Oh, my Mina is getting big!

Mommy, Mina and I went to the doctor today for Mina's nine month visit.
She is 29 inches and 20 1/2 lbs!
For those of you grandmas keeping track at home, that puts her at the 90th percentile.
And that's not all, little Mina is almost a walker!
On Saturday, she took two steps at Grandma's! She sort of walked by accident (Daddy tricked her), but then tonight, she took three steps right in a row, and she didn't have to get tricked to do it!

Go Hokies!
On Saturday, before Mina's first steps, we went to a Hokie Alumni picnic.
Hokie birds love juice boxes!



Then, it was over to the children's museum--

Look, itty bitty preemies... Maddie's here!

Splish Splash!




What a fun weekend! It makes me wanna SING!



This week will be our last week with Heather and Mallory. We are all very, very sad about it.
Heather always makes such fun games for us to play!

We're excited to get a new nanny named Mrs. Katie (with baby Ava!) for the days Mommy works, and Heather and Mal will still visit us, but I am sad. I love Mrs. Heather and my buddy Mal!

Kayla's Birthday Bash

Kayla's third birthday party was on Saturday, and as a special special treat, she invited over a couple of ponies! Real, live ponies!!
Giddy up Flicka!

Kayla also got a new swing set for her birthday-- Oh my goodness, three is looking pretty good to me! only 5 1/2 months to go!!

After the party, I still had some energy to burn. I don't ever run out really, and then when you figure in birthday cake and juice boxes...

So Hartley came over to catch up and run around with me.

Super girls!

Sunday was nice and quiet day. Not hot hot hot like it's been for weeks, so we went out and enjoyed it at the park...

Vacation at the Beach!

This week, we went all the way to the ocean to celebrate Mommy's birthday!


Mommy starts her new job on Tuesday, and she asked Marina and me to help her get a nice picture for her new office!
As a happy birthday present to my mommy, I tried very, very, VERY hard to be good while Daddy took pictures.





All done! Hey- Is that a fox hole???

Hey Kyla! How's it going??

All work and no play makes Maddie and Mina dull babies!

When we weren't in the water, we were exploring the aquarium...

Just LeBron and me...

Crabby babies!

EEeek! Jellyfish monster!

As a special Treat, Kyla and her folks came down to see us for a couple of days. Kyla came just in time to hit the seafood buffet! Num numm!


And, what is a tip to Emerald Isle without a little put put?
It was FUN to hit the ball in the hole. I liked to put it right next to the hole and knock it in! Go me!



And here I am getting some Ice Cream (orange of course) with my puppy. This was a special treat I got for staying dry all day!