Melania at story hour at the library. Playing and singing "Toss the beanbag." Another game. Getting a stamp!

Sleepy baby girl.

Tub time - almost 7 months. Orange kitty does everything a real baby does!

A few recent pictures!

Warning: Wordy post only - no pictures.

An update without pictures this time as I can't seem to find my "connect the camera to the computer" cord. Mishayla had her 6 month appointment yesterday - a few weeks late. She's 18.13 lb. and 28 and 3/4 in. tall; the 70th percentile and 99 percentile respectively. Still on track to be a basketball and volleyball player. She was a good sport about her shots, and she did a great job showing off her sitting skills for the doctor. Mishayla can hardly wait to crawl. So far, she gets up on her hands and knees, then faceplants into the carpet. This does not go over so well... Melania is a busy girl. She's learning to keep her pull up dry at night and during naps. Happily, she is having some success in this area! She is a happy girl, always singing. Melania has entered the phase where she feels it is OK for her to tell adults (primarily Mommy and June) what to do. This morning as I was leaving for work, she says, "Be a good girl, Mommy. Stay dry. No wets!" I did my best to comply. We are planning a trip to MT during the final week of June. I will attend Manhattan convention with most of my family. The plan is to also pull a UHaul trailer and at least get started on the moving of stuff. It should inspire me to further condense my belongings. The house continues to be slow to sell in the current market. I feel pretty confident that it will sell, but I am no longer sure that I will break even. Bummer, but what can you do? The weather here has just been miserable. The news is referring to it as June-uary. Wretched rain everyday. I saw a joke today for the perfect sunscreen - just move to Seattle. It seems to be working for me. Also, a good way to become Vit. D deficient. OK, if I'm talking about the weather, I'd better wrap this up. Comments welcome, but I'm not expecting any given the fact that there are no pictures, and I am a major lurker who fails to comment most of the time myself. (Wednesday admission secondary to guilty conscience!)

Flickr Mosaic

Here are the photo credits. 1. Wanda Gaze Longing, 2. Girl with bread - Pakistan, 3. US-12 West Distance Marker, 4. Pink Petals, 5. Lowe Sepia, 6. the light seems too bright before my morning mocha..., 7. La Isla de Puerto Rico, 8. Bittersweet Chocolate Cheesecake, 9. Still in love? I think so ; ), 10. Unconditional Love: A Mother's Love, 11. Capable...?, 12. when i was sixteen Okay, I am not getting to bed early tonight, because I was totally inspired by this mosaic game featured on SewFabMartha's blog. You make a mosaic that is 'you' using the following recipe! I am glad she read about it on Baby Anne Quilts . Here is an interesting link to alot of other Flickr gamers who made mosaics! The concept: a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker). The Questions: 1. What is your first name? 2. What is your favorite food? 3. What high school did you go to? 4. What is your favorite color? 5. Who is your celebrity crush? 6. Favorite drink? 7. Dream vacation? 8. Favorite dessert? 9. What you want to be when you grow up? 10. What do you love most in life? 11. One Word to describe you. 12. Your flickr name *** It is a good idea to read the Three SneakyBugs security warning before you make your mosaic! Then, have fun with it! Thanks, Martha!

Borrowed from a blogger friend...

The link no longer works. It tells me, "This garden is illegal." Oh well, it was fun while it lasted, and I already know that I am a sunflower.

Mishayla - rattle