Carden Elizabeth is now 7 months old! She continues to be a very happy and laid back baby. She now has two bottom teeth. She isn’t crawling yet, but sure can get around by rolling and scooting on her back. She absolutely LOVES her exersaucer, it has a green dragon puppet attached to it and she squeals with joy when you make it talk to her. There is no telling how many hours we’ve spent just watching her play in the thing! Thank you Faye & Jeff Wishik for getting it for her, she is putting it to great use!
We surprised Mimi & G (Carden’s great grandparents) by attending this year’s Chafin’s Reunion. They were both in tears when we walked in the door! I think it was something like the 87th year for this reunion. It was nice to catch up with the family that you don’t see on a regular basis. Here is Carden with her cousins Brenden, Reilley, Amelia, and Andy--what a crew! 
Over the 4th of July weekend, Carden made her first road trip to North Carolina. We spent the weekend with Jason’s parents and found time to squeeze in a picnic and short hike with the Koontz Family up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was great to catch up with them and enjoy the beautiful weather and scenery of Western North Carolina. No trip to Asheville would be complete without a trip to Tupelo Honey. We were disappointed to learn that Sharon is no longer the owner and they no longer serve breakfast all day, but the food was still wonderful! Is it wrong that we find humor in feeding her green peas and watching her make the gaging faces? Other than green peas, she is a great eater depending on who feeds her. There are times when I think she ends up wearing more of the food than getting it into her mouth. I just can’t bring myself to feed her the meats--kind of makes me throw up a little bit just thinking of it--meat flavored pudding! GAG!
