Felt Food

One of the many reasons God felt it necessary to gift me a baby girl. An outlet for my creative tendencies!

Margaux got two of the cutest tea sets when she was born. Of course it will be awhile before mommy lets her play with them (because they are glass and gorgeous) but while we are waiting, Mommy has made her some felt food, and she can play with that whenever she wants.
You should have seen the lady at the fabric store when I told her I was buying supplies to make felt food. After I explained, her face returned to normal.

Here are two pieces of cake a waiting their first tea party! Strawberry cake! one of my favs!

six month family check up

Margaux’s 6 month check up went well. It snowed, so her dad was home to go with us to the doctor. She got some shots, and I have to say this was the first round of shots after which she was an upset girl. She was crabby and she had the poops. Which led to diaper rash bottom. Poor girl.

She is growing well. She is in the 86 percentile in weight, 88 percentile in height, and 63 for her head size. Cognitively she is developing really well. She’s very curious and has hit a lot of the milestones she needs to hit, some early in fact. She’s a sharp one. I hope that she keeps up the good work now that Mommy is no longer the food source.

As a family we are doing pretty well around here. Matt is teaching one college class again this year, as well as teaching at the High School. We have joined the gym on campus and I’m trying to squeeze in some workouts. The sheep are doing well. Lamby Gaga is starting to show signs that she is preparing to lamb, and the other babies recently got their tales docked. All is good out here on the farm.

Lambs!

Well here are a few pictures of the second batch of twin lambs. Hannah Montana's baby girls.

bea- EWE-tiful weekend!

We had a very eventful weekend last weekend. Fun, but busy busy! I went to a baby shower on Saturday that was absolutely cute! Lots of fun baby girl stuff. Margaux went with me and was pretty good, except for a short stint when she needed to go down for a nap.
Then we had dinner with some friends that night. Margaux wants to play with the bigger kids so bad, but right now she is settling for watching.
When we returned home, my father-in-law (Pappy/Grandpappy) knocked on the door to tell us our first lamb was born. Matt got dressed and went to the barn. Sally Pearl had a baby girl. They laid her on her side, and low and behold a baby boy! Twins!
The next day, Hannah Montana had lambed. Twins again! This time two girls. Our original flock of two sheep is now six! Both Momma's are being good Mommas. Babies are healthy and starting to hop around. They are so cute and soft and cuddly. They are Suffolk/Dorsett mix. Suffolk sheep are solid black at birth, but Dorsett's are white. That is why the babies are speckled. I have video and more pictures to come. Our new ewe, Lammy Gaga, has about 6-8 weeks left before her lamb (or lambs) arrive.
Sunday and Monday was consumed with us purchasing a new truck. Monday I also was able to visit a friend that welcomed home a precious baby boy. Her son Austin is adorable and it is so crazy how quickly I've forgotten how small Margaux was just 6 months ago.

me and Sally's baby girl

Momma Sally Pearl, baby girl on left, baby boy milking on right.

My little Jumping Bean!

Now that Margaux has been introduced to the jumparoo she can enjoy at least a good hour of jumping. She is a jumping fool. She is so proud of herself, has tons of fun, feels independent, and gets out some energy.
I was cleaning out a closet in our TV room this weekend and she found it absolutely hilarious when I would get down on her level and peek out from behind some little shelves I had pulled out. Her laugh is instant sunshine for my soul! She truly is a happy baby the majority of the time. We took her to Loews this weekend and one of the sales people commented that we had one of the happiest babies he'd ever seen.

Jumping Bean from Shelby Silvey on Vimeo.

what a 2010 it was!

2010 was a fabulous year. I started practicing law. Matt finished his Masters, got a job teaching, and we had a baby! The last three all happened within 3 weeks of each other. It was an exciting and pivotal year for us. However, I’m looking forward to a good and less eventful 2011. I finally feel like we are making headway on all the things we had wanted for our family. With all the schooling, it seemed like we were stuck in one place for so long. Our future just seems so much brighter now. Its been hard adjusting to just being. Previously there was always something coming up, a graduation, a job, a baby. Now we are able to just live, without counting down the days until ___ (fill in the blank with what ever). I've had a ticker running for so many years. It’s weird at times, but I like it.

I did not make any resolutions for 2011. However I would like to get back to feeling like Shelby. I have quite a bit of baby weight that is hanging around, and I still don’t feel quite like myself yet. I decided to kick my own butt last week on the treadmill and seriously did a whammy on my back. I’m going to have to ease back into things a little slower than I would like. Mentally I’m ready to have a good hard workout, but it seems my body isn’t quite there yet. And with my little one, I can’t afford to do that again, and be unable to bend down and pick up my sweetie. Seriously I had to call for Matt's help to get her the morning after I overdid it. Slow and steady I guess.

Here’s to a wonderful 2011!

Easily amused. Me not Margaux.

Mommy is SOOOO funny to Margaux from Shelby Silvey on Vimeo.

My happy little baby! She has the sweetest little giggle and she thinks her Mommy is really funny. Sorry about the one handed camera skills. I have to hold my head out to the side of the camera, otherwise she just stares at the camera with a very perplexed face. I never know what I've recorded till I play it back.

Margaux's new/old bear

Well of course we had a wonderful first Christmas with Margaux. I can' t believe it has already passed. Margaux received some adorable presents. Some new and some old. By old, I mean they previously belonged to her father. She was passed down a blanket that had been made for Matt by his grandmother. She also received a bear that Matt parted with years ago. Apparently a friend of his mother was visiting with her children one day when Matt was little. One of her daughters was crying, and Matt went up to his room and came back with his favorite bear to give to her. My mother-in-law ask Matt if he was sure that he wanted to give her his favorite bear and he said yes. The girl he gave it to kept the bear for all these years. She even took it to college with her. She returned it to our family this year for Margaux. My Husband is still just as sweet, kind, and caring. I’m sure this bear isn’t all Margaux will inherit from him.