New Download!

 

Ashley got a new download a couple of days ago.  She is babbling a lot more, and spending small periods of time playing with toys by herself.  She still flips out if I walk away from her... but progress is happening! She loves sweet potatoes!  I think we will try something else next week.  Perhaps avocado?

 

I went to get her out of the van tonight when we go to the grocery store. A soon as she saw me she started making her excited sound and then making the sign for milk rapidly.  She's such a sweetie, when she isn't being a huge booger!

It's hard to believe she is 7.5 months old already.  Time goes by all too fast.

Fall Back...

My kids? They will be the death of me. Seriously. 7:00am waking, no nap having little urchins. Daylight savings can kiss my ass!

Besides that, we had a good day today. We went to the member's preview of the opening of the new Children's Museum. We had a nice lunch at the park... Picked some stuff up at Trader Joe's, and stopped by our storage to get the high chair and BOB Jogger for Ashley.

We were planning on giving the baby her first solids tonight... which has previously been delayed due to teething, and excessive crankinessm, and....
Well, she will have those sweet potatoes that are in the freezer another day (hopefully) this week.

Honestly? I don't really care. I am so not stressing on it. She is only a tiny bit over 15 pounds at barely 7 months... and breastmilk is the best thing for her. I did pick up some bulk hulled millet from Whole Paycheck to make into cereal for her...

The thing I am stressing on? Her insistence on standing. Already. Oh, and then letting go of her support... and repeatedly falling on her head. Thank goodness I caught her today as she launched herself backwards towards the tile floor. Yeah, let's try and avoid brain damage, ok, little girl?

Monday Morning Wake-up Call!

The next logical step..., originally uploaded by tjsmommabear.

As most know... The Girl Child has two speeds. Fast and even faster. As evidenced by her rapid entrance into the world... and everything else. She's in a hurry. She rolled over at around 6 weeks. From back to front, which is apparently more difficult than from back to front. She clearly has an agenda: stuff to do... adoring public to meet.

Ashley has only been crawling for 2 weeks. Months ahead of her older brother, who crawled at around 10-11 months.

In that two week's time, she has cut her first tooth, and is working on another. She can go from crawling to a sitting position (briefly) and she is now pulling herself up to standing on anything that's available... I fully expect her to be taking her first steps well before Thanksgiving, when she will be at the ripe old age of 8 months.

As we already knew, this one is certainly a force to be reckoned with!

Hard at work, on her Christmas list...

Hard at work, on her Christmas list..., originally uploaded by tjsmommabear.

We just got our mail key delivered today. All of the mailboxes for our block are together at the end of the street. The previous owners had a bunch of their mail in our mailbox...and Ashley enjoyed perusing and subsequently shredding the American Girl catalog. Good thing, cause I am NOT paying $100 bucks for A DOLL, and $30/ per EACH doll outfit, kiddo. That's what you have Grandparents for...

On the Move!

Holy Sheet!! My little baby girl is crawling!! Well, a combo of commando, and yoga moves which propel her in any direction. It's far from precise... but she has 100% more mobility than just two days ago. At 6 months and 1 week old, it's also a good 5 months before her big brother had similar skills as a babe.

The unfortunate thing... she tries to stand up in a "downward facing dog" position, and inevitably flips herself over in the process, bumping her head on the floor. Although we have area rugs, the underlying floor in the family room is tile... sooo... ouch!! Of course, the only thing that consoles her is her beloved boobie. ahhh... It's gonna be a fun time when she finds the staircase! Yikes!