Adventures in Baby Food Update

For those of you that worried that Grace would go off to college using her thumb or fingers to help her swallow her food, I am happy to report that she doesn't do this any longer. She can finally get that food down faster than I can shovel it in.

She's also got quite a menu now, but sweet potatoes are by far her favorite: bananas, peaches, pears, prunes, apples, sweet potatoes, winter squash (not summer!), carrots, and rice and oatmeal cereals. I tried introducing sweet peas, but she was really fussy afterward. I'll reintroduce those in a few weeks. I am worried she'll end up turning orange with all her orange veggies. My mom says I was yellow with an orange nose at one point.

Hide 'N Go Seek

I thought at Grace's age that we'd be playing peek-a-boo. Grace decided this morning to take things up a notch and start playing hide 'n go seek.

She was on the floor playing and I went to another room to get ready for our morning walk. When I returned, she wasn't where I had left her or anywhere that I could see. I thought at first, Steve got home and was playing a joke on me. Then, under the ottoman, I see a little flesh colored skin. I raised the skirt of the ottoman up and there she was, on her belly sucking her thumb. The strange thing is that it's pretty shallow up under there and she was length wise, completely hidden under the ottoman.

I was too freaked out to take a picture of her under there. So we took these later.

Curious Grace

It was nap time for Grace. But it looks like before fatigue took over, she was curious about her room. I'd caught her pulling down her bumper before to peek out. This time she fell asleep while checking out her room.






I decided this was a good time to remove the bumper. She loves looking around her room while waiting for me to come get her.

Cool Mom Inventions

I love taking advantage of other, savvy moms' cool ideas. The latest one we love is the teether feeder. Apparently it was invented by a mom whose child got choked on a teething biscuit. I've been putting a frozen banana in Grace's and she loves it.

We're excited to explore other inventions.

Grace is 6 Months Old!

Wow - time has flown by. She is so much fun lately (and much easier!).

Grace ....
* Loves to read and turn the pages (and taste them too!)
* Loves cereal, bananas, sweet potatoes, peaches, prunes, and pears
* Blows raspberries all the time (including while eating)
* Has to grab for and touch everything
* Is working on her Spanish and sign language
* Loves to grab Ginger by the fistful
* Knows who is and isn't her mommy (stranger alert!)
* Sleeps 11 hours a night and naps from 9-11 and 1-3
* Giggles when her Daddy tries to "get her toes"

Look Who's 6 Months Tomorrow ...

Ozarka or Dasani?

I think Ozarka managed to capture their baby target audience by using the color red in their packaging. Grace is a big fan of that bottle!

It's August!!

And you know what that means? Not only will Grace be 6 months old next week, but this is also the same month as Grace's first UT football game. She insisted I put on her UT onesie that her friend Kylie gave her to celebrate.