Loooong Overdue!

September was a big month! We had a lot of fun things going on. Molly was 6 months old on September 13, so we had a little party with Rich's family complete with moon cakes... mmmm.

We also had Molly's baby dedication at church. We left the camera at home, but fortunately our friend Eddie, a photographer, had his camera with him. We haven't seen the pictures yet, but I'm sure they're great.

We also took MOlly to the beach for the first time. It was an absolutely beautiful day and we had such a relaxing time walking around Long Branch, NJ. We're nominating this place for a future Fields family reunion since it's a sweet little beach town, but also has a ferry to New York City!

Molly has gotten her second bottom tooth and has started slowly crawling. Just about every day we're surprised by some new sound she's making or something new she laughs at. I feel truly blessed to be able to stay home with her and get to see all of these things, and I know Rich likes working from home for the same reasons.

New tooth!

Molly has a tooth! I think there might be another one on the way based on the drool covered shirts and chewing on anything she can get her hands on.

Molly had some Cheerios today (soaked with water) and is a big fan! This is Molly's third food after rice cereal and bananas. I was going to wait until she was 6th months old (this Saturday), but I think if you get a tooth, you should be able to get some food.

The first time Molly had rice cereal, she was so enthusiatic, she kept grabbing my hands so I would put the spoon in her mouth more quickly.

She is growing and changing so much every day. I can't believe she will already be six months old on Saturday. It seems like just yesterday I was taking her 3 month pictures.

Rich's extended family is coming over Saturday to celebrate her half birthday and her baby dedication is at church on Sunday. It's a big weekend! More pictures to come soon.

Off the charts and "marrying off" our friends...

Countdown to Kentucky visit: 7 days! We are really looking forward to a long visit with the Hancocks in just a week. Mom has been temporarily out of commission so it'll be good to help her out while we're there. And Erin has started a new dance studio so I'm excited to see her new place of business. And I (Elizabeth Ann) have still not seen Sam's hog barns, and I'm hoping there will be little piggies when we get there.

Well, our big news here is that at Molly's 4 month appointment she was off the charts for height! What in the world?! Literally off the charts. She's 26 3/4 inches at 4 months. She has all sorts of new things going on like rolling over both ways, getting her toes into her mouth, standing up and bouncing, and a lot more giggling. Her favorite things to do are playing with Daddy's hair and playing peek-a-boo with Mommy. She's one awesome little girl!

In other July news, we were in Minnesota for our friends Joe and Amanda's wedding over the weekend of the 4th. The wedding was wonderful! Amanda looked beautiful, Joe danced (a little), Rich danced (a lot, Michael Jackson moves included), Molly was an angel, the photographer was hilarious, and the Electric Slide was passed down to yet another generation (Amanda's cute little sister). Here's some pics from our first trip to the Land of a Thousand Lakes.

We also had a little "Meet Molly" party so we could catch up with friends we haven't seen much or at all since Molly was born. It was so fun entertaining in our home again! I don't think we realized how much we missed it. Now if the college students would just come back to town so we can resume game nights :o)