Melia in Jersey City!

Melia's first plane ride!

We are visiting Uncle Mike and Ashley in Jersey City. Today we went to the Liberty Park and tomorrow we might go to the Bronx Zoo. Melia did an excellent job on the airplane! She was happy and took some naps. Here are some pictures of the adventure:

Mike, Casey, and Melia in Liberty Park. Melia is signing "more." We don't really know what she wants more of right now... usually we use more with more food- maybe she's practicing or maybe she's saying more water (referring to the river). She's also been signing "milk" but not always in the correct context.


Melia and Uncle Mike! Family picture in front of Manhattan skyline


Family picture in front of Ellis Island- Can you see the statue of liberty?


Melia loves playing with the gate check tag on her carseat. It entertained her the whole way from the airport to Uncle Mike's house. She also played with it on the walk to the park.


Uncle Mike and Melia!


In front of Uncle Mike's house


Playing with the giraffe.

Melia is 7 months old!

Melia turned 7 months old today! She is doing 360s on the living room floor with much desire to crawl around! She also was doing the sign for "more" today- we've been trying to teach her more, eat, milk, mommy, daddy, grandma, grandpa, and a few other signs- mostly we want to introduce the concept- they say nowish is when babies might start signing back- I can tell she seems to understand the sign for milk! Melia weighed 17 pounds at her 6 month check up so I am sure she's past that by now. She's been eating "solid" (pureed) food for about a month now. Her food repertoire now consists of peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, plums, pears, banana, applesauce, avocado (which she's not the hugest fan of...), and rice cereal. We're trying to give her all organic food, some of which is homemade. She's been an off and on good napper the last few months- I think because she's so excited about everything around her... also, she seems to be moving around a lot in her crib- she was on her tummy several times and likes to sleep on her side with her neck bent back and her arms stretched out. Here's a bunch of pictures to sum up the past couple months...