Missing my Daddy!

Daddy left on Sunday to go out of the country for about 3 months for work. Even though it's only been 3 days, I already miss him very much. The last couple of days that he was here we spent a lot of time together. On Friday, he picked me up early and we went into the city and had lunch with one of daddy's friends and then we went to visit mommy at work.

On Sunday night me and mommy took daddy to the airport. They let us go to the gate with him, so we all had one last dinner together before he left.

Before he left, daddy videotaped himself reading a few of my favorite books. Mommy has showed me three of them so far and I love watching them. Tonight I sat and watched daddy and giggled the whole time.

Other than helping daddy get ready for his trip and keeping mommy company now that daddy is gone, I have enjoyed playing with my new house that mommy and daddy bought before daddy left. It's a two sided house and I love crawling through the door and flipping the light switch on and off.

I'm getting stronger on my feet and have been taking a few steps while holding on to and moving along the couch. Mommy thinks it won't be too much longer until I try to take some steps on my own without holding on to the couch.

Time for me to go to bed. Hopefully I'll write more this weekend.

I'm on the move!

I've been crawling like a champ for the last three weeks. Mommy and daddy are having a hard time keeping up with me. Once I set my sights on something, I am off to the races! I also started pulling myself up to the standing position a few days ago and it's now my favorite thing to do. I like to pull myself up on my purple toy box and reach in and pull out all of my toys! I also pulled myself up in my crib this morning.

We're almost all settled into our new place and I love it! I have so much more room to explore and there is lots of room for all of my toys. I even have a little backyard now!

I have three teeth now, I just got my first one in on top about two weeks ago. Mommy and daddy are still trying to fatten me up, although I went to the doctors last week and I gained 2 pounds in 6 weeks, which made everyone happy. I now weigh 16.9 pounds.

Eating Lots of New Foods!

In order to fatten me up, mommy and daddy have been giving me all kinds of new food! I have eaten macaroni and cheese, lasagna, pizza, graham crackers, nilla wafters, pancakes, cheese, toast and even an occasional oreo cookie! My favorites so far are lasagna, pizza, oreo cookies, and nilla wafers.

In the past coulple of weeks, I've gone bowling twice and I went to Chucky Cheese's. Mommy, daddy, and their friends, Woody and Julie, went with me to these places. We had lots of fun! I am now starting to do the army crawling and I get up on my hands and knees and rock back and forth. Mommy thinks I will be crawling on all fours any day now. I still haven't gotten my top teeth in, but I sure hope they come in soon because sometimes it really hurts when they're trying to push through. I like to talk a lot now and say lots of things like da-da, ma-ma, ba-ba, and ya-ya. Right now mommy and daddy are trying to teach me to wave bye-bye. Sometimes I do it but I'm not real sure what it means yet. Next week we are moving, so it may be a little while before mommy is able to set up the computer for me to write some more.

Lots of Updates!

Sunday February 17 was my Baptism. Both sets of grandparents came in town as did my aunts. I didn't really mind too much having the water poured over my head since I love baths. I think the priest standing over top of me freaked me out more. After the Baptism, mommy and daddy had a party for me in the party room of our building. Lots of mommy and daddy's friends came and my friend Claire as well. I was glad to get to spend time with my aunts and grandparents.

Wednesday February 20 was my 9 month birthday! I now have two of my bottom teeth and now there is one trying to come in on the top. I'm still working on crawling. I go backwards and in circles, but not forward yet. I've also gotten really good at going from sitting up to laying on my stomach.

I went to the doctor last Thursday for my nine month checkup. The doctor said everything looks great but she wants me to fatten up a little bit since I only weight 14.5 pounds. So mommy and daddy have been feeding me mashed potatoes everyday for lunch which I seem to like. They've also tried giving me eggs, toast, pancakes, cheerios, and cheese. I don't really know what to think of these things yet. They're a lot of fun to play with and I make a big mess with them but I haven't quite figured out that I'm supposed to eat these things.

I also started say "ma ma" which makes mommy happy since I've been saying "da da" for awhile now. I'm starting to recognize my name and I think I'm beginning to figure out which one is ma ma and which one is da da. I've also started giving kisses and for some reason everyone laughs at me when I give the baby in the mirror kisses!

I've Been Very Busy!

Sunday was my 8 month birthday and I celebrated it with mommy, daddy, and their friends. We watched the football games and I was cheering for the Packers in my pink Packers gear! I'm still working on crawling, although I can scoot now and I can move myself backwards and in circles. I'm still waiting for another tooth to come in. Mommy says she can feel it right under the skin but it just hasn't broken through yet.

I have learned how to give kisses and mommy loves it! She's always trying to get me to give her kisses. I like to give open mouthed wet slobbery kisses! Another new thing I have started doing is growling. I'm not sure why I do it, but mommy thinks maybe I'm just testing out the different sounds I can make with my voice.

This is a picture of me riding on daddy's shoulders. I love doing this! Daddy gallops around the room with me on his shoulders and I laugh a lot! When he stops, I pull on his hair and kick my legs to get him to go again.

Prunes! Yuck!

I am becoming a very good eater and have moved to the next level of solid foods. My favorites right now are sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, pears, bananas, peaches, and apple strawberry. I also eat oatmeal with my fruits and vegetables and it's okay. Peas and green beans make me gag and I'm not a big fan of prunes as you can see from the picture. More of the prunes ended up on me than they did in me! Tonight I was given my first taste of strained meats. I had apple chicken and it wasn't too bad. I am also learning how to use a sippy cup and tonight I figured out how to suck on the sippy cup to get the water out. Mommy had to hold it for me while I drank out of it, but I'm getting the hang of it.