And we have lift off!

This has been a busy week full of firsts at the Scoggins house!  I noticed Mary Eloise had not been sleeping as well at the beginning of the week and just blamed it on teething, but took her into the pediatrician and found she had an ear infection :(  Poor gal, you wouldn't have really known it by the way she was hamming it up and showing her tricks to the nurses and Dr. Sester and playing peek-a-boo behind the exam table. She is feeling better now :) 

M.E. is also beginning to get into the school groove and her teachers say she is so sweet!  We were eating dinner at Del Toro ( a super yummy local Mexican restaurant) and a lady walked past our table and said "Is that Mary Eloise?" Startled and puzzled, I replied "Yes" and she went on about how sweet and cute M.E. is at school.  Needless to say, a proud mama moment ensued and then M.E. did her royal princess wave for her fans. 

As we rapidly approach her birthday, she is expanding her vocabulary and will identify some animals and their sounds and really sounds like she is counting.  Mary Eloise is also no longer taking a bottle!  A big feat I was nervous about was a quite seamless transition. She loves drinking from a straw now.  She loves her cups with a straw and will also get yours too!  A new food she loves is Jello.  She will squish it thorough her fingers, eat it with her spoon and hands, and  lick it out of the cup to eat it.  She has also figured out how to eat the Buddy Fruits or the squeeze pouches of food; I'm happy for this accomplishment because she really likes them, but would squeeze the contents all over and laugh when it would squirt out everywhere.

Our biggest and most exciting news is Mary Eloise is walking!  Saturday, she took a long nap with her daddy in the morning, we went to the pool that afternoon and then she came home and crashed.  Once she woke up from her nap, we played in the den and she stood up and walked to me from across the den!  I was super excited!  Then when I was preparing dinner, she walked from the den into the kitchen.  Jason had been out running errands and when he arrived home, she toddled over to the gate to greet him!  What a wonderful Father's Day present. 

For Father's Day, Mary Eloise gave Jason a new fishing tackle box and then a sweet hand print picture she made at school.  I'm pretty jealous of the sweet handprint because I don't have one, but I know she'll make more things at school for us :) I called my Dad to wish him a happy day and M.E. got on the phone and said "Hey" to him. So sweet; she loves to pick up objects and hold them to her ear like a phone (I guess she comes by that one honestly ;)  ) 

What a wonderful week we have had!  And please excuse the mounds of clean laundry in my pictures :/ (super embarrassed)

Drinking from a straw

Walking around the den

Yummy, yummy Jell-O!

Back on the bandwagon

Okay, so I have many excuses as to my 2 month hiatus of blogging. It seemed that for a while, I would sit down and begin to write and it wouldn't fail that ME would wake up and by the time I would return I would realize I was tired and stop and go to bed. So there are a few make up your own adventure for Mary Eloise blogs. I'm really going to try to be better. 

When you last read about the life and times of Mary Eloise, she was almost 10 months old- these past 2 months have been BUSY!  

Mary Eloise is about to walk- busy mommy! She can now stand up and bear crawls around if she is not being walked or pushing her baby stroller or the kitchen chair to walk. She took 5 steps by herself today-- such an exciting and tear jerking moment for me. Each day brings something new and fun. Mary Eloise is using more and more words and also points to what she wants. She can say about 15 or so words- dog, Mama, Dada, and baby are her favorites. She loves to get a picture of herself and hug and kiss it and say "Behbe".  This week she has begun to pick up objects and hold them to her ear and say "hey" and "heyo" (hello).

Fun times at the Zoo! (And quite worn out)

Saying "Hey" to the fish at Bass Pro Shops

Deciding what to have for dinner with Nana J

Visiting with my Great-Grampa Speir

I also have changed my work schedule.  Mary Eloise loved her time with Allison and Vivian, but with a new baby on the way for them we knew the time would come to an end and when we got the opportunity to get ME into a private Christian program, we were excited.  ME goes to Kingwood 3 days a week and is adjusting well.  She really likes her teacher and likes to play with the other children.  I no longer work evenings! I am working days-- I feel myself returning to normal (slowly but surely).  I miss all the time I did spend with ME, but I really do enjoy being home at night and spending the weekend hanging out and having fun, rather than trying to catch up on sleep.

Mmm, Oreos

My first day of School

Mommy's best helper

Fun Saturdays at Pepper Place

 Riding through the misting tent

I can't wait for all the fun that this summer will hold. I am enjoying having fun with my family.  I even squeezed in some fun time this weekend with my BPW friends at a fun summer dinner!  Hope all of you have a wonderful week!