9 month visit!

Shiloh went for her 9 month well baby visit today.  Doc says she looks good.  She is weighing in at 21 lbs and 31 inches long.   She is long and lean these days.  She can go wherever she wants and pull up on anything.  The game has changed at our house.  Long are the days of laying her down and her staying put!

I finish my last final on Monday then have the whole month of May off.  1 semester down and 3 to go.  This time next year I will hopefully be starting my new job as an RN BSN!

Grammy Came

Grammy came this week to help and it was absolutely wonderful.  She cooked some amazing dinners cleaned up this messy house, and most importantly played with Shi for hours and hours all while I was taking finals!  Whew...thank goodness for Grammys!

Buddies

Shiloh and Dierk have become best of friends.  Dierk is the first one in her room when she cries.  He also helps clean her up after a delicious meal :)

Pulling Up!

Stephen and I actually were able to document the second time she pulled up!  Baby girl is getting tooooooo big!

Christening

Shiloh and Stephen were baptized April 1st and the whole family came to town.  Mimi made her christening gown and did an excellent job.  Shiloh was so good during the ceremony too!  Enjoy the pics :)

Tickle Tickle!

Shiloh loves to be tickled!!!

Snipits of Shi!

Beach Babe

Stephen and I took Miss Shiloh for her first trip to the beach last week.  IT WAS WONDERFUL!  It was nice to relax, eat lots of seafood and take a nap everyday.  Enjoy the pics :)

7 months!

Shiloh is growing by leaps and bounds.  She is getting a little more mobile which scares me.  I left her in her bassinet the other day to step out of the room for 30 seconds.  I came back and she was standing up in her bassinet.  Not. cool.  Needless to say, the bassinet had to be taken down.

Above are her 7 month pictures.  And the video was taken this morning by Stephen.  Shiloh gets to come in our room on the weekend mornings and sleep in :)  Enjoy.

The bike ride!

All 4 of us went for a bike ride last Sunday.  The weather was in the low 70s and it was perfect.  Dierk used his walky dog which attaches to the back of the seat so that we don't have to ride and hold his leash.  Shiloh tried out her new bike seat and helmet.  Stephen would get going real fast and she would squeal with delight!  We rode close to 9 miles and needless to say Dierk needed to be picked up and put in the car afterward.  Shiloh sacked out for the last 4 miles.  It was so peaceful to ride the trails down by the Chattahoochie River.

Me and Dierk with his new "walky dog"

Also, here is a video of Shiloh in the tub.  Tub time is quite possibly the most fun time of the day at our house.

6 months

I cannot believe my baby girl is already 6 months old.   Each day she gets stronger and smarter and more independent from me.  Ok, I can't keep talking about that or I'll make myself cry!  Anyway, we went for our 6 month visit yesterday to have a check up.  Shiloh is 29 inches long and 18.5 pounds.  She is all length at this point...already sprouting some long legs like her daddy.  She sits up very well and has really improved her hand/eye coordination.

All is well at our house just extremely busy.  Nursing school for me is in full swing.  Our first round of tests are next week and thank goodness my mom will be here to help us through.  I am literally loving every moment of school.  What a difference it makes when you love what you are studying! I am also playing in a tennis league and enjoying that extra exercise. Stephen is doing great and busy as ever (which is a good thing when you are an independent contractor!)  We are also falling more in love with our nanny Ms. Pat.  She seems to truly enjoy her time with Shiloh and as a mom that means the world.  I came home the other day and the dishwasher had been loaded and unloaded, all laundry was done and sorted, and most importantly my little girl was smiling and giggling.  We certainly don't ask her to do chores but she just does them out of the kindness of her heart.  She is an angel from above that swoops down to lighten our load.  WE LOVE HER.

Overall the Pond household is full of busy worker bees.  Before we know it it will be spring and time to hop aboard our "Pond-toon"!  We have 2 trips to the beach this summer and we are already counting down the days!!!!!! 

 The weather has been incredible lately so we get out and walk all the time.  Fresh air makes us tired.

Long Time No See!

Well let's start with Christmas since that was the last we spoke.  Shiloh's first Christmas was an absolute blast and more than I could have ever hoped for.  She got all kinds of goodies.  I forgot what Christmas was like through a child's eyes!

 First Family Portrait!

 Squirrel Hunting ...

 Daddy got lots of good time off around the new year.  I think we got up every morning and played for an entire week!

 Shiloh is thoroughly enjoying solids.  But sometimes she gets tired of waiting for mom to fix them!

 Blueberries are her favorite and boy do they stain.  Shiloh eats in just a diaper now!

 Mom came for our first week of school and boy was she a big help!  School is going perfect and the our weekly routine couldn't be any better.  When mom isn't here for the week, Stephen's Dad and Ms. Pat are here to help.  I am really really really loving school....more than I ever thought I would.

Whoa. It's been a while!

Well here we are a month later since the last post.  Time flies!  Shiloh has been keeping me busy.  We had her 4 month check up yesterday.  She is still a bit large for her age but at least she is healthy.  17 pounds and 26 and a half inches long.  A tall girl she will probably be :)  Here are some pics from the last month.... Enjoy.

 This is Shiloh on Sunday morning after thanksgiving.  The traveling got the best of her.

 Stephen's grandfather had his 80th birthday this month.  This is Stephen's dad and Shiloh watching the slide show.  Kinda ironic...in that picture on the screen Stephen's grandfather was holding him as Shiloh's grandfather is holding her :)

 Shiloh was Baby Jesus at RUMC last weekend.  Little did we know she studied up on the part.  She did as a newborn baby Jesus would do and cried the whole performance!

Time to winterize!

The 4 of us headed up to the lake to winterize the boat.  Well, actually Stephen winterized the boat and me, Shiloh and Dierk played fetch and took some pics.  It was a beautiful afternoon and a great end to a great weekend.  Enjoy :)

RUMC

Stephen, Shiloh and I joined Roswell United Methodist Church today.  It was such a special morning for us.  We are so excited about finally having a church home.  RUMC has so much to offer we don't even know where to begin!  This morning they also recognized all the new babies born in the church in the last year.  52!!!  That is a ton of new mothers that I am dying to meet.  Enjoy the pics.

The inlaws came to cheer us on!

 So many people after the service came up to the front to say hello.  We were truly overwhelmed!

 When we were formally introduced.  Shiloh did amazing during the service.  Slept the whole time!

3 Months!

Shiloh Elizabeth is 3 months!  How time flies.  This month I have noticed the biggest change in her.  She has gone from a fragile newborn to more of a baby.  Her personality shines through more everyday.  Our favorite thing to do now is to make her laugh.  It provides hours of entertainment for Stephen and I.  Happy 3 months Shiloh-Milo!

Pumpkin Patch

Stephen and I took Shiloh to the Pumpkin Patch in the North Ga mountains.  Our friends Mike and Amanda joined us. Shiloh begged to wear her lady bug halloween costume so I told her she could :) Afterward we headed over to the Smith House for a late lunch...it was deeeeeeelish!