases for McCall! If I sound excited, it is because I am- I am happy to admit that I am a total nerd who loves to read!!!
The second educational news I wanted to share is about Aunt K(I often refer to Koehler as Aunt K on the blog-Koehler and I have been friends for years and she is more like a sister- hence the name Aunt K). Before I share the news, I am going to get on my soapbox (which you will RARELY see me do on McCall's blog) about teachers. I am a true believer that teachers are under appreciated, under paid and over worked. We have several friends who are teachers and see first hand just how much they care for their students and how much time and effort they put into their jobs. OK, soapbox over! Anyway, McCall is thrilled to announce that Aunt K was named Teacher of the Year for Leslie M. Stover Middle School in Elgin!!!! We are so proud of Koehler and all she has accomplished at Stover in the short time she has been there! Congratulations Aunt K, you deserve it and we couldn't be happier for you!
AND around June 1 of next year Koehler will be eligible for another award..... Mom of the Year :) Another big Congrats Koehler (and Hall)- we are so excited for you guys!!!! (and VERY excited that we can now talk about it- it's not me that is bad with secrets.... it's McCall ;) )

Happy Halloween....Part 1

This week has been full of McCall wearing cute Halloween outfits. Even though I think I have posted some pictures of this outfit before I couldn't help but post these from this morning with her new tights on- too funny and adorable!

FINALLY getting a good picture of the teeth!

It's Fall Y'all

Oh goodness... time is flying and McCall is not only now doing a "traditional" crawl (and at a very fast pace, might I add), she is also pulling up on furniture, people or what ever is close to her. This morning she had her first "crash" from pulling up on the furniture and banged her head on the coffee table= not pretty!!! Anyway...pictures of my sweet pumpkin from the past week and a half are below- enjoy!!!

Last night she fell asleep while I was feeding her...it was too funny.

Cousin Claire got McCall this Wake outfit and we thought it would be very fitting for her to wear it when they played Clemson last weekend :) Too bad Wake didn't get a W!

McCall makes the funniest faces!

M wearing her "fall" dress that her Grandma made her.

McCall now realizes when I'm taking her picture WHICH MEANS she now trys to take the camera from me while I'm still taking her picture :)

See? Almost got me.....

Probably one of my all time favorite pictures...my loves!

McCall in her Halloween dress- there is a really cute spider on the dress too, but I couldn't get a good picture of McCall without her covering it up. (also an outfit made by her Grandma)

Talking to us...

Again, after the camera....

6 Month Check-up (technically 6 1/2 months)

Today McCall had her 6 month check-up and got her seasonal flu shot. She was in the 95th percentile
(slightly over 27 inches long) in height (look at her taking after her daddy already...awwwww), has moved up to the 70th percentile in weight (16 lbs. 15 ounces-woooo hoooo!!!), and was between the 10th and 15th percentile in head size. Dr.Whitehead was very pleased with her progress, especially her weight (she's FINALLY starting to catch up to her height and getting some cute chubby cheeks and legs!). Anyway, the visit was very uneventful, which we like. Days like this make Davy and I realize how incredibly blessed we are to have such a healthy and truly happy baby. Oh, how we love our sweet girl- God is SO good!!!!!!!

6 Months Old!!!!!!!!

Last week my sweet little girl turned a half of an entire year old!!!!! Where is the time going?

At 6 Months she:

~sits unsupported

~moves (I would say crawl, but it's definitely not a traditional crawl-more like an army crawl or an inch worm- either way, you get the point)

~smiles and laughs a lot
~crawls at a slow pace (unless my blackberry is on the floor on the other side of the room. If that's the case, she will  crawl to the blackberry in .2776 seconds- hope this love of the phone isn't a sign of things to come....)

~still isn't loving the pacifier
~loves rice cereal and oatmeal
~has tried carrots, peas, and greenbeans (and LOOOOOOOVES them all)

~just got two bottom teeth (woooooo hooooo!)

~sleeps from 7:30 PM to 6:45ish AM

~her hair is coming in lighter and with curls :)

~will have her crib lowered this week due to the gymnastics she has decided to perform the past few mornings (almost giving her Mommy a heart attack)

These were taken on her 1/2 birthday- Happy 6 Months Old, McCall!!!

In her "teething bites" shirt

Her first pair of jeans!!!!!!

  

                                             Already being a little miss priss and checking herself out in the mirror :)

My two favorite people!!!!

At Andrew Love's 5th Birthday Party- too bad we didn't get a picture with the sweet birthday boy!

Mrs. Caren holding M

McCall got to meet Ella!!! Ella is my co-worker's, Kimberly, sweet 3 month old.

We visited the pumpkin patch Friday afternoon, but I didn't get very good pictures of McCall looking. Thank goodness we took Whitney to take pictures and so far from the previews they look precious!!!!

McCall and Hampton.

This picture makes me laugh- it totally looks like she is telling me something! :)

M after church this past Sunday.