Update on us

Bethany - I haven't been up to a whole lot, just getting the hang of this Mother thing. I spent a month and a half in Indiana this summer visiting my sister Amy, her hubby and their babies. I haven't seen them since December so it was nice. It was also the first time that Amy got to meet Miss Hadley. I had a blast over there, Wes was deployed so it really took my mind off of things. Since I've been back I have had some pretty bad sciatica pains (if you don't know what sciatica is, it's a nerve that runs from your butt down your leg and a pinch or something in it can cause pretty bad leg and back problems) I had to start seeing a chiropractor, but it's helped a lot. I still see him once a week because I still have a lot of healing to do.

Wes - He's just been working and spending time with us when he can. He loves being a Daddy and I love seeing how happy he gets when he comes home and sees Hadley everyday. He's not looking forward to going out to sea again since he will miss Hadley's first Christmas, but that's why I bought a video camera! I haven't been able to do a lot of things around the house because of my back and leg so he's been doing a lot of the cooking and cleaning.

Hadley - Wow! Where to start with Miss Hadley, well, she is 5 months old now. She loves to talk (coo) to people, and she's started giggling, it's the cutest thing ever! She loves to play peek-a-boo and patty cake. She's not very fond of tummy time, but we'll get there. She has started eating rice cereal and oatmeal, she doesn't like them by themselves, but if I mix them with something (rice with sweet potatoes or carrots, oatmeal with bananas or peaches) then she loves them! She's getting really good at using her hands to grab things and play with them. Her doctor's treat her like she was full term so even though she is 5 months they think of her as 4 months, but she's doing most things that she should at 5 months so it's not an issue. She's an incredibly happy baby, she doesn't cry a lot, I am super lucky to have such a good baby!

We took her to church for the first time a couple weeks ago and she didn't like the live band, but I took her in the Mother's room and she did fine. We also took her to the fair this week. She loved the lights and bright colors, she did not like the loud fog horn that went off everytime someone went in the ejection seat, it scared the crap out of her.

She loves to sit in her Bumbo and play with her toys, I'm excited for her to turn 6 months so I can get her a jumperoo, she loves to kick her legs and stand up so I think she will love it.

That's about it, that's what has been going on with us lately. We hope that everybody is well! God bless!