Reedsport

Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving were free fishing days in Oregon, so we headed over to spend the weekend in Reedsport with Dave and Gayle. We enjoyed the time together and some nice weather at the coast. Dave and Joshua went fishing Friday and Saturday. They tried out some crab traps that they could cast with their fishing poles, and on Saturday they caught a keeper! 

That meant we got to enjoy a delicious crab with dinner Saturday. We gave Mary some of the crab, and she loved it. We headed back to Eugene the following day after a late lunch/early dinner.

Thanksgiving

Mary celebrated her first Thanksgiving in style.

 We got to host the big day for the first time because Dave and Gayle decided to come up to Oregon for a couple of weeks. They stayed in Reedsport, but came over for the day on Thanksgiving.

 We managed to all squeeze into the kitchen to work on preparing food together.

  It wasn't our intention to have a menu that wasn't traditional, but that's how it ended up. We had autumn bounty stuffed pork, baked beans, spinach and butternut squash salad, Brussels sprouts with pecans and honey, stuffed pumpkin, cranberry relish, and cranberry sauce. It was fun to work on everything together and then enjoy all the delicious food.

Mary discovered it was a lot easier to slide around if she got on the kitchen floor.

Dessert was much more traditional with pumpkin and pecan pies and Tea of Good Tidings. All in all, it was a fun, festive day.

Six Months

Mary is halfway through her first year! She is becoming increasingly mobile. She can roll across the floor and turn around on her belly and is surprisingly good at getting around and reaching things she thinks look interesting. A few times recently she has held on to the edge of her blanket and taken it with her as she rolls, wrapping herself up as an adorable little burrito.  

She cut her first tooth last week.

One of her common tummy time activities is alternating between a superman pose with her arms and legs straight out and off the ground and then a push up where she gets her torso off the ground and holds herself up with straight arms. She goes back and forth between the two positions repeatedly. She has also started getting her knees under herself to achieve a crawling position.  

 She is increasingly interested in new things, especially if she can put them in her mouth. 

She likes playing and having her belly tickled.  

We love our sweet baby.