Welcome Elyza

Well, baby Elyza is finally here. My best friend Beth's baby girl has arrived. She was 7 lb 6 oz and 19.5 inches long. Elyza was fashionably late. She has beautiful dark hair, and she and Mommy are doing fine. Beth has now joined a the small number of folks that I know that have had a good inducement story. Many of the people I know that were induced ended up with C-sections. Beth did really well and she and baby are getting settled in.

Margaux, Matt and I went to visit her in the hospital in Nashville. Margaux was good for the most part. She was unaware of the baby until the baby cried. Then she would stare at her and look very concerned and confused. She and Elyza are going to have the best time together!

Congratulations Beth and Michael!

row row row your boat

Last weekend we went on a Canoe trip with some friends. Quite a few friends actually. Much fun was had, there were a few injuries, but for the most part everyone made it out in one piece.

Ferry Princess

Here is video of us on the ferry ride to Dauphin Island from vacation.

Ferry to Dauphin Island from Shelby Silvey on Vimeo.

First Father's Day

Margaux and her Dad had a really great first fathers day together.

We had brunch at O'Charley's and Margaux wore a really cute dress her daddy bought for her with the university he received his masters from. Speaking of... Matt's thesis was chosen to be presented at an Ag educators conference later this year and it has a good possibility of being published in a journal. In fact today he is working on another submission that will hopefully do well also. We are so proud of him.

Daddy and Grandpappy at brunch

The rest of father's day was filled with an impromptu trip to the Lane Car Museum in Nashville. They have free admission on Father's day for Dads. I totally recommend it to folks. Matt gawked talked about the features, history, innovations and special characteristics of the cars. Mommy just commented on how pretty some of them were. We definitely had a good time.

Margaux and Daddy playing with cars

there's a pretty baby in that car

Beach Cap

Well the beach trip was a lot of fun. Margaux loved the sand and loved the water. However… she would rub both in her eyes and then it was over. She totally wanted to do her own thing, but she doesn’t understand to let Mommy wipe her hands. She absolutely loved the indoor pool that was at the place we stayed and Mommy loved it because my little redhead needs to stay out of the sun. She liked the outdoor pool, but we waited super late before we headed out there. We lounged, we shopped, we ate like pigs, we went to Mobile (uggg… don’t go).

Poolside from Shelby Silvey on Vimeo.

The beach trip was our first family trip. A lot of lessons were learned, but we had a really good time together.

beach baby

Testing out some of the settings on my camera! Nanna... I promise your little puddin wasn't tossed high. It is just the angle of the shot.

Margaux's first trip to the beach!

She likes it!

Memorial day and Margaux!

Well, over Memorial Day I shucked responsibility (because I really should have stayed home and got some things done) and went to visit my friend Beth before she gives birth to baby Elyza. I think she is going to go early. Not real early, but like a week early. I’ll be jealous if she does. Margaux stayed right up to her due date little stinker. And speaking of jealous. I totally miss being pregnant. I enjoyed being pregnant. Well… up until the last 2 weeks. Maybe I’ll be ready to go there again soon, but not too soon. I’d really like to not be in our current house when we have another baby. We barely have enough room as it is.

Beth and I introduced Margaux to the swimming pool for the first time. It was kind of a dry run for our beach trip coming up. She LOVED the pool. I sat on the steps with her and she splashed and slapped and giggled. Beth twirled around in the water in front of her and she found that quite funny.

Margaux is also showing signs of her top two teeth. She may actually have enough to eat a piece of her first birthday cake. She is crawling around the house like a champ. She has mastered the two stairs we have in our house. She is in need of restricter plates on her walker she’s moving so fast. She is standing alone for short periods of time. She terrorizes the cats if she can get a hold of one, pulling out handfuls of fur or yanking their tails. She says go go. I think she is focused on the last part of her name, which she hears really often. She has a FIERCE pinch. Oh Lord she can pinch. She tries to eat anything off the floor. She often gets told No NO. If it is for trying to put something in her mouth, she will shove it in there real quick and look at you like “what?”. And she hates the security sweep of her mouth for foreign objects. Margaux will probably be getting a new car seat after we return from vacation. She is so big and long that the newborn carrier just won’t do. And to end this little summary of Margaux lately… She and her Daddy are enjoying some quality time together this summer since he is out for summer break. He has been soaking up some snuggles!