Mae's BFF Lucy

To all of our friends and family who may or may not know the Hopkins', Josh, Sarah, and Lucy are the strongest little family. Lucy Kate was born with a few heart defects and had surgery yesterday to repair the damage, she is recovering in the PICU at Riley Hospital. My friend of almost 16 years and I have been through many things together, but this is the most difficult thing she has had to endure and I feel so helpless to her. All I can do is continue to pray for them and ask you to do the same. So please pray for Sarah and Josh to continue having the strength they need for each other and their precious little girl and please pray for Lucy to make a full recovery and to get back home soon. We LOVE you!

Mae is 4 months old!

I cannnot believe it's August and Mae is over 4 months old! Each day she changes a bit, so we never have a dull moment...
Some things she is doing:
-Rolls over from belly to back and sometimes back to belly
-Is VERY chatty, especially with her musical octopus (see older post)
-Likes to squawk at Mommy and Daddy, hitting the high notes very well
-Wants to go outside and go for a walk or play
-Watches people and is very interested in what they are doing
-Loves to chew on EVERYTHING!

At her four moth check up, she weighed 13.9lbs and was 25 inches long! She is 50th percentile for weight, but 75th for height...We just think she is awesome and we love her so much!

Mommy and Mae

 
I just figured out there are hadly any pictures of just the two of us......we both look like we could use a nap!

Lazy Sunday

 

Quality Daddy & Mae time on the couch

"Seriously, answer me!"

So Mae has become quite the chatterbox, especially when she is sitting in her high chair during dinner. She tends to get a bit fussy while we eat dinner, so we give her toys to play with. The following is just a taste of what dinner is now like at our house and I am sure will only get better from here on out with the introduction of food!

HAHAHAHA

The video is a bit dark, but it's her first laugh on record. If you need a pick me up during the day, I recommend watching it on repeat!

Three Months and Counting........

Time sure does fly when you are having fun...and have a three month old keeping you on your toes. I am a little late to post this because Mae has been three months old for two weeks now and it feels like she is ready to start college any day now! She has had a busy month: she rolled over for the first time the day after her three month birthday!! She has also become quite the chatterbox, in fact we took a trip to Chicago for July 4th and Grandma bough her a duck toy to play with. She had a great conversation with this duck while the rest of us had dinner..... I don't know if the conversation took a turn for the worst, but her little voice kept getting higher and higher and needless to say we were all laughing, except for cousin Genevieve who chimed in every now and then.
She has also been sitting up in her bumbo and highchair, but tries to pull herself up when she is laying on her back or laying in our laps...... she is going to be sitting up all by herself soon at this rate!