Jane in March

 Jane turned 7 months in March! I seems like she's grown up over night. Just in the blink of an eye she started rolling over and scooting all over the place, she started eating snacks, talking more (in a jabbering kind of way), she gives kisses, and started to sit up! What?

 Oh yeah, and she started making this super silly grin. And I'm pretty sure you're crazy if you don't smile right back at this face!

 Jane had her first curler! I did Lily's hair like this all the time when she was a baby and I've just now tried it on Jane.

 She's pretty cute!

 Some of Jane's favorite toys are bead necklaces and a bath toy that's a turtle. She likes to bite his head!

Jane is still just a fun baby to have! She is the sweetest little girl and still has everyone, even William and Lily, wrapped around her little dimpled fingers!

7 Years Old!

Happy 7th Birthday to our Lily Ava!

Life sure would be dull without this girl.

Rah Rah Ree!

 At the end of January we signed Lily up for a Cheer Camp at Cane Ridge High School. Keaven gave me the heads up about it and she signed Taylor and Maddie up for it as well so Lily had a lot of fun. They were there for a Saturday and then performed at the next Friday night's basketball halftime. Oh my goodness. It was adorable.

Lily, of course, has already made plans to go next year!

Half Birthday

 Um.. Jane is six months today. What? And honestly we spent her half birthday hanging out. She pretty much did what she does every day. Eat, play, diaper change, sleep, repeat. I definitely snuck cuddles and kisses in there too.

 What can I say about this little girl that I haven't already? Our whole family is still just as smitten with her as the day she was born. Jane has just brought a whole new element to our family. Now, I'm not going to say that I don't remember what life was like before we had her because we loved being the awesome Townsend Family of Four. But since we had Jane, somehow I feel like we have rounder edges than we used to. Does that even make sense?

 Jane spreads so much joy to us. She makes us smile and laugh and love even more! It's been so great to see William and Lily love and serve and sacrifice more than I have ever seen. They're amazing siblings and have stepped up more than I could have ever imagined.

 This month Jane has been progressing. We got her a bouncy chair that she loves and we all have learned the little tune it plays. I switched the music and William commented that it was different.

 I started making baby food and she seems to like it. She eats like a champ, which makes feeding her more pleasurable. I have to say that fruits win by a landslide.

 Jane is still not a big fan of rolling over, but she is a pro at rocking on all fours! Crawling will be soon upon us. She's almost sitting up by herself also. I think she'll be a lot happier when that's accomplished.

 Jane still "talks" and makes all kinds of noises. She's especially chatty in the mornings.

 

Jane is a beautiful little soul. I feel lucky that I get to squeeze her little body and kiss her cheeks every day.

Next six months, you have my permission to slow down a bit. 

If William was 100

So, last week the kid's school celebrated their 100th day of the school year. William told me that he didn't want me to see a picture of him that his teacher sent home. I didn't really think about it until I went through his folder that night and found this gem..

 

 What William will look like when he's 100. Thank you Ms. Byrd for this awesomeness. I'm not going to lie, I laughed until I cried. I got it all out before I talked to him before school the next day and told him that his picture was silly. He then told me that it wasn't anything compared to another boy's in class. I wonder what that one looked like!

 

Speaking of my dear William Rigdon, he started basketball this season! He's on the Ragin' Cajuns team and he's absolutely loving it. His team has won 4 games and lost 4, I believe. He was excited because his friend from his first grade class is also on his team.

 Isaac is also playing in the same league but for the sharks. Our games ended up being back to back one Saturday. It was awesome and I totally stole Krystin's cute picture of them both.

Christmas

 Our Christmas seemed like it came and went too quickly! It was full of our traditions. Red came to visit. We picked out our ornaments for the year and made our tree look even more trinket-y than ever. I think we might have to upgrade our tree this year! I love picking out our new ornaments and looking through all of the ornaments we've picked out through the years. We still have some existing from our first Christmas together.  

On Christmas Eve, my kids got to open their new pajama pants that I made for them. They also put out reindeer food and saw Rudolph's nose in the backyard. He did a back flip this year when the kids sang "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" at the top of their lungs.

Our three kids were the only ones at Grandma and Grandpa's house Christmas morning. We did the stair line-up, but it was mostly a grouping. An adorable grouping!

 The highlight for William and Lily were definitely the Santa gifts! They both got a Nintendo 3Ds. I've had a hard time getting them to do something else since!

 It was Jane's first Christmas! What do you get a 4 month old for Christmas? Well, clothes and spoons and rattle toys, of course!

Christmas was amazing in 2013! I can't believe how fast it went and it will be around here again before you know it!

5 Months!

Jane was 5 months on Sunday. She has definitely grown through the month and she had a lot of firsts!

Jane laughed for the first time and Matthew. He was making a fake laugh and she thought it was hilarious. We've loved hearing her little laugh!

Jane has us all wrapped around her little dimpled fingers. She loves to sing and talk.

Jane had her first Christmas. I absolutely loved having her be a part of our family traditions and see her enjoy her toys. 

Jane also tried cereal for the very first time. She was happy about it until she tried it..

 

 She's doing awesome with pushing up. Jane can roll over,  but she's not the biggest fan of it. I'm pretty sure she likes to be in everyone's business!

 

 

I finally got a picture of her awesome Chris Farley face. That's definitely a highlight of this past month!

Jane also had her very first New Year's Eve party. As you can tell from the picture, she didn't make it until midnight.

This little girl is awesome.