Here I am getting my first taste of cottage cheese. It is very different, I don't know if I like it yet.



Well, I got a second bite and I really didn't like it any better than the first but then Mommy mixed some pear juice with it and I ate it like a champ.



I am going from a sitting position to a crawling position. I just can't get that right leg out from under me!


My right leg is still trapped but I am making forward progress.



That leg still isn't all the way out but it is out enough for me to move! Almost crawling for real now, the combat crawl is about to be a thing of the past!

First Beach Day

Today was my first (of many) trip to the beach. We plan on going a lot this summer, as usual, so we got our annual beach pass. Mommy loaded me down with spf 50 lotion before we left the house then sprayed me with spf 70 broad spectrum and added some spf 50 facestick. THEN she put me in my bathing suit, it has spf 50 built right it. She sat me under the umbrella for a while then I got to sit in my little pool for a bit, when it was time to eat she bundled me in a towel and a blanket and I took a nice nap. It was a very windy day and the umbrella started to blow away so mommy turned my pool on it's side and I sat behind it for shade. When it was time to leave I was a mess so mommy took me down to the water to rinse me off. It was a bit chilly but I dug my toes right into that wet sand and laughed everytime I saw a little wave come by. I liked it when mommy held me close to her and told me how much she has always loved the beach, I liked looking at the big waves and sandpipers. When it was time to go home I got to experience another tradtion. Apparently Mommy and Aunt Jen have always stopped for ice-cream on the way home. So we went to this place and got ice-cream. Mommy, Aunt Jen, and Maddy all let me have a little taste! I slept all the way home, it was such a fun and relaxing day!




Here I am at the ice-cream place on the way home!


My cousin was very eager to play with me!


Don't I look cute in my sunglasses and hat?


My first feel of the wet sand. I didn't even try to eat any, I just enjoyed playing with it!


After a bath and dinner, I am still a happy girl! I can't wait to go back!

I'm in the Movies!

Here are some random videos I have been meaning to upload. I have been super-busy lately and haven't had a chance to update the blogs as much as I would like. Enjoy the short movies!

It's Greek to me

My sister Lexi is so silly! She got one of my burpee cloths and made it into a toga for me to wear! She wanted to find some olive leaves for my hair but we are fresh out of them! I look too much like my Daddy to look like I'm Greek! Anyway, it was quite fun being dressed like that, it was nice and cool in my toga outfit and I stayed that way for quite some time!

My Funky Irish Hat

My mommy said this hat was from my cousin Evan and that I should tell him thank-you. So thank-you cousin Evan for my hat! I guess my head is a wee bit small because it kept slipping over my nose. I didn't like it being on top of my nose like that but mommy promised once the pictures were over she wouldn't put it on me anymore. I would rather put it on the ground upside down and put stuff in it. But I cooperated as much as I could and let my mommarazzi take more pictures of me for the scrapbook.
Happy St. Patricks day everyone!

This is my first cloth diaper! Isn't it cute? I love the colors, Mommy says she might not ever use bloomers with my dresses again! The diapers are so soft against my skin, I wish we would have had these from the start!



March 15, first time putting my toes in my mouth! I was rolling around all over the floor as usual and Mommy looked up and saw me with my toes in my mouth! Ever since I found out I could do this I haven't stopped! I got very frustrated when I was in the shopping cart at Publix today and I couldn't reach my toes!



Also on March 15! Mommy mashed up banana and avocado for me. She also opened up a jar of beef, carrots, and corn which was a first for me and I gagged, it was so gross! So mommy dumped the baby food and the avocado and banana on my tray. I guess she wanted to see what I would do. I patted my hands in it then I rubbed my hands together, then I squished it around in my little fists. I sucked on my hands a little bit then I kept rubbing the sides of my head, Mommy was laughing very loud when I did that so I kept doing it. I gave myself an avocado shampoo! I didn't end up eating very much but I had a blast exploring the textures of things and Mommy says that is an important step in my development! She says the funniest things sometimes. I am not sure about this food stuff, it is fun but I prefer my milk.



March 7, my first warm weather trip to the lake! Mommy took me , sister, and 2 of my cousins to Grandaddy;s house a couple of weeks ago for the day. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm. I got all slathered up with multi-spectrum spf 60+ sunscreen, put on my floppy hat, and pulled the shade on my stroller over me and I was ready to go down by the water! Mommy says I have skin like Daddy and she was very afraid that I would burn so she only let me sit in my stroller by the water for about 10 minutes. After that we had to go sit at the table under the big live oaks for shade. Grandaddy said he will put up a couple of big umbrellas so next time I can sit in the wet sand and explore. I can't wait for that to happen, I got some really cute cloth swim diapers from my Aunt and I have some cute bathing suits from her too! Mommy says she is going to get a canopy with sunscreen built in, she really is playing it safe!

Until now I have been happy to sit in my tubbie and let Mommy wash me. I would hold onto the faucet or even pat at the water with my hands but that got boring. Tonight Mommy put me in a different tub than usual, a tub that has a little more room. What Mommy didn't realize was that even though this tub is wider, it is a lot more shallow than my other one and tonight was the night I wanted to start something new! Mom put me in the tub as usual and put my soap on the wash cloth and started to wash my body. But this feeling came over me, I got all active and just had to kick my feet! What a reaction I got! Mommy started laughing and got all loud saying she was getting wet. Well that made me laugh and I did it all over again! Sister came up wanting to know what was going on so I did it more! Finally Mommy went to get the camera, by that point I had kicked half the water out of my tub! She let me continue until there was a giant puddle on the floor, her shorts were soaked, and the counters were flooded with soapy baby water. She pulled that pluggy thingy and all my water went away, I was still trying to kick anyway. After I was dressed and happily playing with my toys Mommy went back to clean up the mess, it took 4 beach towels to get all the water off the floor and counters! It was under the coffee maker and even all the way to the stove, even the rug was wet! Mommy threw it all in the washing machine and said "I guess that's the end of sink baths, I sure didn't give you permission to grow up this fast" I wonder why she keeps saying that?