Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Pictures of *THE* House!
I know that it's not official until we have the keys but I am giddy about the thought of this house being our very first home! Soooooo....I wanted to share some pictures that I snapped yesterday when we were having the home inspection done. The first two are from the MLS listing because I forgot to take pictures of the front but the rest are from me. :)
Front of the house:
Side of the house/garage:
Living Room from the front door:
Shot from front of living room looking up to the loft:
Dining Room:
Kitchen:
Hallway:
Master Bedroom:
Master Bath:
Sophi's Room:
Sophi's Bathroom:
Loft:
Sandra's Room (upstairs):
Sandra's Bathroom:
Backyard view from workshop:
Housing for firewood behind the workshop:
Sandbox!!!:
Daddy and Sophi on the porch with the workshop in the background:
I forgot to take a picture of the shower in the upstairs bathroom but it is newly remodeled and similar to the one in the master bedroom downstairs. Anyway, you get the gist of it! We are SOOOOO excited!! The inspection went very well yesterday. The inspector only found a few minor things that need repair. Next will be the appraisal and the WDO (Wood Destroying Organisms) inspection. We have asked the sellers to push our close date back to October 7th, instead of the 6th, so that we can skip having to pay the interest for the month of October and our first mortgage payment won't be until December! At the rate we got and the price, our mortgage payment is estimated to be almost $100 less than what we pay for rent! Yaaaaayy!!!
Monkey the Heavy Breather
On a not-so exciting note, the Monkey has come down with her very first cold. She woke up yesterday morning really congested and by yesterday afternoon, I was pumping Tylenol in her because she had a 100.8 degree fever. I know that's not really that high but it still freaks me out. She was not a very happy camper yesterday and she surely has made the aspirator her very worst enemy! I feel so bad for her because she can't breathe well through her nose and is practically panting to breathe. When she tries to nurse it's even worse. She'll try to eat as much as she can and then beaks latch and pulls back really quick and pants to catch her breath. Poor Monkey. She was highly fussy this morning and it took me almost an hour to get her to settle down and take a nap but since she's been awake, she seems much happier but is definitely still a heavy breather. Funny thing about all of this is, she actually helps me get the snot out by blowing her nose! When I come at her with the aspirator she sticks her tongue out with her mouth closed and blows, you know, "Pppplllffffpppp" and it in turn, causes the air to push out of her nose too. She cracks me up. Anyway, no fever so far today so we are hoping that she is back to her normal silly Monkey self very soon!
Front of the house:
Side of the house/garage:
Living Room from the front door:
Shot from front of living room looking up to the loft:
Dining Room:
Kitchen:
Hallway:
Master Bedroom:
Master Bath:
Sophi's Room:
Sophi's Bathroom:
Loft:
Sandra's Room (upstairs):
Sandra's Bathroom:
Backyard view from workshop:
Housing for firewood behind the workshop:
Sandbox!!!:
Daddy and Sophi on the porch with the workshop in the background:
I forgot to take a picture of the shower in the upstairs bathroom but it is newly remodeled and similar to the one in the master bedroom downstairs. Anyway, you get the gist of it! We are SOOOOO excited!! The inspection went very well yesterday. The inspector only found a few minor things that need repair. Next will be the appraisal and the WDO (Wood Destroying Organisms) inspection. We have asked the sellers to push our close date back to October 7th, instead of the 6th, so that we can skip having to pay the interest for the month of October and our first mortgage payment won't be until December! At the rate we got and the price, our mortgage payment is estimated to be almost $100 less than what we pay for rent! Yaaaaayy!!!
Monkey the Heavy Breather
On a not-so exciting note, the Monkey has come down with her very first cold. She woke up yesterday morning really congested and by yesterday afternoon, I was pumping Tylenol in her because she had a 100.8 degree fever. I know that's not really that high but it still freaks me out. She was not a very happy camper yesterday and she surely has made the aspirator her very worst enemy! I feel so bad for her because she can't breathe well through her nose and is practically panting to breathe. When she tries to nurse it's even worse. She'll try to eat as much as she can and then beaks latch and pulls back really quick and pants to catch her breath. Poor Monkey. She was highly fussy this morning and it took me almost an hour to get her to settle down and take a nap but since she's been awake, she seems much happier but is definitely still a heavy breather. Funny thing about all of this is, she actually helps me get the snot out by blowing her nose! When I come at her with the aspirator she sticks her tongue out with her mouth closed and blows, you know, "Pppplllffffpppp" and it in turn, causes the air to push out of her nose too. She cracks me up. Anyway, no fever so far today so we are hoping that she is back to her normal silly Monkey self very soon!
Friday, August 26, 2011
Adventures in Solids!
Since we are trying so many new foods now, I thought it would be kind of neat to start a weekly about the new foods that the Monkey is trying and how she reacts to it, along with pictures (of course!). Plus, this is a good motivator to make sure that I am on here more often and keeping this thing up to date. It's been a couple of weeks since I blogged last about solids so we have all kinds of new things to add today!! We'll start with apples.
Apples
This was our first grainy textured food and the Monkey was not too sure about it at first. She spit it back out several times before figuring out how to maneuver it in her mouth and get it down. The first time we tried them, she had them on their own but after that, I figured out that she really quite enjoyed them mixed with oatmeal. So we stuck with that for the few days that we were on apples. Here is the Monkey's apple face. At first she was like "Blech!"
Then she was "Oh wait! This is yummy!"
Prunes
I forgot to mention above that, the reason we tried the apples was because the Monkey hadn't pooped in several days and I was hoping that the apples would get her going. They didn't. It had been a week since she had done anything and I was freaking out. I was about a day away from buying suppositories to help her out. Thank God I didn't have to do that and Thank God for PRUNES!! I ran to the store on our way to meet Daddy at the base and picked up a bottle of prune juice and some Organic prune baby food. This will be one thing that I will not be making myself. I just feel like it's entirely too time consuming of a process. Anyway, we got to the food court at the Exchange, put Monkey in the highchair (after thoroughly wiping it off, blech!) and cracked open the prunes. I tried them first to see what they would taste like and really, they weren't bad. Just tasted like burnt raisins. The Monkey...she loved them! Couldn't get enough. We were shoveling those prunes in her mouth and when she was done, she was fussing because she wanted more. Monkey tore those prunes up!! Here's prune face:
Oh and, for the record, prunes work. Monkey pooped....and pooped...and pooped. I'm glad she was finally able to get some relief, though. It's sad seeing her hurt.
Sweet Potatoes
I like to believe that the Monkey and sweet potatoes had love at first bite. These were a giant win. The Monkey opened her mouth wider for sweet potatoes than anything we've tried so far and why not? They are sweet and silky and yummy! She ate them so fast. I mean, record time. The Monkey is getting so much better at eating already. I am so impressed by how quickly she learns and adapts. Babies are so amazing. Here's the Monkey begging Daddy for a bite of sweet potatoes:
Mum Mums
A Mum Mum is a teething biscuit for babies. It is a flavored rice husk that dissolves to mush in their mouth to avoid a choking hazard and it's kind of textured for chewing on. We got the vegetable flavored ones for the Monkey to see how she would do feeding herself since she has been practicing her hand to mouth motion for quite some time now. The Monkey really does well with these! She gets so excited when she sees me bring them out and I will usually give her one after her dinner or for a mid-day snack. Right now, she spits out more than she eats but either way, she really enjoys them and she hasn't choked yet, so we'll keep giving them to her. Here are a couple of Mum Mum shots:
Plums
We started plums a couple of days ago. So far, these have definitely not been a favorite. They are a little tart and they have sort of a grainy texture like the apples so I wonder if this is going to be a trend. I did find that if I mix some of her rice cereal in with the plums, she chows them down. On an off note, I found out that plums freeze really well and like bananas, they get a nice creamy texture to them when they are pureed and frozen. I'll have to keep this in mind for a smoothie idea! :) Here's the Monkey making a sour plum face:
We have also been practicing with the sippy cup after meals. The cups that we got are rubberized all around so they are kind of soft. The Monkey hasn't quite figured out how to drink yet and instead of sucking on the tip, she chomps. I thought that maybe if I keep the cup in the refrigerator that it would help. Did it? Noooo...now she thinks it's one giant teething ring and just flips it all over the place and chomps on it. It's pretty fun to watch. I'm not worried about the sippy cup. She'll get it when she's ready. :)
House stuff
I know that I promised house pics today but when I got the pictures off of Mitch's phone last night, I realized that they weren't that great. We will be at the house this afternoon for the home inspection and I'm going to take a lot more pictures and will certainly post them once I do. :)
Time to go get that Monkey!
Apples
This was our first grainy textured food and the Monkey was not too sure about it at first. She spit it back out several times before figuring out how to maneuver it in her mouth and get it down. The first time we tried them, she had them on their own but after that, I figured out that she really quite enjoyed them mixed with oatmeal. So we stuck with that for the few days that we were on apples. Here is the Monkey's apple face. At first she was like "Blech!"
Then she was "Oh wait! This is yummy!"
Prunes
I forgot to mention above that, the reason we tried the apples was because the Monkey hadn't pooped in several days and I was hoping that the apples would get her going. They didn't. It had been a week since she had done anything and I was freaking out. I was about a day away from buying suppositories to help her out. Thank God I didn't have to do that and Thank God for PRUNES!! I ran to the store on our way to meet Daddy at the base and picked up a bottle of prune juice and some Organic prune baby food. This will be one thing that I will not be making myself. I just feel like it's entirely too time consuming of a process. Anyway, we got to the food court at the Exchange, put Monkey in the highchair (after thoroughly wiping it off, blech!) and cracked open the prunes. I tried them first to see what they would taste like and really, they weren't bad. Just tasted like burnt raisins. The Monkey...she loved them! Couldn't get enough. We were shoveling those prunes in her mouth and when she was done, she was fussing because she wanted more. Monkey tore those prunes up!! Here's prune face:
Oh and, for the record, prunes work. Monkey pooped....and pooped...and pooped. I'm glad she was finally able to get some relief, though. It's sad seeing her hurt.
Sweet Potatoes
I like to believe that the Monkey and sweet potatoes had love at first bite. These were a giant win. The Monkey opened her mouth wider for sweet potatoes than anything we've tried so far and why not? They are sweet and silky and yummy! She ate them so fast. I mean, record time. The Monkey is getting so much better at eating already. I am so impressed by how quickly she learns and adapts. Babies are so amazing. Here's the Monkey begging Daddy for a bite of sweet potatoes:
Mum Mums
A Mum Mum is a teething biscuit for babies. It is a flavored rice husk that dissolves to mush in their mouth to avoid a choking hazard and it's kind of textured for chewing on. We got the vegetable flavored ones for the Monkey to see how she would do feeding herself since she has been practicing her hand to mouth motion for quite some time now. The Monkey really does well with these! She gets so excited when she sees me bring them out and I will usually give her one after her dinner or for a mid-day snack. Right now, she spits out more than she eats but either way, she really enjoys them and she hasn't choked yet, so we'll keep giving them to her. Here are a couple of Mum Mum shots:
Plums
We started plums a couple of days ago. So far, these have definitely not been a favorite. They are a little tart and they have sort of a grainy texture like the apples so I wonder if this is going to be a trend. I did find that if I mix some of her rice cereal in with the plums, she chows them down. On an off note, I found out that plums freeze really well and like bananas, they get a nice creamy texture to them when they are pureed and frozen. I'll have to keep this in mind for a smoothie idea! :) Here's the Monkey making a sour plum face:
We have also been practicing with the sippy cup after meals. The cups that we got are rubberized all around so they are kind of soft. The Monkey hasn't quite figured out how to drink yet and instead of sucking on the tip, she chomps. I thought that maybe if I keep the cup in the refrigerator that it would help. Did it? Noooo...now she thinks it's one giant teething ring and just flips it all over the place and chomps on it. It's pretty fun to watch. I'm not worried about the sippy cup. She'll get it when she's ready. :)
House stuff
I know that I promised house pics today but when I got the pictures off of Mitch's phone last night, I realized that they weren't that great. We will be at the house this afternoon for the home inspection and I'm going to take a lot more pictures and will certainly post them once I do. :)
Time to go get that Monkey!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Life in the fast lane
In the last couple of weeks, the Monkey has been learning a lot of new things. Everything seems to be happening so fast now! At the beginning of the month, she wasn't even sitting yet and now she sits like a champ, she is learning more sounds, eating more foods and growing like a weed! I find myself taking more and more pictures of her these days because everything happens so fast and I don't want to miss any of the little phases that she goes through. Yesterday alone, I snapped 45 pictures of her. She really has become quite the camera hog, too. If she sees it or hears it snap a picture, she immediately turns on the charm. Since I've been taking so many shots of her, I want to start one day a week to just share some pictures with everyone. I got the idea from a friend and fellow blogger over at The Olivers. She does a Wordless Wednesday and I love the idea so much that I have decided to use it, also. I hope that you look forward to our Wednesdays now as much as I do! :)
Monkey Speaks
Mitch has been having a tough time at work lately. The days just seem to get longer and the people he works with seem to become more lazy and ignorant. So, when he comes home, he looks to his ladies to cheer him up. He usually comes in and gets changed out of his uniform and then takes the Monkey for a little while because she's pretty good at cheering her Daddy up. Anyway, he came home one day last week (I want to say it was Thursday) and was carrying her around and talking with her and what comes out but "DADA DADA DADA!"!!!! We both about jumped out of our skin and our eyes and smiles got huge. We looked at each other with something like this "Did you...did she...was that....DADA?!?" It was awesome. I know that I've always been easily excited but I love how, as a parent, that it is perfectly acceptable to get excited over the small things. She has also figured out how to make Indian noises. You know the ones where baby goes "Ahhhhhhhhhhh" and you pat your fingers over their mouth to make Indian noises? She cracks up when I do that and now she has figured out that if she takes a toy and makes the "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh" sound while moving said toy over her mouth, that she sounds like an Indian. She cracks me up!
Getting ready to be a Monkey on the move
We were hanging out on our bed one day last week and letting the Monkey get a little tummy time, which she actually quite enjoys these days (this is a feat itself!), Mitch and I were talking and we look over and we see Monkey up on all fours and looking down like "Whoa, how did I do that??" Again, we had a big celebration and I had to take a picture:
Since then, she has been up on all fours a lot more. She struggles sometimes with getting the knees up under her but once she gets there, she gets the most proud look on her little face! I've also found that if I pull the rabbit in front of the dog trick, and put something in front of her that she *really* wants(like Mommy's cell phone), she'll even rock front and back and then crash land forward. I have a feeling that very soon, our little Monkey is going to be on the move and all over the place. Time to start babyproofing? I think so!
Monkey in the Tub
We decided on Saturday that it was time to try Monkey out in the big girl bath tub. By the way that she's been growing lately, she's just getting too big for her baby tub. She wants to play and splash and since she is sitting up so well now on her own, we thought we would give it a shot. It was a HUGE success! We put foam letters and some other toys in with her and the Monkey had a ball! She loves to splash around and she's figured out that the foam letters stick to the tub and then she can attack them and knock them all off. It's awesome. She's awesome. Yep. Here are some pictures of Monkey's first big girl bath:
Getting ready:
Bath Inspector Liesel:
Baby Booty!!
Yeah, Mom!! This is awesome!!
Mama Liesel helping out with bath time:
S is for Sophi:
Moving Home
In the last month or so, Mitch and I have been looking at houses in hopes of finding the perfect house to call our home. We were shown many houses that were all a disappointment of some sorts. On Friday, we set an appointment with our Realtor to go look at a handful more on Sunday after church. Mitch and I just kept saying that we were going to find our dream home on Sunday. We had 5 houses to see and one by one, we were let down. We learned very quickly that just because the pictures on the MLS listing are appealing, this does not mean that the house actually looks that way. Anyway, the 5th house we looked at was one that Mitch had emailed to me a few days prior. It was one that I was really interested in seeing but it was a tiny bit out of our price range so I had to use some persuasion to get him to give the "ok" to see it. Our Realtor had been telling us all along that when we see "the one" that we would just know, it would be a feeling. I didn't believe her. I was wrong. We pulled up to the house and before even getting out of the car, I had a feeling. That feeling just got stronger as we walked around the corner and up to the front door. I had decided that this was the house that we would call our home before I had even seen the entire house. I got goosebumps (or as Mitch calls them, chicken skin) and a little teary. It was a very strange and overwhelming but awesome feeling. Anyway, we went back to the office and put an offer in on the house. They countered a little but it was still a deal we couldn't pass on so we signed the contract on Monday and are moving forward with our HOME buying process!! Our close date is set for October 6th and I can't wait to spend Sophi's first holiday season in our very own home! At this point, I would post some pictures but they are on Mitch's phone. I know, boo. I plugged his phone in to get the pictures off a couple of nights ago but I got so hung up in looking at the pictures that he has of Monkey, that I totally forgot to get the pictures of the house. Oops!! I promise I will get them tonight and post them by tomorrow.
Well, that about wraps it up for today. It's 6:45 and the Monkey should be waking any minute now. Time to get our day underway! I'll leave you with a couple of my favorites from this week:
Monkey Speaks
Mitch has been having a tough time at work lately. The days just seem to get longer and the people he works with seem to become more lazy and ignorant. So, when he comes home, he looks to his ladies to cheer him up. He usually comes in and gets changed out of his uniform and then takes the Monkey for a little while because she's pretty good at cheering her Daddy up. Anyway, he came home one day last week (I want to say it was Thursday) and was carrying her around and talking with her and what comes out but "DADA DADA DADA!"!!!! We both about jumped out of our skin and our eyes and smiles got huge. We looked at each other with something like this "Did you...did she...was that....DADA?!?" It was awesome. I know that I've always been easily excited but I love how, as a parent, that it is perfectly acceptable to get excited over the small things. She has also figured out how to make Indian noises. You know the ones where baby goes "Ahhhhhhhhhhh" and you pat your fingers over their mouth to make Indian noises? She cracks up when I do that and now she has figured out that if she takes a toy and makes the "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh" sound while moving said toy over her mouth, that she sounds like an Indian. She cracks me up!
Getting ready to be a Monkey on the move
We were hanging out on our bed one day last week and letting the Monkey get a little tummy time, which she actually quite enjoys these days (this is a feat itself!), Mitch and I were talking and we look over and we see Monkey up on all fours and looking down like "Whoa, how did I do that??" Again, we had a big celebration and I had to take a picture:
Since then, she has been up on all fours a lot more. She struggles sometimes with getting the knees up under her but once she gets there, she gets the most proud look on her little face! I've also found that if I pull the rabbit in front of the dog trick, and put something in front of her that she *really* wants(like Mommy's cell phone), she'll even rock front and back and then crash land forward. I have a feeling that very soon, our little Monkey is going to be on the move and all over the place. Time to start babyproofing? I think so!
Monkey in the Tub
We decided on Saturday that it was time to try Monkey out in the big girl bath tub. By the way that she's been growing lately, she's just getting too big for her baby tub. She wants to play and splash and since she is sitting up so well now on her own, we thought we would give it a shot. It was a HUGE success! We put foam letters and some other toys in with her and the Monkey had a ball! She loves to splash around and she's figured out that the foam letters stick to the tub and then she can attack them and knock them all off. It's awesome. She's awesome. Yep. Here are some pictures of Monkey's first big girl bath:
Getting ready:
Bath Inspector Liesel:
Baby Booty!!
Yeah, Mom!! This is awesome!!
Mama Liesel helping out with bath time:
S is for Sophi:
Moving Home
In the last month or so, Mitch and I have been looking at houses in hopes of finding the perfect house to call our home. We were shown many houses that were all a disappointment of some sorts. On Friday, we set an appointment with our Realtor to go look at a handful more on Sunday after church. Mitch and I just kept saying that we were going to find our dream home on Sunday. We had 5 houses to see and one by one, we were let down. We learned very quickly that just because the pictures on the MLS listing are appealing, this does not mean that the house actually looks that way. Anyway, the 5th house we looked at was one that Mitch had emailed to me a few days prior. It was one that I was really interested in seeing but it was a tiny bit out of our price range so I had to use some persuasion to get him to give the "ok" to see it. Our Realtor had been telling us all along that when we see "the one" that we would just know, it would be a feeling. I didn't believe her. I was wrong. We pulled up to the house and before even getting out of the car, I had a feeling. That feeling just got stronger as we walked around the corner and up to the front door. I had decided that this was the house that we would call our home before I had even seen the entire house. I got goosebumps (or as Mitch calls them, chicken skin) and a little teary. It was a very strange and overwhelming but awesome feeling. Anyway, we went back to the office and put an offer in on the house. They countered a little but it was still a deal we couldn't pass on so we signed the contract on Monday and are moving forward with our HOME buying process!! Our close date is set for October 6th and I can't wait to spend Sophi's first holiday season in our very own home! At this point, I would post some pictures but they are on Mitch's phone. I know, boo. I plugged his phone in to get the pictures off a couple of nights ago but I got so hung up in looking at the pictures that he has of Monkey, that I totally forgot to get the pictures of the house. Oops!! I promise I will get them tonight and post them by tomorrow.
Well, that about wraps it up for today. It's 6:45 and the Monkey should be waking any minute now. Time to get our day underway! I'll leave you with a couple of my favorites from this week:
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Adventures into Solids!
So, I mentioned this before but, we started solids the 27th of last month. It may be silly but this has been a pretty big deal in our house! It has been a ton of fun making different foods and introducing new tastes to the monkey. Her reaction has varied from each new food and it's neat getting to see the funny faces and figuring out whether she likes what she is tasting or not. So I thought, why not take pictures of her eating each new food and document it? After all, who doesn't love a baby with mushed food all over their face?
Our initial plan was to wait until she was 6 months old to start solids. She was doing well on milk alone and wouldn't need solids until 6 months. But then, we started getting the stare down any time we were eating and then she was leaning in close to our food and finally, we were out to dinner one night with friends and that little monkey kept trying to grab at my plate! So, we gave in 5 days early. The original plan was to skip the rice cereal since we did wait until she was (almost) 6 months old but her pediatrician strongly recommended it for at least a few days to help get her started. So we started with rice cereal.
My first thought was that this stuff looks, well....gross. I thought for sure that the monkey would hate it. Did she hate it? Nope! She loved it! It was a total success with her! Daddy decided that he couldn't feed her rice cereal because it made his stomach crawl too much. Guess that's why God gives mommy's strong stomachs! Here is the monkey with rice cereal face:
After a few days of rice cereal, we decided to try oatmeal. The oatmeal definitely does not look as terrible as the rice did but it definitely could have used some raisins, butter and cinnamon to spice it up a little. ;) I mixed it up and monkey almost came over the highchair tray to get it! She loved it! I don't think we're going to have a problem with her being a picky eater! I can't wait to start mixing some fruits in once we start introducing more foods.
On her 6 month half birthday, we decided to try some carrots. While the monkey loved the carrots, she ended up getting a little bit of a rash on her chest and belly that evening. In the defense of the carrots, that was a rough day for us. The a/c went out in the house and it was 88 degrees in here before it got fixed. The rash that the monkey had looked a lot like a heat rash but I wasn't sure and I didn't want to chance it and keep giving her carrots. So, we'll come back to carrots at another time. In the meantime, here is the monkey with her carrot face:
Up next was bananas! What monkey doesn't love bananas, right?? Our monkey!! She hated them. Gave me a face like "What the heck is this junk??" and spit them right back out. Every single time. Of course, this is the one food that I don't have a picture of. I think maybe the banana just wasn't quite ripe enough and didn't mush up good enough for her. So that day, we just set the banana to the side and ate a bowl of oatmeal. :)
Yesterday, I gave her something that I've been anticipating giving her for some time now. One of my very favorite things. AVOCADO!! And she LOOOOOVED it!! I am SO excited! Of course, our child has expensive food taste already. LoL! She ate half of an avocado yesterday and did great with the exception of a little gas but nothing that she couldn't get out. Between her and Mitch, I feel like I live in a gas chamber! Here is the monkey playing with her food yesterday:
I'm not sure what we will try next. So far, I have made zucchini, butternut squash, carrots, sweet potato, and apples. Today I am going to puree' plums and pears and maybe some peas. So we have lots of stuff to choose from. We'll be on avocado for a couple more days and then move on. Maybe we'll try a fruit next and see what the monkey thinks!
6 month test pictures
So, I'm no professional and the pictures I take are just with my phone camera but I want to do a mini photo shoot with the monkey for her half birthday. I know that she has already been 6 months for a week now but, hey, she'll be 6 months for another few weeks so I have some time. I did lay a sheet on the ground a couple of days ago and take a couple of shots just for giggles, and giggles was certainly what I got! This child cracks me up! Here are a couple of my favorites(please don't mind all of the junk in the background, we are in the process of rearranging):
Hi Mama! I love my new skirty!
Oh the drama!
Now, if I could just get my belly off of the ground...
Happy girl!
Our initial plan was to wait until she was 6 months old to start solids. She was doing well on milk alone and wouldn't need solids until 6 months. But then, we started getting the stare down any time we were eating and then she was leaning in close to our food and finally, we were out to dinner one night with friends and that little monkey kept trying to grab at my plate! So, we gave in 5 days early. The original plan was to skip the rice cereal since we did wait until she was (almost) 6 months old but her pediatrician strongly recommended it for at least a few days to help get her started. So we started with rice cereal.
My first thought was that this stuff looks, well....gross. I thought for sure that the monkey would hate it. Did she hate it? Nope! She loved it! It was a total success with her! Daddy decided that he couldn't feed her rice cereal because it made his stomach crawl too much. Guess that's why God gives mommy's strong stomachs! Here is the monkey with rice cereal face:
After a few days of rice cereal, we decided to try oatmeal. The oatmeal definitely does not look as terrible as the rice did but it definitely could have used some raisins, butter and cinnamon to spice it up a little. ;) I mixed it up and monkey almost came over the highchair tray to get it! She loved it! I don't think we're going to have a problem with her being a picky eater! I can't wait to start mixing some fruits in once we start introducing more foods.
On her 6 month half birthday, we decided to try some carrots. While the monkey loved the carrots, she ended up getting a little bit of a rash on her chest and belly that evening. In the defense of the carrots, that was a rough day for us. The a/c went out in the house and it was 88 degrees in here before it got fixed. The rash that the monkey had looked a lot like a heat rash but I wasn't sure and I didn't want to chance it and keep giving her carrots. So, we'll come back to carrots at another time. In the meantime, here is the monkey with her carrot face:
Up next was bananas! What monkey doesn't love bananas, right?? Our monkey!! She hated them. Gave me a face like "What the heck is this junk??" and spit them right back out. Every single time. Of course, this is the one food that I don't have a picture of. I think maybe the banana just wasn't quite ripe enough and didn't mush up good enough for her. So that day, we just set the banana to the side and ate a bowl of oatmeal. :)
Yesterday, I gave her something that I've been anticipating giving her for some time now. One of my very favorite things. AVOCADO!! And she LOOOOOVED it!! I am SO excited! Of course, our child has expensive food taste already. LoL! She ate half of an avocado yesterday and did great with the exception of a little gas but nothing that she couldn't get out. Between her and Mitch, I feel like I live in a gas chamber! Here is the monkey playing with her food yesterday:
I'm not sure what we will try next. So far, I have made zucchini, butternut squash, carrots, sweet potato, and apples. Today I am going to puree' plums and pears and maybe some peas. So we have lots of stuff to choose from. We'll be on avocado for a couple more days and then move on. Maybe we'll try a fruit next and see what the monkey thinks!
6 month test pictures
So, I'm no professional and the pictures I take are just with my phone camera but I want to do a mini photo shoot with the monkey for her half birthday. I know that she has already been 6 months for a week now but, hey, she'll be 6 months for another few weeks so I have some time. I did lay a sheet on the ground a couple of days ago and take a couple of shots just for giggles, and giggles was certainly what I got! This child cracks me up! Here are a couple of my favorites(please don't mind all of the junk in the background, we are in the process of rearranging):
Hi Mama! I love my new skirty!
Oh the drama!
Now, if I could just get my belly off of the ground...
Happy girl!
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