Ansley is 6 months old!

Can you believe it? Six months has gone by so fast! Ansley is really a sweet baby. She is happy most of the time and is a very good napper and eater. She loves to play with her toys and she is really starting to become best friends with Sully. They giggle together and she just lights up when he is in the room with her. She is going to start eating solids this week with some yummy rice cereal and some veggies. I am sure she will love it---she never lets me forget to feed her! :) She is still very unstable when I try to sit her up, but I am sure that she will get it soon enough--we practice every day. She is the master at rolling around to get where she wants, so we have to be careful not to leave her alone. She LOVES her doorway jumper and sometimes really gets herself jumping high. Sully loves watching her. We are really enjoying our sweet, little Ansley. What we used to do without her, I don't know! We are so blessed!

Last night we had pizza down at the pool and got Ansley in for the first time. I figured that she could have a half-birthday dunk. She loved the water and she didn't seem to mind when I dunked her. She has no choice than to get dunked...her Mommy wants her swimming in the Olympics one day! hahaha! Sully is really taking off with his swimming. Every day we go to the pool he just gets better and better. He LOVES going under the water and swimming---ever since he saw me teaching Kelli how to do the butterfly, he thinks he is doing the butterfly! He will say, "Mommy, watch me do the butterfly!" He is really just doing freestyle, but I won't tell him that! :) I am so proud of my little swimmer. We are going to work on potty training again this week--cross your fingers it goes better than last time. If not, we will try again in August. I am not going to push it, but I sure am sick of changing his diapers! :)

The pictures are of Ansley on her 6 month birthday...it is amazing how much they change in just a short amount of time...enjoy!

A happy, jumpy Ansley!

Ansley ready for the pool!

I'm ready...let's go!

Sully and Ansley were having fun at the pool!

Time for Ansley to swim!

After her dunk!
Yeah for a half-birthday dunk! :)

Enjoy the pictures and have a great weekend!

xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley xxoo

Sully and Ansley's fun hiking adventure!

Hello! We have had an eventful month of June! I have been coaching my summer league team this month and doing some swim lessons, so life around the Palmer household has been much busier! We have also had a lot of fun visitors this month---Auntie Sara came in for a long 4 day adventure, Carl and Kathy were in for a visit, and Auntie Kelli came in this past weekend for a fun weekend! What a fun month for Sully and Ansley!

Sully is swimming! :)

This weekend was a particularly big weekend because Sully finally started swimming all by himself! We have been working so hard and he has finally started swimming! He jumps in the water all by himself and floats his way up to the surface, he dives down for pennies on the bottom, he can float on his back, and now he can stand on the bottom step and push off with his face in and paddle to us! He is SO proud of himself and loves our reaction when he comes up for air! We are not swimming across the pool yet, but we hope that will come by the end of the summer! We are down at the pool almost daily now, so I will keep practicing with him! After all of my hard work, I finally have a little swimmer! Maybe next summer he can join my swim team! Wouldn't that be hilarious to see him in a little swim cap and goggles!

Today Brett, Kelli, and I took Sully and Ansley to Amicalola Falls State Park in North Georgia. It was the perfect morning. We hiked a 1 mile path up to the top and then walked down another 1 mile path on the other side of the falls to get back down. Sully was a very good hiker. He did most of it by himself, but when we came to the 625 stairs to the top, he had a little piggy back ride from Kelli. Ansley was in the baby bjorn the whole time, so she had an easy ride! It was a fun hike and Sully thought the waterfall was pretty cool. We snapped some fun pictures from our adventures...enjoy!
Ansley looks so impressed! :)

Hey, look at that!

Mommy and Daddy with our kids The falls!

View from the top!

Kelli giving Sully a fun piggy back ride.

Ansley worked really hard to get to the top of the falls...she was very sleepy on the way back down...what a sweet, little Ansley Leigh!

Don't you just want to sqeeze those cheeks? :)

Here are some random pics from Kelli's camera...

Getting ready for bed...

Ansley loves her bath---she is almost 6 months in this picture.

Sully outside the icecream parlor...we went there each weekend we had guests...Sully loves the vanilla icecream with rainbow sprinkles!

Thanks for the icecream, Kelli!

No matter where we take Ansley, she is ALWAYS smiling! What a happy baby!

Enjoy!

xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley xxoo

Sully's special day!

On Sunday, Sully had a special day with Mommy and Daddy. We took Ansley over to Grancie and Pip's house and took Sully down to the Fernbank Museum to see a Dolphin show at the IMAX! Sully was so excited to go and was not disappointed when we arrived. We had been there before to see the museum exhibits, but he had never been to the IMAX! He was so excited when he saw the huge screen and kept asking when the dolphins were coming on. He LOVED the show and talked all throughout the show asking questions and telling us things he really liked. It was SO much fun! After the show we had a little picnic lunch on the beautiful lawn in front of the museum and under a very old tree. It was the perfect day and it was extra special because it was just with Sully. He liked having Mommy and Daddy all to himself. We had not really had a big day out like that since Ansley was born, so it was a nice treat for all...even for Grancie and Pip because they had the chance to play with a sweet, smiley Ansley Leigh! :)

Here are some pictures from our fun day...enjoy!

Mommy and Sully waiting for the show to begin! Sully and his buddies!

Tickle time!

Sully had a lot of fun running around in the grass!

Here he comes...

Yesterday, Sully and I took Ansley out to the front porch to try out the swing. She LOVED it! She really can't sit up in it yet, but she leaned forward and rested herself on the front of the swing and enjoyed a nice swing. Sully was very gentle pushing her and she thought it was SUPER fun!

Hey guys, look at me! I'm swinging!

So fun!

Of course, Sully had to get in the action too. :)

Sully found a fun branch to swing on while Ansley was in her swing.

Hey, look at me!

Enjoy the pictures. We are looking forward to a fun weekend with a visit from Sara! Sully is SO excited to see her! Have a great rest of your week and weekend.

xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley xxoo