Speidie Fest!

During our visit to Apalachin, we went to the Binghamton Speedie Fest. Have you ever had a speedie? yum!!! We watched an amazing hot air balloon launch. We were able to touch the balloons and literally were standing next to them as they filled and lifted off. It was amazing!!! Totally worth the hot, long wait at the festival.





















1st school bus ride!

Watching Construction

Our neighbors are building an extension on their house. Daddy and I have loved watching all the work. Here we are hanging on the wall. We were watching 3 moles run around the hole.

Hanging with the cousins

Auden and Benji playing under the table on the deck
Anika snuggling Kayla.
Uncle Ilya playing with Kayla.
Anika, Mommy, and Benji. I'm becoming quite a swimmer! I'm jumping like crazy into the pool and even swam a few swims all by myself! I love love love the water!







Aunt Jenny and the blondies reading books!

We had a visit at Babi's house (Babi was in spain though) and had sleepovers with all the cousins! We had a great time swimming and playing. Aunt Jenny treated Kayla's head and Kayla started moving more, stretching her fingers more, and reaching with her right hand. By the end of the 10 days, Kayla was moving across the room!

Grandma Loving

Grandma and Grandpa have been popping in to visit. Here are a couple pictures of us snuggling with Grandma.

cuteness and hamming it up

It's all about driving cars with daddy!

How about this cuteness!

Miss Kayla Ann's 6 months stats:
17 lbs. 9 oz
25 inches

At 6 months Kayla can:
--army crawl (she started at 5.5 months)
--started to crawl with hands and knees
--is using her hands more equally
--has 2 teeth!

My first foods!

Mommy and Daddy started Kayla on some food about 5 days before her 6 month milestone. She loved it. We've done beans, peas, sweet potato, and carrots about now! Kayla even demands to feed herself.

Visiting with the Kaplans

Mommy's really really good friends came to visit us from brooklyn! Erin was mommy's maid of honor in her wedding. Erin had a beautiful baby boy, Patrick Aiden, in June! These pictures are of all of us hanging out at the end of July. We had such a fun time playing at the park and the canal. You can see Kayla was fascinated with baby Patrick. Meanwhile, my pal was their puppy Rauri. I wandered around for weeks saying "where's Rauri girl, where's Rauri girl." We hope to see the Kaplans again soon!




All of hanging on the canal.






What's a little beer between boys?

Hiking

We are bit behind in updating the blog. We've been trying to spend lots of time as a family. Here are some pictures from our family hike a couple days after we got out of the hospital. The Savino Family joined us as well! This trail is less than a mile from our house.