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aunt mandy.....she loves her aunt mandy

she is holding her bottle at times

this is xavier...posey's first little friend

they really liked each other...reaching out and grabbing each other's hands and putting them in their mouths :) it was so cute to watch!

snapshots from our week in michigan

this is gary pelsue's long lost twin, rob peel. he swam like a fish at hope college in michiganback in the day. 

happy posey in the jacket uncle davey bought for her the week it was in the 60's for the highs.

delicious

i made this....i think it is an almost perfect ice cream cone.

Poor little PoPo has started teething.

She has diarrhea with every bottle. I'm not sure if that is all due to teething or not. Bless her heart. She is biting everything she can get her hands on and drooling all the while. I can feel a couple of bumps in her mouth and i hope that her teeth will break through any day now.

On a personal note, I am so glad that our traveling will be coming to an end soon. I have grown weary of answering the SAME QUESTIONS over and over.

-"did you adopt her?"

-"what's her name?"

-"awww.....how old is she?"

-"where is she from?"

(And let's not even talk about cafeteria food. :( )It will be so good to be at home amongst people who do not think we are famous or celebrities. It is an odd feeling to be perceived that way. I'm just me!!!! Soon we will be back in a living space that has real furniture and privacy and days chocked full of routine and regularity. I won't know what to do with that.

p.s. mia lost her first tooth.....the new one is coming in and dave asked her if it had a name....she said "peewee". that girl is crazy.

Well, Posey had her 4 month check up last Friday! 

12 lbs 4 oz.

23 inches long

She's almost two feet tall! Ha! 

 In the last two weeks she has started doing lots of new things......

She can...

-Stand up (with our help of course)

-play the "ahh, ba,ba,ba" game with her mouth

-reach out for things (i.e. your face, her toys, drinks)

-balance on aaron's hands either sitting or standing ...scary but real cute.

Sweet moment: The other night i was laying on the bed with her and she was really calm and sleepy. I could tell she was ready to fall asleep so I started singing to her.  It's a sara groves song that i've heard a couple times...."and i have seen the most amazing sights/in my travels on the earth/moonlight hanging from the canyon heights and other things of matchless worth/ but next to you, all of the beauty seems so plain/ you would think i'd never seen a beautiful thing"  She stared right into my eyes the whole time I was singing and when i sang the last line, she smiled this sleepy smile at me.  mmmm....too sweet.

catching up

Posey got to visit with her aunt, uncle and cousins!!!! She also got to see Poppy and Nanny!! These are some pictures of the visit!!!! Mia asked how PoPoCoCoBean was doing? She also likes to call Posey, "Posey Jeans".  Posey was taking a nap the other day and Mia said, " Is Jeans still sleeping?" 

I really like those names.

Other nicknames---The Schwee Schwee  (Rhett calls her Schwee)

                               ---Po Po

                               ---Goo Ja Goo Ja Goo

                               ---Posita

                               ---PoSeeSee

                               ---PoPoZee

                               ---Pozeesa

                               ---Milk Dud (that's Kyle's)

Don't ask how we all came up with those! But it sure is fun!  

Something funny about mia: she wants to be rhett. :) It is so cute! Mom said that when the kids are pretending to do a concert....Jackson is Aaron and Mia is Rhett. She pulled out a little wooden game board that has knobs and pieces that move around.  She set it in front of her and "ran sound." awesome.

Mom was here for one week to help watch Posey. We had a lot of fun and it was great to have her around for a little while.  Posey fell asleep sitting straight up nestled into Mom! She sure does feel comfy with her Nanny! So sweet. 

Well, it's been almost an entire month since my last entry.....travels make for busy times.  We are having lots of fun! Posey is really chuckling now! She buzzes her lips together, tries to eat her hands and has started drooling! 

Tonight she lit up when she saw this other little baby. she smiled at him and then she reached out and they gave each other their hand to chew on!!! It was so precious! 

I will return with some pictures of the last few weeks!