I love the weekends!

Notice Madeline's new earrings. She likes to try to feed herself. She definitely needs a little more practice before she will be proficient with that one!

She is doing really good with her walker though. She can go forward as well as backward now. She will back up when she gets to the carpet and turn herself around to go back the other way across the kitchen.

RonJon needed a little help getting up this morning!

Madeline loves playing (and drooling) in RonJon's hair.

She sits up pretty well on her own now.

Bo giving Madeline some love.

Cutest Baby

Madeline turned 6 months on the 14th and finally was allowed to go in the pool. The doctor discourages it younger than that due to tender baby skin and pool chemicals. She seemed to really enjoy it.



Daddy's Little Girl!

Madeline is already showing signs of being an animal lover.

Sorry that it has taken me so long to post new pics. I don't seem to be able to pick up internet at my house anymore and there are only so many things I can accomplish on my work computer. It seems a little tempermental about what things I can do here! RonJon went back to MEPS last Friday and got his waiver for his blood pressure. The only thing left to do is sign a contract and get dates to leave for basic. Maybe some time this week we will know. Madeline is doing well and is now switched to formula, baby foods, and cereal. Rachael heads back to school this week to get her last two classes needed for graduation in December. I am just hanging out here at Shelby trying to figure out my best course of action for coming off of orders in January and returning to civilian life. While I am quite ready to quit wearing these combat boots for a while the thought of returning back to "normal" after all this time is quite a daunting thought. Taking lots of leave between now and then to get myself prepared. Jennifer is doing ok at Ft. Bragg. Being a pretty female in a place with that much testosterone is sometimes a pretty daunting task, but she is hanging in there. Her 20th birthday was Monday. Geez, where did all the time go. A grandbaby, my "baby" in her 20's!! How did I get this old??!!

Paso Fino

Most of the week pretty much sucked. Tuesday I went to the foot doctor. I started getting treatment for the plantar warts and also discovered that I have something called Neuroma's. It's a growth of nerve tissue. It causes my third and fourth toes to go numb and makes the ball of my foot burn. It also makes it feel like there is a rock in my shoe. It's been happening for years. I just never knew what it was. They are treating the warts with an acid solution and they gave me injections in the top of my foot to help calm the nerve growth. My feet were bandaged all week and definitely didn't fit into my boots! I was really glad to take the bandages off today. Next appoint a week from Monday. Wednesday morning I woke up with a cold. I spent the rest of the week blowing my nose and wishing I could take a nap. I had to work Saturday morning. Sunday morning I finally woke up feeling a little better so I decided to go to the Deep South Paso Fino Horse Show. The horses were gorgeous. It was so neat to hear their four beat gait on the sound board. I wish I could go see their National Competion in Perry, GA next month. The week definitely ended much better than it began.

Monday Already

Road trip. Haley lounging on the way to the house in Jay.



Bo "smiling" at Haley!

Madeline up on her hands and knees. She inchworms to reach whatever she wants. Won't be long at all before she is crawling. At her five month checkup she was 19lbs 6oz.

I can't believe it's Monday again all ready. The weekend was definitely too short. I got off of work on Friday in a thunderstorm. I was just too tired to try to make the trip to Jay in the storm so I decided to wait until Saturday morning. I got up Saturday and got motivated. I mowed the back yard in Hattiesburg, washed dishes, did laundry and cleaned up around the house before heading out. Saturday was Rachael's birthday. Happy 24th! I got us some Chinese food for dinner and we had a red velvet cake for dessert. Sunday morning I mowed the front yard in Jay. Wish I could have gotten the back yard done too, but it just got too hot. It will just have to wait until the next trip. RonJon looks really good. He has been working hard to get back in shape and get his blood pressure down for his next trip to MEPS. Hopefully all of his hard work will pay off by the end of this week.