Visitors!

We had lots of visitors in August and we loved it! First, Stef and Sydney came and spent a couple of nights.

Uncle Paul helping Sydney feed the goats.

A couple days later we were able to spend a morning with our good friends Jen and Claire.

And then a couple weeks after that we got to see more good friends! Kyle, Katie, Anika, and baby Amira made the trip to the midwest from Baltimore. We were so glad they could stop in Sioux Falls for a little while to see us!

Grandma's Garden

Ruby and I traveled back to Sibley on Sunday to spend the day with my parents and grandparents. We had to visit Grandma's garden and take a few pictures as well. I've often said that my mom doesn't just have a green thumb... but that all her fingers are green! Her garden is AMAZING and it looks so good right now!

Ruby with Grandpa and Grandma Great!

Seven Months

Ruby turned seven months on July 17th. She is now sitting up very easily on her own. She has tried Puffs and doesn't care for them one bit. She was doing a great job eating baby food but for some reason in the last week or so, she has decided that she doesn't want her morning cereal/fruit. So she gets a bottle instead. She will however, eat her fruits and veggies at suppertime. She has two teeth on the bottom and still takes three naps. Her favorite trick the last month is to blow raspberries and boy can she go wild when she gets excited! Spit flies everywhere and on everyone and for some reason we think she couldn't be cuter! We probably won't say this if she continues doing this next year at this time! I weighed her the other day and I think she weighs a whopping 21 pounds! Her giggle is the best sound ever and we love her more every day!

Little Fishy

We took Ruby swimming for the first time a few weeks ago and she loved it! She was pretty serious at first, but ended up splashing around and having lots of fun!

This is actually a bath tub but we blew it up and are thinking that we will use it on our deck as a little swimming pool. However, for now it remains in our living room...with no water of course!!!

Fourth of July

We hosted our first (of many, I hope!) "party" for the 4th of July! We had a great time grilling out with our family on Paul's new green egg! Then the boys thought we needed some fireworks since they are legal in South Dakota, one bonus for moving out of Iowa. When they went to buy the fireworks, the guy selling them did give the boys a little warning about lighting them IN town, because they were "BIG" ones. Not really knowing what that meant, we decided to ask a few of our neighbors if they minded if we shot them off in the street and all of them said it was just fine. So... the boys lit them and they were HUGE!!!!!!!!! Our two minutes of fireworks were awesome! :) A few of our neighbors said that we just started a tradition! So I guess we better start saving for next year so maybe we can have four minutes of fun!

Ruby did get to see a few smaller fireworks before bedtime, but I put her to bed before we lit our big ones. I felt kind of bad that she was missing out but they were so loud that I'm sure she would have gotten scared anyway! Next year she will have the full experience of her daddy's pyro-obession!

Life in Sioux Falls

We moved to Sioux Falls on June 19th. We are getting settled and are loving our new house. Paul started working as an Emergency Medicine doctor at Avera McKennan Hospital on July 11th, which gave us time to relax before he got busy with shifts. Although we miss Paul's brother, Jon, sister-in-law Stef, and niece Sydney (BIG time), living in Sioux Falls means we get to see the rest of our family more often. The rest of our siblings live in Sioux Falls now and my sister, Hattie is even living with us right now! We've also made a few trips back to Sibley already to see both sets of grandparents.

Ruby and her aunt, Hattie

Ruby meeting Kinnick, Uncle Kenny and Aunt Carrie's dog

Ruby at the zoo for the first time

Hanging outside

Helping daddy in his new office

6 Months ~ Moving Day ~ Paul's Graduation

Yep. All of these things happened in one day! It was a busy day but everything went well, and Ruby and I are very proud of Paul for making it through three busy years of residency.