Whew!

So here is our family update. We have finished with our summer travel - almost. We spent last week in Portland visiting with Matthew's parents and introducing them to Anna. Since she is 9 months old (tomorrow) we thought it was about time they met each other. I think with all the new people Anna has met this summer she is finally relaxing about only letting Mom hold her. She let Matthew's parents, siblings, and nieces hold her without fussing. When we were in Idaho a couple of weeks before she even let my great-aunt hold her!

The 4th of July is my most favorite holiday next to Christmas. This 4th we were flying to Portland and so I didn't get to do the usual celebration events. Luckily, my cousin Kari lives in the Portland area and invited us to their house. We had a lot of fun playing with her family and friends. Kari (the sweet girl) spoiled Anna rotten! Of course I still had to dress Anna in a patriotic outfit for her first 4th!

Although I (with Anna) may be going up to Idaho for a girls party (sister-in-laws and Mom while the boys camp), and we will be up in Idaho in September for my Grandpa's 90th birthday - it is better than traveling every other weekend.

We have Anna's 9 month visit on Friday. In Portland she finally broke down and started eating rice cereal and other items. I guess she decided I wasn't going to give up trying to get her to eat. So far she has had bananas, carrots, applesauce and yams as well as the rice cereal. Hopefully a couple of weeks of that has helped bulk her up so that the Dr. doesn't flip out about her size. We will let you what happens.

This is Anna trying food for the first time a couple of months ago. You can tell she wasn't too thrilled.