Ch-Ch-Changes!

Lots has been going on at our house! We haven't had a night in about 3 weeks that we aren't running around until about 9pm and our weekends have either been packed with weddings, parties, or we've been out of town. The house has become quite the disaster zone and I'm looking forward to having a weekend to finally get organized. To say last month was a whirlwind would be an understatement.

The month also brought a great deal of changes at our house as well! I made the decision to leave my position at Planned Parenthood. Leaving Planned Parenthood is definitely bittersweet. It's an organization I strongly support and I'm proud of all we've accomplished in my four years! I know that even though I'm leaving my position, I will continue to stay involved in some capacity.

On Tuesday I will begin a new job at a wonderful foundation, Abbey's HOPE.

Abbey's HOPE is an amazing organization founded in honor of Abbey Taylor. In 2007, six-year old Abbey became entrapped by the drain in a wading pool.  After nine months of hospitalization and surgeries including a multiple organ transplant, Abbey passed away. Abbey's hope was that what happened to her would never happen to another child. In her name, Abbey's Hope Charitable Foundation works fiercely and passionately to safeguard kids, both in and out of the pool, against preventable harm.
 

I'm truly honored to become part of this incredible organization and look forward to starting my new role!
 

6 months!

Ok, so I get an F for blogging these past couple weeks. I've been meaning to write this post for almost a month, but things have been a little crazy at our house. I feel like I haven't had a minute to sit down (more on that later), but for now here is Crosby's 6 month post.

Crosby,

This post is actually almost a month following your actual 6 month birthday, but Mommy and Daddy have been running around like crazy. Sorry again for the delay!

Can't believe it's been six months since your birth! It's flown by! While we were on vacation we spent time flipping through the photos on my iPad and can't believe how much you have changed! You are turning into a little man!

You are still the happiest baby I know! You are always smiling and laughing. You also are so easy going. Like I've said before, you have definitely spoiled us and your siblings are destined to be quite the handful :)!

You've accomplished a lot this month! You can roll over, sit up on your own, hold your own bottle and also are loving rice cereal. You are going to start eating more foods this week and I can't wait to start making food with the baby food maker!

You've become a bigger fan of baths and love splashing in the water. Dad and I am thinking of signing you up for swim lessons this summer because you are loving being in the water so much!

You've also become quite the talker and have started making the sounds Pa, Da and Ba a lot. I'm thinking that means that  some form of dad might be your first word and have been saying mama about 100 times a day in hopes that will be your first word. Time will tell!

You are still a huge fan of Sophie, but plastic bottles, my necklaces and sunglasses can also keep you occupied for quite a bit of time.

Each day you continue to amaze us and bring us the biggest smiles!

We love you and promise we'll be better with the monthly updates!

XOXO,

M & D

Fun with Auntie!

Like many of you know, Colin and I went on a week's vacation in the Caribbean last week. We both missed Crosby terribly, but my sister was great and sent us a daily email update with so many adorable pictures that it made our time away a little easier. From the updates and pictures, Crosby had nothing short of a great time with Auntie! I think both were sad to say goodbye after the week was over. Here are some great pictures from their week of fun together!