his half-birthday

We don't celebrate half-birthdays; I just use them as an excuse to flood the blog with photos from the last 6 months. Here are a few of my favorites since Gavin turned 3.

He loves dressing himself...

favorite hobby: playing on the "little computers" (iPad or Kindle)

Of course the biggest thing to happen in his life ever, not just in the past 6 months, is the birth of his sister. He's SUCH a fantastic brother; he's affectionate and loving towards Sophie, and we're extremely grateful! (And he's her favorite person by far.)

5 months

Sophie is still super-sweet, and we absolutely adore her! She's growing exponentially, too big even for some of her 6-month tops. Giggles are sparse, except Gavin can ALWAYS get her to laugh even when Jacob and I have been trying with no success. This month Sophie took her first airplane rides and has now visited 6 states. She's dangerously close to rolling over.

Hopefully this isn't TOO many photos of her... Is there such a thing? ;)

sporting the patriotic shirt for Memorial Day because we're not sure it will still fit her for the 4th of July...

always happy in the bath + this shot shows more of her awesome rolls :)

Easter (better late than never)

We had a great Easter weekend, especially the egg hunt and feast we had in Cincinnati. 

opening each egg as he went along--excited to find chocolate here

I'm sure she'll love the hunt next year.

cousin conference - over skittles

Sophie and her cousin James are only 5 weeks apart

Emily made this incredible hazelnut dacquoise. It was even yummier than it was beautiful!

Of course everyone dressed in their Sunday best for church on Easter. 

Sophie had a wardrobe malfunction during church--it involved bodily fluids--so she's wearing something different for the bunny ear pictures we took after church (below).

4 months

Sophie is 4 months old today! She's smiling more often, and we've even managed to extract a few giggles. But just a few. She sleeps like an absolute champion, which makes the days with her even more delightful. Here's the picture extravaganza from the past month.

She's happiest in the bath.

 She's just started enjoying sitting in the Bumbo chair:

 Plotting her next move...