Solid Food

Morgan was started on solid food this last week. Developmentally she seems ready and she has stopped sleeping through the night because she's hungry (a shock to her mom because prior she was sleeping 8-10 hours!). Last Sunday she started on rice cereal, and today she got to try yams. After she figured out what was going on we couldn't shovel food in fast enough! She even grabs onto your hand or the spoon to help. We know it won't always be so easy but for now she's a great eater...and hopefully she'll starting sleeping through the night again!

Leavenworth, WA

Brandon, Morgan, and Heidi spent a couple days in Leavenworth, WA, a fun town modeled as a Bavarian village. We did a 4-mile hike along Icicle Creek, wandered around the town and shopes, and enjoyed some great German food. I really wish we could have recorded a soundtrack of Morgan's hiking experience; she was making so many happy noises and seemed to really enjoy walking along the creek and through the woods!

Bridge over Icicle Creek

Where's Brandon...checking out the water, of course!

Brats, kraut, and local beer at the Munchen Haus

Fall

While in Bellingham, WA we helped rake the grandparents' leaves. It was a perfect opportunity for a spontaneous photo shoot. I wish we had taken a little more time for posing but we still got some cute pictures.

Visit to the Great Grandparents in Washington

We took a week vacation and took a road trip around Washington to visit Brandon's grandparents on Orcas Island (San Juan Islands) and Bellingham. We also tacked on a couple days in Leavenworth, WA to the end, but you'll see those in a separate post. It was important to Brandon to get some four generation photos with his grandparents. It was a lot of driving but Morgan did really well. She had an unhappy period of time on the way to Orcas, when her play time of day would normally be, but otherwise she slept or entertained herself. On the way back she was awake from La Grande, OR to Boise, and at about Ontario, OR she started squealing and laughing for no apparent reason. This is notable because previously she had been trying to laugh but hadn't quite figured out the correct way (it was more of a breathing in and choking sound). During the trip Morgan also remembered how to roll from her back to her tummy, after not having done it for a month. After she remembered how you couldn't keep her from rolling over. Unfortunately (for her), fortunately (for us) she hasn't figured out how to roll from her tummy to her back. Overall it was a great trip and nice to spend a week with Morgan.

Great Grandma and Grandpa McGuire

Four Generations

Hiking on Orcas Island

With Grandma Hobbs on the ferry ride to Orcas Island

With daddy on the ferry

With Grandpa Hobbs

Great Grandma and Grandpa Hobbs

 

Four Generations

Road trip

Playing with daddy

Bubbles!

We were taking Morgan's 4-month old pictures and she was more into blowing bubbles than smiling. She is getting more and more expressive, and she likes to make noises and blow bubbles. We just love that cute face!