first beach

2007 07 28 beach time

daddy had fun showing me the beach he has played on while growing up at grandma and grandpa's house. the water was really loud.... i think you call them waves. they are suprising and fun all wrapped up..... i will have to go back to the beach because everything was just so new that i hardly had time to splash splash. i started sucking on my fingers and just was taking it all in...... my fingers are pretty cool. everyone should have fingers. they are always there when you just need a moment.

daddy's birthday weekend

2007 07 28 scotts bday tawas

it is finally time to venture off for a nice long ride with meredith..... off to grandma and grandpa's house on lake huron! wow did we have some fun times with grandma and grandpa! meredith did really well and enjoyed all her new surroundings.

bbq

2007 07 22

we did some family visiting at grandma and grandpa's. it was a perfect opportunity for meredith to play dress up in her cow outfit. someday we will tell meredith about how grandpa grew up on a farm and how he milked cows.

first swim

2007 07 21 first swim

this is the moment that i have been soooo looking forward to and although i had to do it in my bathing suit...... i'm still sharring! that is because meredith is just so cute and we all were so pleased that our little fish didn't show one bit of fuss over her new experience! grandma and grandpa's pool was just a tad cool but meredith thought it was fun to dress in her pink bikini and 'splash, splash.' she is looking forward to going swimming in lake huron now...... what a fishy!

great aunts

2007 07 20

it was nice to do some hangin out with some great aunts today! these are two of mommy's aunts and they had fun going to my first restaurant today tooo.... for thai food!

daddy's little cow

2007 07 14 little cow

it was so fun to see daddy and meredith play out in our pasture! we went on a nice walk afterwards. it is adorable seeing daddy wear meredith....... and he will even wear her pink wrap. meredith knows that her daddy is the greatest!

bubblegum lille

2007 07 11 lille bubblegum

she picked me

2007 07 08 self portrait

party girl

2007 07 08

happy 4th of july

2007 07 04 fourth of july

our little meredith was cute-as-could-be with her festive holiday outfit on the fourth of july! she had her eyes wide open for all of our eatin' and partyin'!! uncle mike says she has changed since he has seen her last..... meredith is developing more character. little meredith is more smiley and seems rather social with her coo's and slobbery grins :) you can see from the pictures how she likes to stand to play.

yes, meredith was interested in the fresh fruit...... hmmm wonder where the watermelon was when she was on the table? she wants to get her little hands on anything that she can reach. then she immediately offers her mouth the tasty suprise! she was so quick with the fruit, she must have known that mommy and daddy say she needs to wait before she can REALLY eat any. awwwwww mom and dad!

grabbing things

2007 06 29

circle of friends

 
6-25 at mom's group

out of all these cuties, meredith is the one with her hands in her mouth, red white and blue flower dress and spiked hair!

we are lucky enough to belong to a mommy and baby group that was organized by the hospital. this is truly a gem of an idea! we have just a few babies in this photo, but there are about 10 of us in the actual group and our babies are all within one month of each other. right now our group leader is in charge of arranging classes for us to take as a group and so far they have been really informative........ but we all know that just getting together every week to share our own tips is also now a necessity!

first time at jake's house

2007 06 23 arundels

now meredith is not the best 'traveller' yet but we ventured off to cousin jake's house and she had a blast! meredith likes to hoot and holler from her carseat like a professional...... hmmmmm like a professional baby! we have been sugar-coating our travels with some pearl jam music and some bottle feeding to get her in the groove. it is not a fail-safe plan yet, but she is still teaching us and she is just learning that falling asleep in the carseat is a cool thing to do too.

once at cousin jake's house we feasted and played! it was fun to see jake, grandma, grandpa, aunt kerry, uncle joel and kitties. meredith got to do some rolling around and learned about building awesome train tracks with the guys. it was even fun to take a nice long walk to one of jake's fav places for sure....... the playground!

fingers 4 me

2007 06 22

tiger lily

2007 06 21 tiger lily

tummy play

2007 06 14

my jumperoo

2007 06 09 jumperoo

my greatgrandparents

2007 05 25 great grandparents

like a cloud

2007 05 19

lap time

 
5-16

first mothers day

2007 05 13 mothers day

my papasan chair

2007 05 10

more swinging

2007 05 08

my first sling

2007 05 04 sling

my new swing

2007 05 04 swing

cousins come to visit too

2007 04 29 jenni allison kelly

akiko visits!

2007 04 28 akiko

2007 04 26 grandma grandpa foss

yay! grandma and grandpa foss come to home from their travels to meet our little sunshine meredith! she loved all of the attention and cuddles!

pony! pony!

2007 04 16 pony

wow! ever since i wore my pink cowboy boots, grandma and grandpa have been saying that i needed a pony too.... and now magically i have a pony! poof! thank you grandma and grandpa for spoiling me! i know, i know what you are thinking. i am too young for a pony...... but if you can tell anything from these pictures you can see that i have been dreaming of this little pony and we both just get along fantastic! maybe i can ride the pony when i get older???

easter with grandma and grandpa

2007 04 15

i am 7 weeks old and grandma and grandpa shooks are spoiling me with another easter celebration! i got some nice treats like this cute bonnet. grandma is so excited too so here are some pics of us living it up! i think that they missed me when they were gone for a few weeks in texas......