I was so worn out from all the activity on Christmas morning that I fell asleep right in the middle of Mammaw's living room! I looked so festive wearing my new jammies. They said Babies First Christmas on the front and had little reindeer, snowmen, and santa's all over them.

I love being Mommy's big helper! We were wrapping big sister's Christmas presents. Well, Mommy was wrapping and I was helping by sitting in my bumbo and being cute! Mommy thought I was so funny sitting there with all those gifts behind me. Especially when I put my face on my hand,Mommy said I must be thinking "I wonder which one is mine"

THAT is what you are going to feed me? I don't know about that........

Well, I don't really know....

Ew, ick, this is NOT what I ordered!

Oh boy, you aren't going to make me eat anymore!!

Today I had my first bit of rice cereal! Mommy mixed it with my favorite booby milk so it would taste familiar but I still wasn't very impressed. Mommy only gave me 3 bites, she said she felt so bad about the faces I was making. I ate it though so maybe I just need to give it another chance in a days and give myself some time to get used to it. Mommy is going to make some homemade rice cereal for me next time, she found out you can ground up brown rice and cook it then keep it in the fridge for feedings, it is a lot better for me than cereal made from processed rice and I bet it tastes better too! I go to the dr. next week for my 4 month shots and Mommy is going to ask Dr. Thornton if I can have mashed avocado and bananas within the next few weeks! So many exciting things are happening to me right now!

Saturday December 6, 2008

Today was a really big day for me! I was laying on my back and I saw a toy I wanted. I couldn't reach it so I rolled onto my side. Mommy saw me trying to roll so she grabbed her camera, as usual. I rolled onto my side and got my leg over. I grunted a whole lot because it is hard work trying to roll around like that! Anyway, I finally got all the way over but I still couldn't reach my toy so I rolled one more time back to my back! Then I spit-up, my tummy was all crazy I guess.

The picture up top should have been the lasr picture but I loaded it wrong!

Ahhh...my first Thanksgiving! Mommy was being silly and put the Turkey leg in front of me. See how I am sitting in my bumpo seat all by myself! The turkey leg was almost as big as I was, that is because it came from a 25 pound turkey, that is 10 more pounds that I weigh right now! Aunt Jenny picked me up and put me next to the turkey with my legs pushed up like turkey legs and that turkey just dwarfed me. Of course the batteries in the camera were dead at the time so mommy missed that photo op! I had a really good day on my first big family holiday. There were 22 people at my Mammaw's house and they all wanted to get kisses and hugs from me! Then we went to Nan and Pops and everyone wanted to cuddle up on me there too! I was a really good sport about it and didn't start to get fussy until about 8 that night. Once I was home Mommy gave me a nice warm bath and nursed me and I fell right asleep. I slept all the way until way after sunrise! It was fun but I really missed my Daddy, I sure hope he gets to be home next Thanksgiving when I can actually EAT the turkey!

I Can Do It!!

Today was a big day for me! On November 24th I grabbed my rattle out of big sister's hand and put it into my mouth! This was the first time I actually reached for something and was able to grasp it. Now I am grabbing just about everything! On Thanksgiving Mommy was holding me while she fixed her plate and I grabbed the buttery roll that was sitting on her plate. Just as she got all the butter wiped off of my fingers I put my fist in her mashed potatoes! Mommy says that she can no longer hold me on the same side that her food or drinks are on and she is right, I want to put it ALL in my mouth! The picture of me wearing the white and red outfit was the first time I grabbed the rattle. The pink outfit picture was when I rolled onto my side and picked it up off of the floor a few days later! Mommy says that she and sister have to be extra super careful about things on the floor now that I am rolling around and grabbing things, she doesn't want me to get something bad or small in my mouth!

Sittin on the sofa letting my big sister Lexi read to me. She got of her favorite issues of Nick Magazine and decided to read me the Spongebob comics. I didn't really understand what was going on but I did like looking at all of the bright pictures! I look like a regular little kid with my leg propped up the way it is! Mommy said I looked like a fat old man reading a newspaper and of course she had to go get her camera. I think I might start calling her the "Momerazzi"! I love it when my sister reads to me, plays with, gives me baths, and I even love it when she just talks to me, she is the best big sister a girl could have!

Epcot Adventure

We all went to Epcot on Sunday for a family day before Daddy leaves to go to Bahrain. Mommy woke me up really early Sunday morning and fed me and dressed me in my new pink and brown outfit then buckled me up and off we went! I slept all the way to Orlando because I wanted to be awake and alert for the sights and sounds for my first Epcot trip! Mommy is so silly, she brought my stroller even though I never want to ride it in, I would much rather be in my kangaroo pouch! The first thing we did was go on a ride! It had cars kind of like the cars on the haunted mansion at Disey and it was a Finding Nemo ride, we saw all sorts of fish,sharks, rays, and beautiful coral. I thought it was so cool, I laughed when I saw Nemo and Dorie. Then we went up to an observation level and got to watch a Dolphin show, I LOVED the dolphins, they came right up to the glass and looked at me! Then we went on a ride about Norway and it had a couple of small drops like the ones in Pirates of the Caribbean but I wasn't scared at all, I smiled and cooed the whole time! As long as I am in my kangaroo pouch I am just fine. I also got to meet Donald Duck! Big sis held me while he shook my hand, I wasn't scared even though he was big, I didn't smile, I just stared at him wondering what on earth he was! When it was time for dinner Daddy held me for a bit and I watched him eat his bratwurst very closely. When it go to his mouth I licked my lips, it looked so good! It was a long day with a lot of walking but I just wouldn't let anyone put me in my stroller, I wanted to be up where I could see everything! When the fireworks started Mommy thought I would be scared so she held me really close and covered my ears. I wasn't scared though, I was entranced...the lights twinkling in the sky were so neat! But Mommy was worried about the noise anyway and took me inside the baby center where we could watch through the glass doors. It was a long day but I was a really good girl and didn't fuss much until the very end and I s lept all the way home!