OUR THAILAND TRIP IN PICTURES.

1) so happy to be with my little lady in the warm air.

2) my most treasured picture of dash & rorie.

3) grandma's toys are such novelties.

4) building a grill with uncle sam-mee.

5) not interested in anything else but auntie gracie's noodles.

6) we all are partial to rides in the golf cart.

7) noodles for days. just the way we like it.

8) fresh grilled street corn.

9) our fried rice guy has memorized our order.

10) hydrating papa.

11) deciding on her purchases at the weekend market.

12) new ACDC shirt and browsing for more.

13) little miss blue eyes.

14) she adores them.

15) leaving the market with papa. exploring everything she can get her hands on.

16) "where's andy?"

17) always wanting to play chinese checkers.

18) big cat and rorie jamming in the morning sun.

19) christmas eve men.

20) merry christmas, jack-jack.

21) our favorite ornament of all time.

22) the beautiful mess that is christmas morning.

23) morning muay thai with papa on the beach of cha am.

24) our beach beauty.

25) peek-a-boo!

26) i may or may not have jumped for joy when finding this roti man.

27) a young thai man gave rorie his phone with cartoons on it to watch during dinner. only in thailand.

28) little miss is starting to feel a little under the weather.

29) we tried to go see elephants. but little miss was getting more and more ill at every step.
30) she held on for as long as possible. our little trooper.
31) this rorie was around for a while. i think it's looking up today… more than a week later.

RIGHT NOW.

my dear friend, Kristin, brought me a gift last night and inside were these cute shoes from her co-worker. and they are a perfect fit for little miss. so of course we are trying them out today. rorie kicks her feet non-stop, so some protection on her little heels and toes are definitely needed-so these are great.

we are dealing with teething now. just adding to our list of running complaints in life. last night, and a few nights before that, was long. she couldn't sleep, so we didn't sleep. but now she's on her 3rd nap of the day and she hasn't really been herself. she's been tired-wonder why?

6 MONTHS OF RORIE.

6 months of rorie from Chelsea McDowell on Vimeo.

enjoy what we've enjoyed.

TEETH. 2.

We just got home from our trip to the east coast. This time Aaron had to stay home, so we made the best of it just her and I. It was pretty hard being all by myself with her... but we conquered two plane rides more than successfully, visited lots of friends and family, and she ate more food than I have ever seen her eat before. She's loving on solids. Squash, sweet potato, green beans, apples, prunes (girls best friend), and banana is what she's gobbled up so far. Every few days we throw in a new one. It's fun to watch her face change expression when a brand new food hits her tongue for the first time.

Baby girl is also figuring out how to crawl. Some mornings I'll open her little door and catch her on all fours steadying herself. She gets a big grin when I come in and wake her up for the day, but when she's on all fours she's as serious as anything. Total focus. It's adorable. I love that she doesn't really ever cry when she wakes up.

And... her first tooth popped through! It's a sharp little thing. I'm not so sure how I feel about this new chapter of our lives...teeth. Because baby girl likes to gnaw. And gnaw hard. So we will see. For now, she's surrounded by things to chew on.