Our little peanut is eight months old.  She loves bopping along to music, blowing raspberries, and dogs (she shrieks with joy whenever she spots one).  She’s not yet crawling but she can inch around on her belly if she’s in the mood.  She likes standing up but has developed a fondness for “trust falls” and loves to throw herself back into my arms  as soon as she’s upright.  She has two bottom teeth but we suspect there are more coming given her recent grouchiness and drooling.  Otherwise, she’s a joyful and sweet little baby.

Here’s the month by month series:

Here are a few videos of Sarah showing off some new tricks.  First, peekaboo (video from 6/2):

Next, saying hello (6/8).  Sarah waves at everyone she sees now:

Really, she goes through all her new tricks in rapid succession at every opportunity, like so (6/10):

I can’t believe I had Sarah in this sweater on 6/2, given how much it’s warmed up here in Seattle.  It’s been pretty hot the last week or so.

Here’s Blaine picking some flowers for Sarah in the park:

Sarah beats the heat wearing only a diaper:

On Tuesday, 6/9, I kept Blaine home because he was a bit sick the night before.  He seemed totally fine that day so I put him to work repairing the fence on the side of our house.

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Sarah and I made a last minute trip to Philadelphia on Friday, May 29.  Sarah was an angel on the flight out there (much to the surprise of the man sitting next to us).

She was not such an angel on the cab ride from the airport, but I made sure to tip well.

She was thrilled to arrive and see see the whole Mahoney family (thanks to Uncle Tim for some of these great photos):

Meanwhile, back in Seattle, Daddy and Blaine were having a great time.  Blaine was excited to show Daddy his creation titled “Bodyman”, complete with body (plate), head (cup), and arms (utensils).

On Sunday, the boys went for a ride on the Bainbridge ferry.

A few photos from May.

Sarah’s first time at Pike Place Market:

Sarah’s first time in a regular stroller:

Blaine’s new haircut!

In mid-May we started giving Sarah a sippy cup to play with and she seemed to figure it out pretty quickly.

On May 14, we gave her some solid food for the first time!  Pureed carrots, to be precise.  Sarah seemed interested, perplexed, and in the end just wanted to get her hands on the spoon.

We’ve tried a few other foods but so far she just doesn’t seem that interested, so we’re not pushing it.

Sarah turned seven months old on Mother’s Day this year!  Here’s the first shot of the day… Sarah was up early and not very happy about the teeth poking through her gums.

But we still had a great day!  Daddy made a delicious breakfast of frittata, waffles, and bacon.  I forgot to take pics, but did snag this one of the boys cleaning up!

I feel so lucky to have these two little ones.

Oh and for completeness, here’s the month by month series for Sarah:

Sarah’s first tooth (bottom right) broke through on Friday, March 8!  She was not very happy about it, and she’s not that excited about tooth #2 which is on the way… poor baby.

Here are a few more pics of Sarah enjoying some musical instruments from Blaine’s band set.

Happy (belated) birthday, Aunt Jody!  Sorry for not getting these pics up sooner… we were thinking of you on your birthday, though, as we flew back to the west coast!  We hope you had a wonderful day and that we get to see you again soon.

Love, Blaine, Sarah, Andrew, and Sally

We drove from PA to VA on 4/30 to see Gram and Grand-dad!

Almost immediately after we arrived Blaine wanted to check out the new playground:

Gram brought some treats back from Europe for us, including a t-shirt and towel for Blaine that expanded in water:

On Friday, Blaine helped Gram make some delicious pancakes for breakfast.

Blaine, Daddy, Gram, and Grand-dad took a morning trip to the Air and Space Museum, while Sarah and I stayed home.  Sarah enjoyed her new mouse booties from Gram:

And she also got to play a piano for the very first time:

That night we had drinks out on the deck:

On Saturday, Aunt Suzanne and Uncle Michael joined us for brunch:

Sarah loved playing with this toy that her great-grandfather Cecil made:

Blaine also loved helping Gram in the garden:

Here’s a pic from one of the delicious dinners that Gram prepared:

We were all sad to leave on Sunday morning:

Though Blaine enjoyed the sights at the airport:

And Sarah enjoyed this plastic cup on the airplane.

The kids were exhausted by the time we got off the plane and both were asleep in their carseats when we arrived home.

Thanks to Gram and Grand-dad for a wonderful visit!  We had a great time and appreciate all your help with Blaine and Sarah.