Growing, growing, growing

Lots of firsts this month!  Brie started eating rice cereal and Taelyn started swimming by herself underwater!

Brie doesn't really seem to be a fan of spoons yet, but it has only been a couple of weeks and quite frankly, it may be the fault of the bland rice cereal!  Have you ever tasted that stuff?  I can't say I would be eager for my next meal if that was being served!

Taelynstarted swimming without floaties about 3 weeks ago.  She loves swimming, so much we are seriously thinking about getting a pool in the next few months.  Her enthusiam, coupled with this ridiculous heat, makes a couple great reasons for putting one in.  Also, having a pool gives people another reason to visit us!  :-)

Other than that, we are all doing good.  Chad is keeping a watchful eye on his vines, as it looks like we may be having an early harvest this year - again, thanks to the extreme heat.  Let me know if you are interested in helping pick this year and I will put you on the email list!

June Already?

I am not sure where May went.  It seems like the last time I took pictures was at Easter and then its like I lost my camera.  Nonetheless, I did manage to take a couple pictures of the girls over the weekend.  A super cute one that was Taelyn's idea is the one I decided to post.  I always lay Brie down on a blanket to take her picture, since she isn't old enough to sit up on her own yet.  Taelyn thought it would be cute to lay down next to her for me to take a picture of both of them - I have to agree!  :-)

Refugees

So, we have added a couple refugees to our family... at least temporarily.  Clucky and Plucky are staying the in vineyard for a few weeks while they go through rehab and grow new feathers.  They belong to our neighbors who have several chickens and once these two had "wounds" the others pecked at them and they could not heal.  They are a fun addition to our yard and Taelyn loves to collect the eggs everyday - nothing better than fresh eggs!  I was a bit worried that Butter and Trout would try to attack Plucky and Clucky, but after a couple days they were left alone - thankfully!  Butter is most interested in getting to the eggs before Taelyn does!  Luckily there is a gate on the vineyard and Butter can only get in when we let her.

Rodeo and Growing Baby

We went to the Austin Fair & Rodeo this past weekend and had a ton of fun.  As always, Taelyn loved the petting zoo.  She also enjoyed dancing to the music on the lawn.  Brie slept during most of the activies, but she is definitely getting bigger!  She is 10.5 lbs now at 9 weeks.  Hard to believe she has already ganined 3 pounds since her birth.

One Month Pictures with Big Sis

We got Brie's one month pictures taken last week - has it already been a month!  Time really flies when you are constantly just feeding and sleeping.  We had fun taking pictures and Taelyn got in on a couple as well.