Future Women's Disc Golf Champion

As you can see, Mercy has begun a strict training regimen for her future disc golf hall of fame career. You might say we share a taste for it (and the crowd groans).

In other news, Mercy has become very mobile with a combination of rolling, crawling, leapfrogging, and dragging or propelling herself around the room any way she desires. Sometimes she is even climbing up to her feet using my belly or the furniture. Time for me to crawl around the house myself and check for danger.

We had to switch the car seat and stroller since she couldn't fit in the original ones anymore. She sure enjoys the forward facing stroller more and makes lots of friends in the store that way. I'm looking forward to her walking but I am also missing her tiny infant days whenever I see a newborn. That's parenthood I guess.

Holiday Blogathon

Looks like I'm a blogcrastinator. Time for the four-day weekend blogathon.
I think I'll start with this vintage picture of Mercy from 2 months old. She has become a lot more camera friendly since then. Maybe she just didn't like the filter I was using.

Now this one has a bunch of Mercy's favorite things: Mom, being outside, and hamming it up for the camera, and coming home from a playdate with her boyfriend James (she likes older man-babies apparently).

Toothy

Someone has two little white chompers peeking through her bottom gums. Sara just noticed it last night. I guess the teething rings and everything else she has been drooling on have been working although we haven't noticed any fussing specific to teething yet.

Sweet Potato Surprise

Oh you may be laughing at me now but I have a sweet potato surprise brewing for you and it ain't so pleasant at the other end.

If you could see the back of Mercy's head you'd see that her hair is getting noticeably longer and thicker. It's hard to imagine her as a little girl with long hair, walking around and talking in sentences. I just get the feeling that those days will sneak up on us really fast.

Ankle Vampire

I think the title says it all.  I will add, if you didn't already know, that she is a proficient roller and sitter.  Many a goodly night her ma and I seat ourselves at opposing ends of the room and let her roll like a union three ton Ingersoll diesel pavement roller driver on double overtime (sheesh that's a labored simile!). She rolls in all directions but most often to her right. So, when Mercy makes it from Sara over to me I just flip her feet to where her head was and send her off the other way. It's kind of like a very slow tennis match. As for sitting, she can sit indefinitely now but she tends to flop herself down onto the floor when she gets bored or sees something she wants to give a good slobbering to (an ankle maybe?).

Lips and Toes

Mercy

Mercy likes toes

Mercy likes to nibble on her toes

Mercy likes to nibble on her toes between meals

Mercy likes to nibble on her toes between meals and grab daddy's lips

Mercy likes to nibble on her toes between meals and grab a fistful of daddy's lips

Daddy likes to read baby books to Mercy

Daddy likes Mercy's toes too

Daddy likes Mercy

Daddy

Dr. Seuss Time

Don't be fooled! She doesn't really want to see or read the next page, she just wants to eat it. She does however like to Hop on Pop.