Bubbling Over...

Marley's personality has literally come to life in the last 2 weeks or so...and she is just overwhelming us (in a good way) with attitude, sass, giggles, SMILES, and so much more!  She has definitely become more independent, but along with that, she's developed a bit of the "where's mommy" sydrome!  Hehe!  When Trav walks in the door from work, I hand her off to him so they can have some cuddle time.  She is immediately looking around to see where I am going, sometimes even making concerned faces and whining until I reappear!  It's something that I'm sure I'll get sick of in later months, but for now I am loving the fact that she's really recognizing me as her mommy and showing me that she needs me!  Love, love, love that feeling!

Aside from the emergence of personality, Marley is ON THE MOVE!!  She started out slow...crawling/scooting across the floor at a snails pace.  Now, she's crawling all over the place, even away from me (as she giggles)...I can foresee that this will not be the only time I'm left chasing after her!  Ahhh, just a small taste of what's to come!  She's obsessed with cords, toys that aren't really toys (the remote control, cell phones, paper towels), and Sasha!  Needless to say, our weekend project involves baby-proofing the house because we have a very dangerous fire place and a glass top coffee table that I've been dying to get rid of for 2 years!  So, it won't be all bad!  Adios coffee table, hello oversized fabric covered ottoman!

Marley and Nama (my mom) at her baptism!

We're looking forward to the weekend...lots of fun stuff planned, and one week closer to Labor Day and another trip to the cabin!  Maybe our last time up there before Christmas!  Gosh, it sounds crazy to say that.  The fact of the matter is that we have so much going on over the course of the next 2 months that Thanksgiving will be here in the blink of an eye.  Don't want to think about that!  Yikes!

Here's what we're looking forward to this weekend:
1.  Marley's 8 month photo shoot @ the Arboretum with Casey!  Yay!
2.  Lesley's 30th Birthday party on Saturday night!
3.  Finalizing plans for our "romantic" getaway in mid-September!  We are in need of a mini vacation without the babe (even though we'll miss her)!

Appearance of the first tooth!

Good night everyone!