First plane trip

Daddy and John in the Dallas airport during our layover
Mommy and John waiting for our flight out of Reno

John had his first plane ride this past week on our trip to Jacksonville. He did amazing and was a really good traveler. Despite the warm planes and having a 2 hour mechanical delay in Dallas he was a trooper and got many compliments from other passengers and shared lots of smiles with those sitting around us!

Visit with the Alexander Family

Ashlynn and John
John getting kisses from Jasmine
Ashlynn, Brianna and John
Love Ashlynn's smile!
Ashlynn, John, Kalyssa and Brianna

John and I had a great visit with Ginette, Steve and the girls...let's plan a get together again soon!

More great visits!

Check out all these beautiful blue eyes!
Linda Lou and Baby John - thanks for a great visit Linda!
Good times with Auntie Joy - so much love :-)
Happy boy
Complete excitement...love this picture!!!
Ready to get moving...
Enjoying a visit with Aunt Jane

Standing

Look Daddy...I am standing all on my own!
Hanging out at the table with my teething apple

John's first meal

Mmmm...avocado!
More mom...it's yummy
Avocadolicious...
All ready to eat...
John's first food - avocado

John had his first food today. He had a serving of organic mashed avocado and loved it! He was a good eater and stayed relatively clean...so cute to watch him!

We're in escrow!

Mommy and John at the front door
Our new house from the street
Guest room - yahoo...an extra room for guests!
Master bedroom with French doors to a private deck, a master bath with his and her sink and his and her closets:-)
view from the street (and upper deck)
Big fenced back yard...it is a 1/4 acre lot! Deck, stone patios, water features , plenty of room for John and Calie and tons of potential!
Kithcen - we are planning to redo
Dining room
Living room
Another view of the living room

Our 800 sq ft house has been feeling very crowded with our new addition and all the baby things...so we began searching for another house within the past few months with the market being so great. We are excited to share that we are in escrow on a bank owned property in Truckee (Glenshire). It is a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath 1,611 sq ft house with a oversized 2 car garage (storage...so exciting) and a great floor plan. It is on a quiet street and has a wonderful front yard, back yard and good views to boot!

Six months old

John and Erin
John chillin in his carseat
John and Tom
John's first high chair experience
John feeding himself a snack on our way out the door
John loves Sophie (his teething giraffe)
A midday meal on his 6 month birthday...mmm...delicious
Mommy and Daddy got my footprints on paper :-)

John turned six months old on Friday. He is a thriving baby boy and everyday he makes us smile. Over the past month he has really fine tuned sitting up, rolls over in bed and now loves to sleep on his tummy, scoots across his playmat (primarily backwards) is continuing to teeth (no teeth yet...), dances when he is standing, grabs his toes and sucks on them, is standing with the support of the coffee table or our legs, loves to rock from side to side in his bumbo, laughs when we laugh and loves to talk with us. John thinks that Calie is hilarious and loves it when she licks his toes and when he gets to pet her. He also feeds her treats with a huge smile on his face. He is recognizing signs and continues to LOVE books.

John's first 4th of July

Hanging out with Micah...our first visit of many to come!
John and Grandma walking at the beach
We spent the day at the beach and then walked the art fair...Happy 4th of July!
The beach is so much fun
John and Daddy
John gazing at Lake Tahoe...such a beautiful place to live!
Mommy and Grandma
Hanging out at home before fireworks on the 3rd!
Happy boy!

We watched the fireworks from our deck. Once John saw the fireworks he was in awe and just chilled out watching the bright lights and looked amazed by the loud booms. It was a wonderful first 4th of July!