Loving Family Time

The month of August was bitter sweet. We had a wonderful time visiting with Tim and Jennifer and its always sad to see family leave. We had some difficult decisions with child care, major yard work and a cold to battle. I was fortunate to have a stay vacation for 2 weeks which was perfect timing. During those 2 weeks Justin and I re-sodded the front yard (well he did all the work with day labor helpers). Coral's first cold didn't pass so we ended up putting her on antibiotics for a sinus infection and she now only has a cough still lingering (total of 3 weeks). I never knew that babies first cold was such a long process, but I guess it has to happen at some point in their life and we have been luck thus far. It was actually good timing since Justin and I were home to comfort her during this time.

We finally decided on hiring a nanny to come to our house to watch our little angel so that we no longer have to wake her up at 4am on my shift days. She seems to be very happy now that she is on a much better schedule and she can hang out with her fur buddy Rusty. Justin and I have also armed the house with cameras so we can now view her 247 ;o)

We had a wonderful visit with my brother Tim and his wife Jennifer. Despite some rain storms we had a blast on the boat here in Jacksonville and up in Amelia Island where they stayed for the week. We visited Cumberland Island and got to see Ft Clinch from the river side.

Coral loved her Uncle Tim and his beard, she couldn't stop touching it.

Daddy's little Boat Captain

Coral is getting around "Doing the Worm"

She LOVE's her puppet, Thank you Mima "Gail"

Coral Is On The Move

We have had an exciting few weeks in Corals development with new found determination to get things that are out of her reach. She is a VERY determined little girl ;)

We also had our first encounter with a clown at the Riverside Arts Market.


On the not so bright side we had a trip to the Dr for her first cold today ;( They put her on some antibiotics and will see her in a week for a follow up and shots. She is surprising still in good spirits despite the runny nose, sneezing and coughing. Mommy got a touch of whatever she has so we are more than happy Daddy is home to take care of his girls. She is currently 6months and 1 week old weighing 16lbs 7 oz and 27 1/4 inches long. The Dr said she is in the 90% for her height so we all know she got it from Justin's family ;o)

Corals 6month stat's

She is turning 6 months this week! Where has the time gone? She really has amazed us each week by learning so many new things. She found her voice last week and has already learned how to get our attention with it. She went to the Dr yesterday and weighs 15lbs 14oz. She has almost doubled her birth weight! She is as healthy as can be so we couldn't be more blessed. She gave her Daddy her first kisses just before he left to go back to work. I was a little jealous but so happy that he could take those memories with him back to work ;o)

She is starting to eat solids like banana's, sweat potatoes,and carrots. You can tell by the picture below she loves them!

She has learned to sit up very well as long as she is doesn't get distracted as you can tell Rusty is her new captured audience.

We recently found out how much Coral loves puppets and finally found one at a consignment sale. She has been an Angel lately now that we have her on a hypoallergenic formula and is growing so fast. She has been doing so well that we took her off her acid reflux medicine and has not had any flare ups so far ;)

She has been working really hard at sitting up and holding her weight with her hands.


She also has been loving her daddy time too ;o)


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Coral's first encounter with a puppet ;o)

Play time with Landon ;o)

4th of July

Our little girl is growing up so fast. She is now 5 months old weighing 15lbs 3oz and 26 inches tall. She grew an inch and gained a pound in one month so hopefully we are doing something right...hahahaha She has became a pro at rolling over and sucking on anything in sight including her toes. We have come to the conclusion she is teething with the gallons of drool and the chewing fixation that she has aggressively started doing accompanied with the white spots on her gum's.



Coral and I celebrated our first Independence Day together with our neighbors. They have a little boy named Landon who is 2months younger than Coral. She lights up when there are other children in the room. The animal pacifiers are so cute that I had to get Coral her very own pet Giraffe.