new inventions

The more I continue to visit the baby sections at WalMart, Target, etc..the more things I determine I need to buy for Cara. Must have's. I have two videos to share with everyone. They both show Cara testing out her new mesh spoon. I first filled the spoon with bananas and this is how Cara reacted..



Bananas became a little messy and as you could see, even Cara didn't want to deal with the slime..so I decided to try ice chips...




I think she had some fun with it. Def. worth the purchase.

Lastly, here's a picture of what Cara prefers to chew on..

we're all in this together

Meg complained I wasn't updating enough, so here you go, an update.

I took amazing footage of Cara eating sweet peas last night, but unfortunately I don't have the chord that transfers the video on to my computer so I don't really know how I will be able to share it with ya'll. I'm still missing the charger to my other camera, so for now, we're low on pics/vodeos. Except I did just steal one from Meg that I think I'll post at the end of this.

So here's the latest update, in numbers. Cara is 28 inches long, putting her in the 99th percentile in height and she weighs 17 lb 1 oz. putting her in the 70th percentile for weight. I'm glad the whole parading your weight and percentages stops when you get older. I would be mad if my Mom went around telling people my weight, much less posting it on a blog.

Well that's about all. Cara had a wonderful weekend with her best friend Julie and Meggy! More to come soon...

butterfly kisses

Hiiiii. Sometimes Cara makes a high pitch sound that sort of resembles hiii. We might be on to something. Well, Cara had a big week last week. She turned 6 months old on the 11th of April and she also went to the beach for the first time. We took a trip to Gulf Shores for Ryan's Spring Break. I got Cara a beach hat, and little swimmers, rubbed her down with sunscreen and we get to the beach...she's not a fan...yet! She didn't like the heat, sand, water..pretty much everything that had to do with the beach. She did however like it in the mornings when we would stand on the shore watching the waves. She seemed to be hypnotized by it, but who isn't..the beach is amazing. We also tried her in the heated pool that was about the temperature of bath water and she didn't like that very much either. She would be okay if you held her tight, but not so much if you tried to splash around or have any fun. Hopefully as she gets older she will like the beach more, but if not, at least she won't be as expensive as I thought.

We go to the Dr. tomm. for her 6 month check up. We also get the final round of shots..for now at least. A new round starts at a year. She's tough though. I'm hoping to start giving her some bananas and sweet potatoes, we'll see what the Dr. says. She's got two teeth though, so she's probably ready for cake. A kid after my own heart.

Also worth noting..Carebear is almost crawling. She's up on all fours, but not quite advanced to know what to do when she gets up there, so she's more or less doing handstands rather than any crawling. It's hard when your head is so big cause of your big, smart brain. I'm gonna attach some beach pictures, but I promise to upload some videos soon.





crawling: cara's version

baby teeth

it has happened. cara's bottom two teeth have cut! hallelujah! wow, that's a hard word to try and spell, prob didn't even spell it right. anyways, she's got two little teeth with the baby ridges, that surprisingly do hurt when she tries to chew on your finger. she has a nice little grip with her mouth. and everything is game for chewing on. everything.

we are approaching 6 months old. insane. cara's sitting unsupported until she finds something worth reaching for, which is usually instantly... her attention span is not very long. she has some favorite toys right now though..the remote control, my hair and heinieken bottles. as a result, we watch a lot of different channels at a multitude of volumes, i usually have a headache, and we're already concerned with an underage drinking problem.

we've put into effect a new sleeping routine. the "cry it out" technique wasn't really working for her or us, so we are trying the n.a.p.s. system. so far, so good. she's started learning to comfort herself at night and we've had a much easier time getting her to sleep for good. trying to get a sleep routine has by far been the most challenging thing as a new mom. i finally read a very informative book and i think both mommy and cara are at a better place with sleeping. when baby's happy, mommy's happy and when mommy's happy, everyone's happy..so says chris.

one last thing, which is worth noting. we might be on to the word "dada". she says "dadadadada" a lot and i think it's coming. i'll keep everyone posted. i don't have any videos or pictures cause my camera died and the charger is mia BUT i'm working on getting it back cause i have to show ya'll how she sucks on her thumb..it's so precious!

tata.