Oh, Happy Day

Carley will be 6 months on May 24th. She is getting dedicated at our baptist church on the 23rd. Our interim pastor, Dr. Paul Powell is going to do the service for us. It is going to be a very special day for us for a lot of reasons. Paul Powell married my aunt Marcia, performed my grandfather, George Truett Mason's funeral and also did my grandmother, Bessie Lou Mason's funeral two weeks after Carley was born! My g'mom took trips to Japan with Paul Powell & her church in the 80's. We feel honored & privileged that he can celebrate both deaths and births and dedicate our baby girl for us.

During my grandmother's service, Paul Powell so eloquently talked about how Maw Maw encouraged others through the passage of Philippians 4:13, which states, "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me", but she would personalize it to others by substituting "you" for "I" and "you" for "me". She always had a way about her that could open the eyes of others to see from a new prospective.

This is going to be an exciting day for our wonderful families and friends to come together with us to share her with our church family. Margaret & Tommy (MiMi & Papa T), Pam & David (LaLa & PaPa), Shannon (Aunt Sha Sha), Aunt Marcia, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, John Hardy Jr., Kate & Dave Iglesias (Aunt Kates & Uncle Dave-o) are all going to be present for Carley on the day of her dedication.

 

May flowers

Carley is FIVE months! As both Sean and I agree, Carley is at a fun age! We are understanding her needs more. Does she need this, this or that? She def recognizes both of us and that helps too. She is def her daddy's little angel! Everyday after he gets home from work, she laughs at his funny faces, his scratchy beard and his finger claws! I treasure their precious relationship and it makes my heart smile!








During this month, she has learned to sit up and use her core muscles to balance! As you know, babies change everyday. One day she was like a teeter totter and the next day or so she could sit up longer for a few minutes at a time! You can really tell she is proud of herself when she does something new for the first time. She also loves to stand with assist & hold on to the side of a table. She makes new cooing noises as she pats the table. Precious baby girl. She loves reading books and patting at the pages. MiMi and I are working on her numbers and she is counting to 4. She is army crawling, wiggling or sorta crawling forward (sometimes backwards), but mostly forward. She was doing a lot of rolling, but now it more she prefers squirming on her stomach as her mode of transportation.







This has been a very EXHILARATING month for Carley and forus too! Carley had her first cereal about a week before her 6 month bday! This was a remarkable day on a whole lot of levels bc things will never be the same as we know them to be before this day. Our baby girl is growing up and was ready for some real food. It was so cute to watch her take her first bites of runny rice cereal. We think that she ready before her mommy and daddy were ready. After the first funny, confused faces, she decided she really liked being fed with a spoon. She started opening her mouth like a little bird and leaning her head back as if she was anticipating more to be fed to her. She took it like a little pro! The next cereal a few days later was oatmeal, however she prefers the rice stuff. We are anxious to start fruits and veggies next!







 

Pic taken before Sean's cousin Amanda's wedding in Arkansas

We had a busy month with 2 weddings and Daniel's graduation! Woo hoo! No more school for Dan Dan, that we know of! Congrats Daniel!