5 Months Old

This kid just amazes me. I've been struggling to get some decent pictures of her lately so I didn't really have high expectations that her 5 month pictures would turn out very well. I figured we'd have to try at least two different "sessions" with her to get anything workable. Nah! She nailed it on the first attempt. And she was in such a good mood. I am very pleased with how these turned out.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Someone has found her voice

This is pretty funny. Over and over and over. The tongue just cracks me up!

Baptism Day

For a while now we've been trying to figure out what to do as far as a baptism goes. We don't belong to a church, but we really felt it was important to have Megan baptized. When we got married, we hired a minister who came to our site to perform the ceremony. It felt like the right thing to do to contact him and see if he'd perform the baptism. When we called him, he said he often gets requests from couples he's married to baptize their children. With that, the decision was made to travel to his home church to have the ceremony performed. It would be a private service, on a Saturday morning.

Here are some photos from the service:

And more photos of Megan in her beautiful baptismal gown:

The dress was just beautiful. It's too bad there isn't reason to dress her up in it a few more times before she outgrows the dress.

What'cha Doing?

At the very beginning you can hear me asking her "What'cha Doing?" She goes on the tell me all about her day.

Megan's Big Day

Look closely. What do you see?

That's right. Megan got her ears pierced today. I have to say she did really well. Definitely better than when she got her shots. She cried, but it wasn't nearly as bad and didn't last nearly as long.

Here she was just before getting them pierced.  Oh yeah, did I mention she's teething and actually taking a pacifier now?  Only took four months to get her to keep one in her mouth for any length of time.  Must feel good on her sore gums.

On the count of 3.  1....2....3!

All done!

It's only been a few hours, but so far they don't seem to be bothering her.  She hasn't been tugging at them or anything.  Now mom & dad are responsible for cleaning and twisting the earrings three times a day for 8 weeks.

October 15 - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

We were an hour late, but still lit our candles to remember and honor our babies that were too beautiful for this earth. As crazy as our lives are with an infant, we still often think about our first babies.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a day of remembrance for all pregnancies and infant death which includes but not limited to miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, or the death of a newborn. It is recognized in the United States and throughout Canada on October 15th of each year.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is observed with Remembrance Ceremonies and candle lighting Vigils which coincides with an International Wave of Light with participants lighting candles on October 15 at 7:00 p.m. around the world to honor and remember our children.

For more information: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day or Remembering Our Babies

She rolls! 4 months 2 days

Finally all of her hard work has paid off. She's been trying so hard to rollover for the last few weeks and tonight she did it! Yeah Megan!

These were taken right after she rolled over. The first is a little blurry, but she looks so proud of herself. Not optimum shooting conditions, and trying to capture the moment!