Benjamin is 7 Months!

Weighing in at a solid 21 lbs, this little guy is 7 whole months. He's finally sitting up pretty well on his own, laughs at all his crazy big sisters, sleeps all night most nights, loves bluegrass music and is just the cutest, squishiest baby ever!

Grills, slip and slides, watermelon and summer fun

Before leaving for Scotland, Perry wanted to have a couple of quintessential summer days of grilling out, sliding on the slip and slide, eating watermelon and just hanging out outside. So we did just that and they all had a blast. I wish I could include the videos from those days of Perry sliding and getting a perfect 10!

Around the house in July

Hanging out on the porch in the mornings before it gets too hot.

Brushing her teeth all by herself.

Watching Daddy and Pop practice bagpipes.

Sitting up all by himself for the first time!

Catching those magical summer lightning bugs!

Loving on Ben Ben at Pop and Nonna's house.

Showing Ben Ben how to play. Poor Benjamin, we need to get some boy toys around here!

Seriously getting too big for this baby tub mom!

Pop treated us to Mani-Pedis before leaving for Scotland!!

(Abby really did enjoy it! LOL)

And now Ben Ben is trying to sto-away in Abby's suitcase!

Milking the goats

Sweet Pea wasn't due for another 2 months we thought! Eek! Abby went to feed the goats one day and came running back saying Mama there's something wrong with Sweet Pea. I ran out and saw that her baby was breech and hanging half way out. After pulling and pulling I thought I would never be able to get that baby out. I gave it one more big tug and it slid right out. Unfortunately it was a still born and we didn't have a baby goat to play with. Good news though, we were able to go ahead and milk her. We had goat's milk until we went to Scotland. Then she decided to stop producing. We think she didn't like the lady that was milking her while we were gone. Oh well, better luck next time.