My First Mother's Day

This past Sunday I celebrated my first Mother's Day as a mommy. On Saturday, I was pleasantly surprised with beautiful daisies from Mom and Dad. Then on Sunday, Daniel did an excellent job making the day extra special for me, taking me out for lunch at the restaurant of my choice, Moe's. Then, we went to Books-A-Million where he let me pick out a book: I chose Flaubert's Madame Bovary, a classic I still have not read. Finally, after shaking down the Triple Lindy burrito with some walking around, he treated me to icecream at Baskin' Robbins. And if the day wasn't perfect already, Kate took a nice long 3-hour nap, and I had some time to read.

I feel very blessed to have such a wonderful husband and daughter.

I'm 6 months old!!

It is hard to believe that our little Kate is already six months old! Yes, I can still vividly remember the day she was born and how little she was. She is getting so big! She is now 14 lbs. 11 oz. and 26.5 in. long.

Here's Kate modeling her OshKosh overalls. We think she's a little doll!

Kate is starting to dabble with food. We've tried rice cereal, applesauce, sweet potatoes, and bananas, but she really seems to prefer to pick up the foods herself. Here she is eating (and spitting out) her yummy rice cereal. I totally don't blame her for not liking that stuff!




This week we have started something new: baby-led weaning. Basically, I offer Kate a variety of finger foods rather than pureeing veggies and fruits or stirring up rice cereal and water, which she doesn't seem to like, and expose her to different foods that she can hold in her hands. She doesn't eat them yet but feels their textures and kind of sucks on them. I'll let you know how it works!

Mayes Family Vacation

We have just recently returned from a wonderful trip with our family in Young Harris, Georgia. As I was telling Daniel the other night during our reminiscences of the trip, I accomplished everything I wanted: I ate a lot of really good food, I hiked up the highest point in Georgia--Brasstown Bald, I rested and relaxed, and I spent some great quality time with my family.

Kate had a great time with her cousins, Lacey and Ellie, especially looking at books.

Brian's birthday was Saturday, so of course Mom had made him a birthday cake, which we devoured.

Now that we are home, Daniel and I are once again on our diet. Because we had been doing a fair job of eating a gluten- and dairy-free diet, the indulgence in these foods really hurt!