Saltdogs' Game August 7th

Mena enjoyed her second baseball game. When we saw the Twins vs. the Yankees, she fell asleep in Gene's lap. This game she stayed awake the whole time. She went to sleep when we got home around 10:30 pm! The baseball she's holding is one that her Uncle Dave (Gene's brother on his Dad's side of the family) found for her. She didn't want to let go of it!

Isn't She Cute?!

She's just such a cute kid! We're kind of partial to her!

Camping with the Sykes

We went camping at Branched Oak with Tess, Morgan, and Rex Sykes the weekend of July 25th.

Tess is entertaining Mena and Rex with a moose puppet.

Mena liked their dog Lucy as much as she likes Emmy Lou.

I thought Mena might prefer to lay on a sheet, but she kept crawling off of it. She crawled to get the empty box. She crawled off so she could pull grass and pick up twigs and scratch at the dirt. She seems to be an outdoor kind of girl.

Here she was laying on my lap while I snapped the picture. She's reaching up to pull on the wrist strap.


Gene snapped a picture of her hanging upside down on my lap.

Whose Ball is It?

Here's a video of Mena crawling across the floor to take Emmy Lou's ball. Mena is getting all over the house with her army crawling.

Who Needs Toys?

Mena was very interested in what we were doing when we wrapped food up to put in the freezer. We gave her a piece of foil and she wadded it up into a ball.

Exercising with Mommy

When I do my pilates, Mena likes to crawl right up next to me. She even manages to get her upper body on top of me now, so I figure pretty soon she'll figure out how to get her whole body on top of mine when she wants my attention!

Walking with Nicole

We went walking at Gateway when the weather was too warm to be outside. Rather than using the stroller as normal, Mena twisted her body so her head was hanging over the side to look at Nicole and eventually she lifted her feet to hang off the opposite side. Nicole snapped this picture with her phone.