My Little Valentine...

At 5 1/2 months.....

Has rolled back to belly.

Sits on her own.

Has eaten rice, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, bananas, carrots, peas and applesauce.

Looks around when I say "where's Miller?"

Sleeps 7PM to 7AM with two naps in between.

Giggles all the time, especially at her daddy.

Always tries to kick off her socks.

Makes the cutest baby babble noises ever!

In her Valentine's Day dress from Grandma Jennine.

Modeling with Daddy.

Hanging out with Mommy.

Enjoying time with her buddy, Emmie.

Little Miss Big Girl

I can hardly believe our little baby girl is five months old! The past few weeks have been pretty eventful. Camryn got to meet her Grandpa Vinny for the first time and it was awesome, he kissed her toes and got some good giggles. He was a proud grandpa to say the least! She also got to see her Uncle Jay again, and she is crazy about him. I wonder if it’s because we look alike, she just feels comfortable around him.

Camryn is also sitting up on her own now. One day I had her propped up against the back of the couch and all of a sudden she straightened her back and has pretty much been sitting ever since. Sometimes she’ll get distracted and fall over, but practice makes perfect. She has also been eating solid foods, so far rice cereal, oatmeal, carrots, and tonight will be bananas. She seemed to like the carrots the best, but what a huge mess! I was kinda just letting her get messy, thinking, whatever it’ll come out in the wash, but guess what, the carrots STAIN! So we bought the vinyl bibs and last night I fed her in only her diaper and bib. Funny sight to see. She also sat for the first time in a restaurant highchair, on our girl’s lunch outing (sans poor Emersen who had a little fever). She kept looking at Sylvie, like “oh yeah, I’m a big girl too!”

It’s only Monday and I’m already wishing for the weekend. Bert and I are celebrating Valentine’s Day this Saturday. After Camryn goes to bed, we are going to cook up a romantic dinner and just relax and enjoy our time together. Can’t wait!

Mini Mozart? You be the judge :-)

Starting to sit on her own!

It's starting to click!

Movin' on up!

This past weekend was pretty eventful! Calvin and Duane came to visit and got to meet the baby. We did a little shopping, went to my favorite Mexican restaurant Chepe's, and went to an English Pub called Firkin and Crown, while Bert was on babysitting duty. It was such a good time! Bert is taking a turn this weekend and having a boys night out. These nights are few and far between, but it is nice to spend an occasional night baby free and with good friends!

Time to eat!

Tastes like chicken?

Yum-o.

We also gave Camryn her first taste of solid foods last night and tonight. She seemed very confused! I would have to say last night she ate about 25% of the rice cereal and the rest ended up on her face and clothes, and tonight she ate closer to half. I guess practice makes perfect!

More big news, we decided to put our house on the market and look for something a little bigger. Bert says this is the time to buy before the rates go up, so we are gonna start looking, but we definitely plan on staying in the area!

Cheers to 2010!

We officially survived the holidays! Ahhh, time to relax! Christmas was wonderful, just spent time with Bert and Camryn, and had our friend Patrick over for dinner. We all got lots of goodies. My favorite being the hot stone massage that I plan on cashing in this weekend. Our main gift to each other is bicycles, but we are going to wait until the weather warms up to go pick them out. Camryn got some clothes and toys, and I think her favorite is this blanky/bear that she likes to "talk to" and chew on!
The day after Christmas Grandma Jennine and Grandpa Jim came up and spent some quality time with us. They got to watch Camryn's first time in her Jumper. She loves all of the toys and buttons and music on it, but she hasn't quite figured out the "jumping" part of it yet.

After their visit we drove down to Tallahassee for New Year's with the Dietz family! When I get with Amanda I have a tendency to forget I'm not in college anymore, so staying up till 4AM drinking champagne and chitchatting may not be the best idea! It was so much fun, and great to meet her little boy, Matty! I would have to say that Camryn was checking him out, but he's still so little, he barely gave her the time of day :-)

Now we are back to the daily grind, and I am glad to get back into some type of routine. Camryn had her four month doctors appointment. She is very healthy! 14lbs, 10 oz (70%) and 25.5 inches (87%). To quote Dr. Khan, "she's just perfect!" She got two shots today. I hate, hate, hate that part of the visit. She just wails and looks at me like "you traitor!" Ugh. Heartbreaking! I asked the doctor about starting her on solid food and she pretty much said no need to rush, so I am gonna wait another month and see if she's ready.

The biggest changes I am noticing now is that she's really starting to pay attention to things. She'll entertain herself with her toys for a little while. She'll sit there and look at the pages if I read to her. I can prop her up on my bed with a children's program on and take a WHOLE SHOWER without a single cry. Sometimes even blow dry my hair too. When she was born there were days I couldn't even squeeze a shower in, so this is major progress. She also figured out the joys of splashing around in her little tub!

Well lately I think every age for Camryn is my "favorite age", but I can honestly say four months has been a lot of fun, and I'm torn because while part of me wants her to stay my little peanut forever, I really love watching her grow and learn new things!