A few things...

The daycare teachers think A is teething. I have given up trying to figure it out but they are in their 50s with kids and grandkids and 20+ years of childcare experience so I think they may be right. She is not overly cranky but she is drooling like a faucet and her cheeks are nice and rosy. I gave her a frozen organic buckwheat blueberry waffle at dinner and she chowed down. I don't know if I am ready to say goodbye to her gummy smile.

Also, never buy this toy. It is awful. It is supposed to kick around in the bathtub but the bottom part sinks. It's CRAP. My mom thought A had to have it. Here she is attempting to play with it.

Can you tell how interested she is in it?

Fun in the sun

Audrey's Granny and Papa Johnnie were here visiting this weekend and she had a big time outside with them today. Papa Johnnie put up her new swing!

Wanna have some fun???

Give your kids jello. Its better than playing in the mud and you can eat it too. Be sure to have a bath ready though.

She's got skills

Audrey is getting good on her feet. She can cruise all over the place, as long as she has something to hold on to. I am very impressed with her. I am safe though because she can roll and army crawl to places she wants to go and she can pull up from a sitting position to standing but she can't sit herself up. This keeps her out of things that she isn't supposed to be in, at least for now.

Our girl is a wee thing still. She is wearing a 0-3 month onesie the the above photo, which is nice because I don't have to buy her new ones. But....she is sporting quite the cranium. She has a giant head. Here is a picture of her trying to pull off a hat that is 3-6 month.

She actually wears a hat that is 2T most of the time. It fits perfectly. I guess you have to put all of those brains somewhere. ;)

My famous blueberry oatmeal pancakes

The aftermath:

Trying out the spoon

Audrey always tries to grab the spoon and feed herself so we thought we would give it a shot.

Here is her dinner. Sweet potatoes and broccoli.

You don't need a spoon for brocolli and apparently you don't need hands either.

Forget about the spoon. My hands are way better.

Yum! She ate it all by the way.

In other news, I had to dismantle the jumperoo today. I should have done it a long time ago. Audrey wants to put the pretty leaf in her mouth and it is nearly impossible and it makes her so mad. I took that part off and now it is all good. Happy jumping little one.

Here it is before I took it the leaf off. See what I mean? The bad thing is that she cries harder when you take her out of it because she wants that leaf. We are in trouble T.

She's got the beet

She was so funny tonight eating her beets that I had to share. I am fairly certain that the stains will never come out of her high chair cover.

Doctors visit

I took A to the Dr. yesterday because she has been a little congested and has started wheezing. No worries though, the Dr. said that it sounded bad but it was just mucous in her throat. Good deal. She weighs 16lbs and 9 ozs and she is 27inches long. My baby girl is getting so big!

What a difference 7 months makes. Is this even the same baby?

Daredevil

Audrey keeps letting go and standing by herself. She is not awesome at it but she is definitely trying. I am so proud of her because when she falls she gets right back up and doesn't cry (usually).

That is watermelon juice on her diaper. She just finished dinner. Watermelon and brussel sprouts. Yum!

PS I am going to be in so much trouble. I forgot to tell Tony about this last night. The sleeplessness is getting to me. Sorry honey.

New daycare

We are finally going to the new daycare. We have been on the waiting list since May but it has been worth the wait. Audrey started today and she had a wonderful day. She napped and ate well and she was a very happy camper when I picked her up. Hopefully the better naps will help us with some of our night time sleep issues. We shall see.

Playing in her new toy after a fun day at daycare.

My non-crawling baby has started moving around the furniture. She is still a little wobbly and she falls a lot. She is a trooper though, when she falls she doesn't cry and just pulls herself right back up. She is showing absolutely no interest in crawling so I don't think that is coming anytime soon but she sure likes to be on her feet.

Here is some video. It is kind of long but its cute.