Marley's First Easter

The Edwards Family!

Too Precious!

Marley!

What a sweetie!

Now this could be fun!

So tasty!

Nana, Papa, Marley, Parker & Ellison

We had a great Easter! We went to mom and dad's to eat lunch not only to celebrated Easter but Dad's birthday as well. Then Jason, Kriston & Ellison came over along with Adam, Angie and Parker late afternoon. It was such a beautiful day. We got to be outside and were able to sit at the dock for a whlie. This is the first time all 3 grandchildren (Marley, Ellison and Parker) had been together and it was so much fun. Marley really liked giving Parker kisses! Since the girls are still so young and Parker is able to move around everywhere it was rather hard to get a picture of all of them, but the ones we got were great! We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family and enjoyed spending Easter Sunday and celebrating dad's birthday with them.

Marley & the Easter Bunny!

Marley did great while taking her picture with the Easter bunny! Even though you can't tell it by the picture she was a happy girl! There was just so much going on around her that there was no way we could have gotten her to smile at us much less look at us. She was looking everywhere - she is very observant. At least she was a happy girl and even though still so young we were able to have her picture taken with the Easter Bunny on her first Easter! What a cutie!

Happy Girl....

I just wanted to share the above pictures with you and give you a quick Marley update. Marley absolutely loves playing. She has gotten to where while playing in her gym; she will play with a toy with her hands and at the same time she will be playing with another toy with her feet - you can definiltey tell she knows exactly how her feet and hands work now.

Marley has also started rolling over from her stomach to her back and is almost there when it comes to rolling over from her back to her stomach. She is also sitting up by herself for a few seconds and she can also pull herself back up to the sitting position when she falls to her stomach (while sitting). She loves to stand up and to jump in her jumper.

As of now we have tried all the "first food" veggies and she did great with them all. She loved the peas and squash and seemed to like the carrots and green beans, but you could tell they were not her favorite. Now we are trying the fruits. Saturday was the first time she had eaten any of the fruits (apple sauce) and she did great. Before to long she will be eating baby food all the time!

Marley has also started laughing alot. When she gets really tickled she will laugh and then this high pictched squill comes out. I wish I could bottle up her laugh and keep it forever - she definiltey knows how to make us smile!

Marley goes for her 6 month check up on Friday so I will post her stats etc. on Monday! I can't believe she is going to be 6 months already. It seems like yesterday when she suprised us and was born! We truly can't imagine our lives without her! These past 6 months have been the best ever!

Oh so tired....

Marley now stays with Mom (Nana) on Tuesday's and goes to daycare "school" the rest of the week. We absolutely love Maryville Children's Academy and are so blessed that mom can watch Marley for us on Tuesdays. Well Mom was watching Marley and they were at the house when I got home from work. Needless to say, when Marley stay's with mom she is a tired little girl after their day of playing, strolling, visiting friends, shopping etc. They were sitting in the chair and Marley was so tired she just fell asleep. Mom and Marley sure do have fun when they are together as you can see from the picture above...oh so tired.

Little Miss Bunny Ears...

Marley is at Mom's house today and they are having so much fun. I had to share the pictures mom sent. Marley looks too cute and you can tell her Papa is having fun with her as well. I hope everybody has a great Good Friday and a Happy Easter!

Happy Birthday Papa

Sunday was my dad's birthday and it was such a beautiful day! We put Marley in one of her Wilson's Hot Rod Garage outfits and sent dad this pictures! Too cute!

I love peas!!

Little Miss Marley is growing up so fast! For about the past month, we have been trying to get Marley to eat rice cereal every now and then and let me just tell you - she does not like it at all. So I decided to see if she would eat something else. I went and bought some peas (which I had been told that most baby's do not like) and she absolutely loves them. She is such a neat eater, except when you are taking her picture and she decides to show you what she is eating. We are now trying squash and she seems to like them as well! She gets so excited when she sees the spoon coming towards her. She opens her mouth really big and moves her head forward to try and get it quicker. She is too cute! I am so glad at this point that Marley seems like she isn't going to be a picky eater. It is so much fun feeding her and watching how much she changes from day to day!