New Photos

Hi Friends,
Since I have not been able to keep up with blogging or sending out pics, I'm sending out from 4-11months all at one time :). Just click the link below or copy and paste it. Hope you enjoy the pictures! We can't believe she turns 1 so soon, May 24th. Time really flies! Love you all!
Dale, Ash, and Faith

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6 Months

Okay, so I am really bad at this blog thing. This is exactly why I haven't even tried doing a baby book. Faith is over 6 months now and we are having so much fun with her. She makes new discoveries daily, which is fun to watch. Lately she started scooting, mostly backwards, by lifting her booty up in the air. She will be on her hands and toes-oh it is so cute. Her arms are stronger than her legs right now, which is why she goes backwards. But the last two days she has gotten a knee underneath her and moved forward. We REALLY need to get our house ready for her. We keep trying, but I think it's hard to feel important until it is essential.

She still loves it outside, even in the freezing cold. She gets so excited when the wind hits her face. She also dances. She's done this for awile, but now it is specifically when she hears music. She has this singing bear-well, we had it before she was here because it has Chargers on it :)- that she loves to dance to. When she's on her belly, she rocks side to side as it sings. We had a great Thanksgiving with Ashley's mom and sister. Faith loved getting to know her auntie better.

Our band recently started recording a new hymn Cd. We are very excited about it. Dale has wanted to do this for awhile, and it is great to get a chance to record with the guys. We are looking forward to our trip to California soon-we leave Christmas day. Hopefully we'll get to see a lot of you when we're there!

Video of Faith from 3.5 months to 4.5

Faith having fun at the pumpkin patch

We had an awesome time yesterday at the pumpkin patch. The air is starting to get crisp and Winter is just around the corner. It will be interesting how we navigate the cold and Faith's love of the outdoors.

Naked Time

We had a fun time this morning letting Faith have a little naked time. She's so cute! Also, these are the first pictures of her sitting up in her stroller. She kept trying to sit up in her infant seat, so I just decided to try it. She is so proud of herself when she's in there. It's obviously too big, but she absolutely loves it. And loves to go outside.

She's sleeping a bit better, which is wonderful. She talks so much more when she gets the rest she needs. And her new favorite thing to do after eating (and my favorite too) is to suck on my chin and jawbone. I'll have to try and get a picture of that.

Fun videos of Faith

4 Months Old

Okay, so I had really planned on updating this blog a lot more, but life has been a lot different than I expected it to be. For those of you who want to know all, I explain more down below. But for those who just want to see some pictures of Faith and hear how she's doing now, I'll give a little update. Today is her 4 month birthday. She has learned so much in the last two weeks, it's crazy. She went from not even being able to recognize there was something in her hand, to now reaching for what she wants, grabbing it, and sticking it in her mouth. Two weeks ago she hated tummy time-now we can't get her off her tummy. Every time we put her on her back, she rolls over. She is very excited about this and practices all the time. She even tries to do it in her carseat and bouncy chair. She loves to stand up & often tightens her abs to try to sit or stand up. She loves to put everything in her mouth, including her feet and toes. With the help of the Ferber Method she is now falling asleep on her own and taking naps longer than 30 minutes. Dale is really loving this time with her because she's so interactive. He loves to go in and get her when she wakes up because she's all cuddly. She's a lot of fun and it's amazing to see how much she discovers each day. She watches us eat-I can tell she wants to eat like us too :). And she is dying to put my water bottle straw in her mouth. It's fun to hear her laugh and make raspberries with her mouth. Anyways, lots of fun stuff now, and hopefully I'll be better at the updates since she's finally taking naps long enough for me to eat AND do something else :).

Here's the link to click so you can see a slideshow of the most recent photos. They are really out of order, but figured it wasn't worth sending them out later to have them in order :). In the ones where she looks bigger, she's older. :)

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