Yet more photos!

Ooh, I'm on it this month!

I just posted some more photos, for your viewing pleasure!

Milestones abound recently...baby girl's not crawling yet, but she's getting up on her hands and knees all the time and sort of bouncing. I anticipate she'll figure it out quite soon.

Also no teeth yet, but she did have some teething pain a couple of nights ago - baby Orajel worked like a charm. Then of course Brandon had to put some on his tongue and see what it was like - he was talking funny for a little while (the numbing works).

She's also stable enough to sit in a high chair, so we finally had to break down and buy one - it's being shipped now. She's getting some solid food every day, much to her chagrin...I can get her to eat the rice cereal without much problem, but she hasn't been too interested in the other foods I've tried. I also unfortunately made WAY too much of the pureed peas and sweet potato a couple of days ago - good thing I can freeze it! We're not discouraged, though - I have no doubt she'll be getting used to food very soon!

This will also be the first month when we don't have a well-baby checkup, which is a change. She has her flu shots awaiting her in January, though, and I can say from personal experience that they hurt, so she won't be happy about that. But at least she gets a respite for now!

I can hardly believe it's already almost the end of October - we're going to a wedding on Saturday, so not much for the Halloween festivities - though I think we're going to get baby girl a costume anyway, since she can get away with it. I wanted to make something, but of course didn't get my act together, so I'll probably just make a pass by Babys R Us.

That's all for now...

New photos - finally!

I have finally posted some new photos! (It only took me 4 months, right?) Click here to skip to the most current page of the album.

You can also click on the photo link to the right - but keep in mind that the newest photos will be at the end.

Enjoy!

There's no accounting for taste...

My mom and I were in a local store Monday browsing around, and there was a baby section so of course we had to take a look. There were a number of toys, and since I was holding Laurna facing out in front of me, she got to take a good look. She immediately started reaching with both hands towards this one particular toy (above), one neither my mom nor I would have ever chosen for her (ugly, much?). But baby girl had fallen in love, for whatever reason.

She's clearly already her own person! :o)

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A note about gas.

Evidently all food gives babies gas. So rice cereal in the evening = unhappy baby at bedtime.

"Solid" food - the beginning!

Well, infant rice cereal is far from what I'd define as "solid," but it's not just milk, so it's a milestone! We've started trying to get baby girl used to eating from a spoon (as of last night), so that's definitely news! Don't get excited, we're not going crazy or trying to replace any of her milk diet (not appropriate till after 6 months of age), but are giving her a couple of (tiny) spoonfuls of infant rice cereal twice a day to get the hang of the whole procedure. Last night it mostly all ended up on her face, but this evening she seemed to actually be eating it. Her expressions are hilarious.

Her sleep patterns seem to have also evened out - it's mostly about 8 PM till 5 or 6 AM, which is great. Go baby girl!

In non-baby news, Brandon and I got to step out and see a movie this evening. We saw "Julie & Julia," and quite enjoyed it. Makes you want to get cooking...or eating, anyway!

Laurna's passed the 4-month point now and is rolling over quite well onto her stomach, though she usually doesn't roll back. She's sleeping in her crib now as well (the transition from the car seat went better than expected, aside from the first night), and is learning how to make "raspberries" with her lips. What excitement!

We all went down to Comic-Con at the end of July, which was a nice trip and a fun adventure - our first "real" family vacation! Sadly I left our camera on the plane (argh), so the majority of the pics are still on my phone - the good news, though, is that the phone actually takes decent pictures. What a shame about the camera, though! Sigh.