What Manning has been up to this summer...

As you know last summer we bought a new boat, the Marlinrita. This summer the guys entered their first tournament... They came in third with this blue marlin! It is very impressive, b/c these guys have only taken the boat out on two billfishing trips and this is their 3rd marlin. They were also competing against boat captains who fish for a living and have been doing so for most of their lives. They started fishing at 6:30 Saturday morning, only had in 5 of their 6 lines and hooked this fish. It took Chad (Manning's brother) 2 hours and 45 minutes to reel the fish in. It was officially weighed in at 448 lbs and measured at 106 inches (from its jaw to the fork in the tail). Unfortunately this tourney only pays 1st place in the marlin division. Now I'm nervous b/c the women's tourney is next month and its up to us girls to get one of those big sucker in the boat!

Look what I can do...

Noble is growing and going. She crawls like a champ and is now pulling up to stand on anything and everything. This has landed us in the ER once so far! 2 weeks ago (the 1st day she started this) she fell while standing and did not let go of the box she was holding on to. The next morning she would not use her left arm. After the x-ray we found out she had dislocated her elbow! They popped it back into place and she has not slowed down since. Over the weekend she started to try to "cruise" around the coffee table and couch.

Peek-a-Boo

Noble has learned that once she wakes up someone will come get her out her crib. She has also caught on to the fact that they will enter from the same door every time. So when she hears the door to her room open, she pull the bumper on crib down so that she can see who is coming to get her. I of course love to crawl in so it makes it harder for her to see me and then play peek-a-boo with her... is there any hope she might turn out normal?