Water Baby

Victoria loves the water - pool or bath! She's such a big girl sitting up in the bath all by herself!

We go the pool almost everyday - she loves to sit in her yellow raft and just float...

Both BMW and Victoria are proud to SC home. JZ loved visiting the BMW museum/plant.

Victoria meets her senator

Victoria is a busy girl meeting Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) and trying to save her daddy's profession. Victoria likes DeMint's Health Care Freedom Plan much better than those bills proposed by the Senator's colleagues.

Sitting up...Officially!

Victoria is officially sitting up! She's been perfecting her technique for the past few weeks, and now she's got it! Victoria, muy buena!

Victoria is ready to root for her favorite football team - Go Cowboys! She's got the outfit, she's got the helmet and she's definately got the lungs...whoa!

In this picture she's playing with some homemade pureed squash that was frozen in an ice tray. Eventhough it was a little cold, she loved eating it with her hands and pushing it across her Bumbo tray.

Butterflies

Victoria had an up close and personal encounter with butterflies in Ashville, NC. We traveled to the nature preserve with another wife of a Steadman Hawkins fellow and her family. It was so fun! Victoria kept swatting and trying to grab the bright colored flying things...

First Bow!

At last, Victoria wore her first bow! ...Pink of course!

Movin' to South Carolina

Greenville, South Carolina - we are here! And it is precious! I hope we have many visitors. Our first visitors arrived shortly after we did to help hang pictures, drapes and help discover this city. Thank you mom and dad for coming! A few pictures of our recent adventure:

Our new home.

Cecie is a great grandmother; Victoria loves to be around Cecie! Anything Victoria Ford wants, Cecie's got it covered.

Papa is great with Victoria - he's had some pratice with all the girls and grandgirls in the family :)

Papa and Cecie reading to Victoria. Victoria has alot to live up to - Papa and Cecie are avid readers!

A cosmo and an Avent bottle -how appropriate. We celebrated Victoria's 6 month birthday at one of the best restaurants in Greenville. It was so good I forgot we where in little ole' Greenville.

Southern Belle: Victoria Ford at 6 month; what a sweet shuga bear!

Happy Baby! She's got a few tickle spots!

In downtown Greenville and Falls Park. We discovered the best restaurants, the cutest farmers' market, great theater and wonderful surroundings.

My Mom Rocks! Victoria is growing fast and furious - this outfit is a little small as it barely covers her little belly :) She's sportin' the Britney Spears mid-drift look.

She's found her feet!

The first encounter with cereal! She loved it! And let me tell you, she is no shrinking violet. She mastered the spoon and cereal in just two bites. She is definately her mother's daughter - don't mess with us when it comes to food :)

Little Victoria taking some time out to catch up on some light reading...

Daddy putting together the crib at 10:00pm when the movers are STILL moving our stuff off the truck.

Waiting for the movers to come...

We made it!!!!

Back in Virginia movin' out - watching our stuff fill the truck. Thank you to the Reardon family for letting us stay at their home.