another summer day has come and gone away...

Jacklynn loves people! Over the past couple weeks she has really started to light up whenever we visit with friends, esp. kids. It is so cute to see how excited she is to play! These first few pictures are of Maddie and Jackie. Maddie is one of Nic's coworkers babies. She is about 6 weeks older than Jacklynn. They had so much fun playing together...Jacklynn would take Maddie socks, while Maddie grabbed Jacklynn's hair. Oh girl fights...I think they will be friends forever!

Jacklynn turned 6 months old on the 25th of July. At her doctor's appointment we found out that she now weighs almost 20 pounds and is 25 inches long. She is perfectly healthy!

Sophie and Jackie in the pool...Sophie is 18 months now and Jacklynn's some-kind-of cousin. It is precious though because Sophie knows Jackie's name and says it all the time when they are together!
Avocado is good for the skin, right?!
Last weekend, Cara was in the wedding of her best friend Jamie Woodburn. Jacklynn got to go to the rehearsal dinner, but stayed home for the wedding. It was a beautiful wedding in Carmel followed by a reception at the Omni downtown. Probably one of the prettiest receptions I have ever been to! Congrats Jamie and Matt!

Aunt Ca left for school this week...so we had to clock lots of time with her. I love it when she is around cause she grabs the camera and takes all the pictures I want, but can't take when I am by myself...like this one!!

Are you ready for some football????? Jacklynn is...GO COLTS!!!!!
Grandma McCord bought this hat for this winter...Jacklynn loved the braids and I think it is the cutest thing ever!
We had to get in the state fair before Cara left, even if it meant going on opening day when the temperature was somewhere in the upper 90s and the humidity took the air right out of ya! It was fun anyway! Grandpa Cecil saw this wagon and couldn't pass it up...Jack was born to ride in a wagon!

Horsies!! She loved the animals, but was so tired and hot by the end she could not even react.
Jacklynn has had enough...
Our first family trip to the fair...a night to remember!
Adam went with Cara back to Florida. He is getting a job and they are going to be roommates. I am so proud of him for doing it, but we will definitely miss them both! We love you Adam and Ca!

Holiday World & Splashin' Safari

This past weekend we took a McCord family trip to Santa Claus, IN. If I'm being honest, I wasn't that excited about taking a 6 month old to Holiday World, but it ended up being so much fun. I am so glad we went! The weather was amazing, the food was cheap and good, the people are friendly, and you get free drink refills all day...not to mention the family time was perfect! The first ride Jack took on was the antique cars. I wasn't sure she would get into, but the fussiness in line ended the second she took the wheel! A lot of the stuff in the kiddie section will be so much more fun next year, but there were still a few things she enjoyed...

I don't know what it is, but in this family there is a serious draw to overpriced carnival games. Especially the one where you take a mallot and hit this thing which in turn sends the plastic frog that you laid on the front part flying into the moving lilly pads. Exciting, huh?! Actually it is! And Cecil won 4 monkies doing it...and Nic won 1! Jacklynn LOVED the monkies!
We spent the night in Santa Claus on Sunday and then headed to Splashin' Safari on Monday. We didn't get a lot of pics there, but the lazy river and the wave pool were Jacklynn's favorites. The slides were amazing too!

Taking Pictures

So I am pretty much obsessed with taking pictures...esp. of Jacklynn. She is just so dang cute! Here are a few of my favorites from last week!

Little Sibs come to visit!!

The past 2 weeks have been perfect! Steph, Jenni, and Ben drove in from Colorado and we had a blast! First things first, Ben jumped on the chopper to test it out, but found that his legs were a little long for it! Jacklynn pretty much got no love from ALL of her aunts!

These are my four favorite girls in the entire world!! I love you guys...and miss you already!
Cara took this pic of Jack and I midst our even routine of reading "Goodnight Moon." She loves this book and is starting to reach out and touch the pictures on the pages.
We went up to Michigan to visit my grandparents while they were here. The whole Foley side of the family was there except my mom. It was tons of fun! They live right next to Lake Eerie...this was Jacklynn's first lake experience!

All of the kids all together! Ben is definitely at least 4 inches taller than us...and did I mention he wears size 14 shoes?!

Hanging out in grandma's gazebo. It is so relaxing in Michigan!
All my cousins were obsessed with Jacklynn and loved helping out. This is Jessie feeding Jack.
While in Michigan, we took a day trip to Cedar Point. Jacklynn went on her first amusement park ride. It was a little boat that went in a circle. She looks thrilled about it...
The Castillos and the Foleys at Cedar Point.
Go dad go!

Jacklynn got to spend lots of quality time with grandpa!
She did amazing all day at Cedar Point! Definitely a trooper!

For the 4th, we headed to the lake with a bunch of friends. It was a great day! Jack clocked some serious lake time with the big girls and loved it! Then took a little snooze on the boat. She truly is a flexible baby!

Happy 4th of July!
The Castillos came to hang out the next night and we took them out on the boat. This is Connor, Jake, and Nathan taking good care of Jacklynn.


All in all it was so fun having family time! Our house is a little quieter now, but I definitely miss them all! I wish Colorado wasn't so far away...but we will make it! On a more positive note, Jacklynn is sitting up all by herself now! She also learned how to do rasberries with her mouth along with all kinds of other noises. It is so cute!