Kaiya- 7 months!

Month 6 just FLEW by! As she's growing she's developing a lovely amount of independence, which gives mommy and daddy just that much more time to not only get things done, but also to sit and watch her play, which is all sorts of entertaining and awesome. She babbles, studies her toys with intenseness, and follows Cooper around trying to steal his toys (because they're clearly better than any of her toys).

She's not quite "crawling" in any formal way, but she sure gets around! She does this worm like thing where her butt goes in the air, pulling her knees under her and then she slides forward with her arms, thus inching herself in a forward direction. It's pretty effective, if not pretty:)

She's learned to clap:

She started riding in her stroller like a BIG girl!

She went to her first Indian Restaurant (and even tried a mango lassi!)

Mommy made her some new headbands to fit her giant head ;)

She learned to wave, though she only really waves at herself (in the mirror)

She got her first toothbrush!

She got a big girl's high chair:

She finally snuck up on Luna quiet enough to inspect her feet:

She welcomed her new baby cousin, Madeline Maryanne Murphy:

She got her 6 month shots :'(

She learned that being IN her toy box is even better than digging through it!

She watched ALOT of football with Daddy:

She got to spend some time with her much loved Godparents:

She learned to drive. (Thankfully that's not true)

We tried to introduce finger foods:

And she was a chef like her Daddy for Halloween!

Our Trip to Philadelphia- The Mlynek and Wark Wedding

This has been an amazing year for weddings. Our "baby" brother Bo and Leah got married in Tennessee, Our great friends Kevin and Naina were married in Cincinnati and another set of amazing friends, Alan and Emily, were married this month in Philadelphia! I love weddings, but there's is something super special about watching loved ones get married. It's such an honor to be a part of such a special and momentous moment in a relationship!

John and I love Philly, but we didn't do much sightseeing this trip. We spent the entirety of our time hanging with friends, which is exactly the type of weekend we wanted:)

The wedding was simply perfect. It had all the parts you want to see in a wedding: great food, amazing friends, music you can dance to, and just enough tradition to hit on everyone's favorite parts but not so much that it seemed you were attending the same ol' wedding. There was a lot of love in the important details of the wedding, and all the frivolous stuff was left out. Simply put, it was perfect and the love between Alan and Emily radiated in every detail.

I could go on to describe all the moments of our weekend, or I could just show you, so I'll do that. I hope you enjoy my creative use of google+'s new editing functions; I certainly did ;)

Our ride to Philly went like this

Selfies in the hotel

can we say built in play-yard?

Godmommy love

The glowing bride and her parents!

I love this picture of Kaiya and John. <3

Husband and Wife!!

Besties.